Encyclopedia of Food Security and Sustainability
Encyclopedia of Food Security and Sustainability
Editor/Author
Ferranti, Pasquale, Berry, Elliot and Jock, Anderson
Publication Year: 2018
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
Single-User Purchase Price:
$1800.00

Unlimited-User Purchase Price:
$2700.00
ISBN: 978-0-12-812688-2
Category: Food, Drink, Nutrition
Image Count:
596
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
The Encyclopedia of Food Security and Sustainability covers the hottest topics in the science of food sustainability, providing a synopsis of the path society is on to secure food for a growing population. It investigates the focal issue of sustainable food production in relation to the effects of global change on food resources, biodiversity and global food security.
Table of Contents
- Editor Biographies
- Preface
- Permissions Acknowledgement
- VOLUME 1: General and Global Situation
- Defining the Concept of Food Value Chain
- The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
- The Political Economy of Food Security and Sustainability
- Food Production and Consumption Practices Toward Sustainability: The Role and Vision of Civic Food Networks
- Population Density and Redistribution of Food Resources
- Implications of Structural Transformation for Food and Nutrition Security
- Change in Production Practices: The Role of Agri-Food and Diversified Cropping Systems
- The Role of Omic Sciences in Food Security and Sustainability
- Codex Alimentarius Commission
- The Concept of Planetary Boundaries
- International Trade's Contribution to Food Security and Sustainability
- The Food Trade System: Structural Features and Policy Foundations
- Virtual Water Trade Among World Countries Associated With Food Trade
- Food Trade and Global Value Chain
- Greenhouse Gas, Livestock and Trade
- Global Seafood Trade
- Environmental Externalities in Global Trade for Wine and Other Alcoholic Beverages
- Nitrogen Embedded in Global Food Trade
- Feeding Urban Areas: Challenges and Opportunities
- Agricultural Innovation and the Global Politics of Food Trade
- Food Aid
- Food Emergency Operations in Wars and Conflicts
- Food Emergency Operations After Natural Disasters
- National Policies and Programs for Food Security and Sustainability
- The Role of International Agencies in Achieving Food Security
- The Role of the Media in Increasing Awareness of Food Security and Sustainability
- Changing Dietary Patterns as Drivers of Changing Environmental Impacts
- The Food Wastage Challenge
- Competition for Land, Water and Energy (Nexus) in Food Production
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions Due to Agriculture
- Overuse of Water Resources: Water Stress and the Implications for Food and Agriculture
- Overuse of Nitrogen Resources
- Climate Change: Impact on Marine Ecosystems and World Fisheries
- Climate Change and Crop Yields
- Greenhouse Gas and Livestock Emissions and Climate Change
- Big Data in Agriculture and Their Analyses
- Food Fraud
- Overuse of Phosphorus Resources
- ICT Applications in Agriculture
- Pigmented Grains as a Source of Bioactives
- Novel Foods: New Food Sources
- New protein Sources: Novel Foods
- Novel Foods: Artificial Meat
- Synthetic Meat: Acceptance
- Novel Foods: Insects - Technology
- Novel Foods: Insects - Safety Issues
- Novel Foods: Algae
- Development of Sustainable Novel Foods and Beverages Based on Coffee By-Products for Chronic Diseases
- Byproducts as a Source of Novel Ingredients in Dairy Foods
- Usefulness of Dietary Components as Sustainable Nutraceuticals for Chronic Kidney Disease
- Food Taboos
- Food By-products as Natural Source of Bioactive Compounds Against Campylobacter
- New Functional Ingredients From Agroindustrial By-Products for the Development of Healthy Foods
- Vegetable By-products as a Resource for the Development of Functional Foods
- Chestnut as Source of Novel Ingredients for Celiac People
- Novel Food Ingredients for Food Security
- Snails (Terrestrial and Freshwater) as Human Food
- Novel Techniques for Extrusion, Agglomeration, Encapsulation, Gelation, and Coating of Foods
- Novel Foods: Allergens
- Sustainable Crops for Food Security: Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.)
- Challenges of Food Security for Orphan Crops
- Sustainable Crops for Food Security: Moringa (Moringa oleifera Lam.)
