Overview
- Up-to-date coverage of the current problems and issues, emerging ideas, and pragmatic solutions in sustainable nutrition
- Promotes an understanding of the fundamentals & changing landscapes of food systems
- Covers emerging issues such as the growing importance of traditional foods in improving nutrition security
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About this book
Emerging Solutions in Sustainable Food and Nutrition Security provides comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of the current problems and issues, emerging ideas, and pragmatic solutions in sustainable nutrition. The book is designed to promote an understanding of the fundamentals and changing landscapes of food systems, nutrition, and environmental sustainability. Emerging issues such as the growing importance of traditional foods in improving nutrition security, the exploration of biodiversity to promote food diversity, the sustainable management of current agroecosystems, the progress made in utilizing biotechnology to enhance crop production, the utilization of bio-fortification and food fortification as means of nutritional management, the latest research advancements in mineral research, and the functional foods are comprehensively addressed.
For researchers seeking a deeper insight into sustainable nutrition security and the current technical developments, these chapters cover current technologies across the four pillars of food security, food availability, food accessibility, food utilization, and food stability, and provide a platform for critical scientific thinking in the field of food security, safety, and environmental sustainability in conjunction with Sustainable Development Goals such as Zero Hunger and Climate Action.
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Traditional Foods and Biodiversity to Achieve Nutrition Security
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Environmental Concern and Food Safety
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Biotechnological Advancement and Sustainable Food and Nutrition Security
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr. Amrita Kumari Panda is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology at Sant Gahira Guru University in Ambikapur, India
Prof. Chuleui Jung is a Professor in the Department of Plant Medicals at Andong National University in Andong, Republic of Korea
Prof. Satpal Singh Bisht is a Professor in the Department of Zoology at Kumaun University in Uttarakhand, India
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Emerging Solutions in Sustainable Food and Nutrition Security
Editors: Sampat Ghosh, Amrita Kumari Panda, Chuleui Jung, Satpal Singh Bisht
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-40908-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-40907-3Published: 29 October 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-40910-3Due: 11 November 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-40908-0Published: 28 October 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 399
Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations, 36 illustrations in colour
Topics: Food Science, Food Science, Food Science