Sustainability Challenges in the Agrofood Sector covers a wide range of agrofood–related concerns, including urban and rural agriculture and livelihoods, water–energy management, food and environmental policies, diet and human health. Significant and relevant research topics highlighting the most recent updates will be covered, with contributions from leading experts currently based in academia, government bodies and NGOs (see list of contributors below). Chapters will address the realities of sustainable agrofood, the issues and challenges at stake, and will propose and discuss novel approaches to these issues. This book will be the most up–to–date and complete work yet published on the topic, with new and hot topics covered as well as the core aspects and challenges of agrofood sustainability. INDICE: List of Contributors viii .Foreword xiii .Preface xvi .Introductory Note: Future of agrofood sustainability xviii .1 Food Sustainability Challenges in the Developing World 1Rajeev Bhat .2 The Role of Small–scale Farms and Food Security 33John McDonagh, Maura Farrell and Shane Conway .3 Sustainability Challenges, Human Diet and Environmental Concerns 48Christian J. Reynolds, Jonathan D. Buckley, Philip Weinstein and John Boland .4 Sustainable Challenges in the Agrofood Sector: The Environment Food Energy Water Nexus 78Chanathip Pharino .5 Dynamics of Grain Security in South Asia: Promoting sustainability through self–sufficiency 103Ghose Bishwajit, Sharmistha Ghosh and Jose Renato Peneluppi, Jr. .6 Local Food Diversification and Its (Sustainability) Challenges 119Eni Harmayani, Lily Arsanti Lestari, Puspita Mardika Sari and Murdijati Gardjito .7 Sustainable Supply Chain Management in Agri–food Chains: A Competitive Factor for Food Exporters 150Ulla Lehtinen .8 How Logistics Decisions Affect the Environmental Sustainability of Modern Food Supply Chains: A Case Study from an Italian large–scale retailer 175Riccardo Accorsi, Riccardo Manzini and Chiara Pini .9 Strengthening Food Supply Chains in Asia: Challenges and Strategies 197Sapna A. Narula and Kalpana Vishnoi .10 Revolutionizing Food Supply Chains of Asia through ICTs 212Sapna A. Narula .11 Sustainability, Materiality and Independent External Assurance: An Exploratory Study of the UK s Leading Food Retailers 227Peter Jones, Robin Bown, David Hillier and Daphne Comfort .12 Environmental Sustainability of Traditional Crop Varieties: Reviewing Approaches and Key Issues for a Multilevel Evaluation 255Alessandro K. Cerutti, Dario Donno, Maria Gabriella Mellano and Gabriele L. Beccaro .13 Cradle–to–gate Life Cycle Analysis of Agricultural and Food Production in the US: A TRACI Impact Assessment 274Yong Shin Park, Gokhan Egilmez and Murat Kucukvar .14 Ensuring Self–sufficiency and Sustainability in the Agrofood Sector: Sustainability Challenges in Agriculture and Modelling 307Prashant Goswami and Shivnarayan Nishad .15 Sustainability Challenges Involved in Use of Nanotechnology in the Agrofood Sector 343Gabriela Elena Viacava, Francisco Javier Vázquez, Jesús F. Ayala–Zavala and María R. Ansorena .16 Sustainability of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods 369Santad Wichienchot and Wan Rosli Wan Ishak .17 Innovation and Sustainable Utilization of Seaweeds as Health Foods 390Fook Yee Chye, Birdie Scott Padam and Seah Young Ng .18 Agrofoods for Sustainable Health Benefits and Their Economic Viability 435Zakia Khanam and Irshad Ul Haq Bhat .19 Sustainability Challenges in Food Tourism 451Yeoh Tow Kuang and Rajeev Bhat .20 Diversification, Innovation and Safety of Local Cuisines and Processed Food Products: Emerging Issues and the Sustainability Challenges 482Yeoh Tow Kuang and Rajeev Bhat .21 Soil Health, Crop Productivity and Sustainability Challenges 509Kulandaivelu Velmourougane and DeSouza Blaise .22 Analysing the Environmental, Energy and Economic Feasibility of Biomethanation of Agrifood Waste: A Case Study from Spain 532Almudena González González, Francisco Cuadros Blázquez and Francisco Cuadros Salcedo .23 Agricultural Waste for Promoting Sustainable Energy 551Thi–Thu–Huyen Do and Thi–Thu–Hang Pham .24 Membrane Technology in Fish–processing Waste Utilization: Some Insights on Sustainability 575Wirote Youravong and Sutida Marthosa .25 Sustainability Issues, Challenges and Controversies Surrounding the Palm Oil Industry 596Piyarat Boonsawang and Wirote Youravong .26 Sustainability Challenges in the Coffee Plantation Sector 616Kulandaivelu Velmourougane and Rajeev Bhat .27 Food Safety Education: Training Farm Workers in the US Fresh Produce Sector 643Angela M. Fraser and Otto D. Simmons .28 Sustainability Challenges and Educating People Involved in the Agrofood Sector 660Caroline Opolski Medeiros .Index 675
- ISBN: 978-1-119-07276-8
- Editorial: Wiley–Blackwell
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- Fecha Publicación: 14/04/2017
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