- Insects (and Other Non-crustacean Arthropods) as Human Food
- Probiotic Food Development: An Updated Review Based on Technological Advancement
- Food Waste Valorization: New Manufacturing Processes for Long-Term Sustainability
- Food Process Modeling
- Food Supply Chain Demand and Optimization
- Separation, Fractionation and Concentration of High-Added-Value Compounds From Agro-Food By-Products Through Membrane-Based Technologies
- Non-thermal and Innovative Processing Technologies
- Novel Packaging Systems in Food
- Green Production Strategies
- Conversion of Food Waste to Fermentation Products
- Consumers’ Behavior Regarding Food Waste Prevention
- Strategies for Prolonging Fresh Food Shelf-Life
- Food Rescue in Developed Countries
- Food Retail in Developing Countries
- Income, Time and Labor Nexus Household Food Security in Burundi
- Gastronomy as an Aid to Increasing people's Food Intake at Healthcare Institutions
- Sensory Evaluation, an Important Tool for Understanding Food and Consumers
- Reducing Inequality as an Opportunity to Improve Food Security
- Unequal Access to Land: Consequences for the Food Security of Smallholder Farmers in Sub Saharan Africa
- VOLUME 2: Food Security, Nutrition and Health
- The Concept of Food Security
- Concepts of Stability in Food Security
- Changing Food Consumption Patterns and Their Drivers
- Ruminant (Bovine, Caprine, and Ovine) Milk and Meat Production: The Challenge of Food Quality and Sustainability Through the Use of Plant Extracts
- Nutrition and Disease: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
- Nutrition Through the Life Cycle: Pregnancy
- Nutrition Through the Life Cycle: Lactation
- Nutrition in the Elderly
- Nutritional Therapeutics: Neurological Disorders
- Nutritional Therapeutics: Bone Diseases
- Nutritional Therapeutics: Rehabilitation After Hospitalization and Trauma, Surgery
- Diets and Diet Therapy: EU Regulations on Food for Special Medical Purposes
- Diets and Diet Therapy: Oral Nutritional Supplements
- Diets and Diet Therapy: Enteral Nutrition
- Diets and Diet Therapy: Parenteral Nutrition
- Diets and Diet Therapy: Trace Elements
- Diets and Diet Therapy: Diet Supplements for Exercise
- Therapeutic Education for Healthy Lifestyle: How to Empower Your Patient and Increase Adherence
- Food Systems Sustainability, Food Security and Nutrition in the Mediterranean Region: The Contribution of the Mediterranean Diet
- Leveraging Biofortified Crops and Foods: R4D Perspective
- Nutritional Value of Bovine Meat Produced on Pasture
- Value of Nutrition: A Synthesis of Willingness to Pay Studies for Biofortified Foods
- Food Systems
- Public Health Nutrition, Preventive Nutrition, Community Nutrition
- Nutritional Status Assessment at the Population Level
- Nutritional Adequacy Assessment
- Diet, Nutrition and Cancer Prevention
- Diet, Nutrition and the Immune System
- Nutrigenomics
- The Role of Food Industry in Improving Health
- National Diet Recommendations
- Dietary Patterns
- Mediterranean Diet
- Fats: Nutritional and Physiological Importance
- Food Culture: Anthropology of Food and Nutrition
- Bioactive Peptides in the Gut–Brain Axis
- Hunger and Malnutrition
- Food Fortification Policy
- Use and Improvement of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) Formulas in the Management of Severe Acute Malnutrition
- Growth and Nutrition
- Maillard Reaction and Food Safety
- Sustainable Diets: A Historical Perspective
- Energy Balance and Body Weight Control
- Nutrition Education
- Antilisterial Bacteriocins for Food Security: The Case of Sakacin A
- Dietary Guidelines: Pyramids, Wheels, Plates and Sustainability in Nutrition Education
- Insights Into Perennial Crops as Potential Food Source
- School Nutrition Education
- Food Supplements: Botanicals
- Advertising and Marketing to Children
- Use of a Potentiometric and Hybrid Electronic Tongue for the Analysis of Beer and Wine
- Food Security and Food Storage
- Food Storage as a Source of Stress for Seed Farmers in the Tropics
- Health Effects of Food Storage
- Storage of Roots and Tubers
- Sweet Potato and Squash Storage
- New Preservations Technologies: Hydrostatic High Pressure Processing and High Pressure Thermal Processing
- The Preservation of Fruit and Vegetable Products Under High Pressure Processing
- Effect of Freezing on the Quality of Meat
- Freezing of Bread
- Preservation of Berries
- Edible Coatings for Extending Shelf-Life of Fresh Produce During Postharvest Storage
- Use of Enzymes to Preserve Food
- Sources of Contamination in Food
- Preservation of Micronutrients in Biofortified Foods
- Anaerobic Digestion of Food Waste for Bioenergy Production
- Sustainability Certification of Food
- Molecular Improvement of Grain: Target Traits for a Changing World
- Food Consumption Patterns in Developing Countries
- Modification of Pectin
- The Determinants of Household Food Waste Reduction, Recovery, and Reuse: Toward a Household Metabolism
- Nanomaterials and Food Security: The Next Challenge for Consumers, Food Industries and Policies
