Megatrends in food and agriculture : technology, water use and nutrition / Helmut Traitler, Michel Dubois, Keith Heikes, Vincent Pétiard, David Zilberman.

Highlights and examines the growing convergence between the food and agricultural industries--the technological, environmental, and consumer-related drivers of this change, and the potential outcomesThis is the first book of its kind to connect food and the food industry with agriculture, water reso...

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Main Authors: Traitler, Helmut (Author), Dubois, Michel, 1950- (Author), Heikes, Keith (Author), Petiard, Vincent (Author), Zilberman, David, 1947- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2018.
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Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Agriculture and the food industry
  • The role of agriculture in today's food industry
  • Water management in modern agriculture : The role of water and water management in agriculture and industry
  • Innovation in plant breeding for a sustainable supply of high-quality plant raw materials for the food industry
  • The agriculture of animals : Animal proteins of the future as valuable and sustainable sources for the food industry
  • pt. 2. The future of the food industry
  • The food trends, the new food, enough food?
  • The new food industry business model : From BC to B2B, from product manufacture to selling know-how, and from now to then
  • The internet of just about everything : Impact on agriculture and food industry
  • Nutrition : The old mantra ... the new un-word
  • pt. 3. The new food world
  • A food company transforms itself
  • Food for the future : A future for food
  • Summary and outlook.