Emerging technologies for promoting food security : overcoming the world food crisis / edited by Chandra Madramootoo.
"Emerging Technologies for Promoting Food Security: Overcoming the World Food Crisis discusses rising energy prices, increased biofuel use, water scarcity, and the rising world population, all factors that directly affect worldwide food security. The book examines the range of approaches to pro...
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Amsterdam :
Elsevier/Woodhead Publishing is an imprint of Elsevier,
[2016]
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| Series: | Woodhead Publishing in food science, technology, and nutrition.
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Table of Contents:
- Key drivers of food insecurity / Helen Fyles, Chandra Madramootoo
- Part 1. Emerging technologies for plant and animal food security. Emerging genetic technologies for improving the security of food crops / Jaswinder Singh, Simerjeet Kaur, Haritika Majithia ; Successful technologies and approaches used to develop and manage resistance against crop diseases and pests / G.L. Hartman [and 3 others] ; The use of technologies for sufficient and quality animal-food production / Kevin M. Wade ; Aquaculture technologies for food security / David C. Little, Stuart W. Bunting
- Part 2. Environmental and policy issues affecting food security. Water management / Helen Fyles, Chandra Madramootoo ; Reducing postharvest losses / Marie-Josée Dumont, Valérie Orsat, Vijaya Raghavan.