- Digitization and Big Data in Food Security and Sustainability
- Sustainability and Plastic Waste
- Bread Storage and Preservation
- Storage and Preservation of Fats and Oils
- The Storage and Preservation of Seafood
- VOLUME 3: Sustainable Food Systems and Agriculture
- Concepts of Food Sustainability
- Agriculture and Ecosystem Services
- Sustainable Pathways for Meeting Future Food Demand
- Land Use Change, Deforestation and Competition for Land Due to Food Production
- The Role of Food Marketing in Increasing Awareness of Food Security and Sustainability: Food Sustainability Branding
- Enhancing Food Security Through Seed Banking and Use of Wild Plants: Case Studies From the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- The Role of Youth in Increasing Awareness of Food Security and Sustainability
- Planning Sustainable Food Supply Chains to Meet Growing Demands
- Maintaining Diversity of Plant Genetic Resources as a Basis for Food Security
- Agroecological Intensification: Potential and Limitations to Achieving Food Security and Sustainability
- Concept and Classifications of Farming Systems
- Farming Systems in North America
- Farming Systems of the World: South Africa
- Temperate Agricultural Production Regions: Japan
- Farming Systems in Southeast Asia
- Food Security and Sustainability in Tropical Marginal Lands
- Food Security and Sustainability in Mountain Areas
- Food Security and Food System Sustainability in North America
- Food Security Factors and Trends in Central Asia
- The Role of Irrigation for Food Security and Sustainability
- Green Revolution
- Emerging Genetic Technologies to Improve Crop Productivity
- Genetically Modified Crops
- The Potential for Genome Editing in Plant Breeding
- Genetic Improvement of Food Animals: Past and Future
- Food Sovereignty
- Local Conventional Versus Imported Organic Food Products: Consumers’ Preferences
- Comparing Yields: Organic Versus Conventional Agriculture
- Connecting Diverse Diets With Production Systems: Measures and Approaches for Improved Food and Nutrition Security
- Fresh Fruit and Vegetables: Contributions to Food and Nutrition Security
- The Important Role of the Common Beans in Providing Food and Nutrition Security
- Roots, Tubers and Bananas: Contributions to Food Security
- Rice Contribution to Food and Nutrition Security and Leveraging Opportunities for Sustainability, Nutrition and Health Outcomes
- Maize Contribution to Food and Nutrition Security and Leveraging Opportunities for Sustainability, Nutrition and Health Outcomes
- Wheat Contribution to Food and Nutrition Security and Leveraging Opportunities for Sustainability, Nutrition and Health Outcomes
- Contributions of Milk Production to Food and Nutrition Security
- Smallholder Poultry: Contributions to Food and Nutrition Security
- Smallholder Pork: Contributions to Food and Nutrition Security
- Extensive (Pastoralist) Cattle Contributions to Food and Nutrition Security
- Urban Livestock-Keeping: Contributions to Food and Nutrition Security
- Urban Livestock Keeping: Leveraging for Food and Nutrition Security
- Agrifood Systems in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Status and Opportunities for Smallholder Dairy in LMIC
- Smallholder Poultry: Leveraging for Sustainable Food and Nutrition Security
- Extensive Pastoralist (Cattle): Leveraging for Food and Nutrition Security
- Pastoral Livestock Systems
- Leveraging Neglected and Underutilized Plant, Fungi, and Animal Species for More Nutrition Sensitive and Sustainable Food Systems
- Computation of Risk Assessment Modelling
- Leveraging Incentives for Safe and Nutritious Foods
- Wastewater and Leafy Greens
- Leveraging Informal Markets for Health and Nutrition Security
- Leveraging Development Programs: Homestead Food Production
- Leveraging Development Programs – Livestock Research
- Leveraging Agri-Food Systems for Food Security and Nutrition – The Role of International Research for Development
- Using Theory of Change in Agricultural Research for Food and Nutrition Security
- Leveraging Gender for Food and Nutrition Security Through Agriculture
- Trade-Offs and Synergies Between Food Quality, Nutrition, and Food Safety: Health Impacts of Agrifood Systems in Low and Middle-Income Countries
- Infectious Diseases and Agriculture
- Assessing Food Safety Risks in Low and Middle-Income Countries
- Endemic Diseases and Agriculture
- Association Between Land Use Change and Exposure to Zoonotic Pathogens – Evidence From Selected Case Studies in Africa
- Climate Change and Disease Dynamics: Predicted Changes in Ecological Niches for Rift Valley Fever in East Africa
- Antimicrobial Resistance and Agriculture
- Gender and Livestock
- Life Cycle Assessment of Food Products
- Life Cycle Assessment of Coffee Production in Time of Global Change
- Carbon Neutral Food Value Chains
- Innovation Platforms: Synopsis of Innovation Platforms in Agricultural Research and Development
- Food Value Chains: Governance Models