Sustainable Development and Pathways for Food Ecosystems: Integration and Synergies (EPUB)

By Riccardo Accorsi, Rajeev Bhat
Sustainable Development and Pathways for Food Ecosystems: Integration and Synergies is a science-based reference which explores the roles played by agri-food ecosystems, their functions and needs, and the importance of the interdependencies among them. This book explores the relationships between food ecosystems, highlighting each entity’s role in transforming, preserving, and conserving the others. It is a vital resource of information on the ecosystems that surround the food supply chain and includes all processes, from primary production of food through consumption. The book covers the agricultural and farming phases; processing and transformation; storage and consolidation; packaging; transportation; the management of waste and losses; and the supply and conservation of enabling resources like materials, biodiversity, energy, and water. Sustainable Development and Pathways for Food Ecosystems: Integration and Synergies is a useful reference for academics, researchers, policymakers, and industry professionals involved within the agri-food sector management.

• Provides information on sustainability challenges, developments and solutions related to food ecosystems
• Discusses the impact of renewables toward sustainable and zero-carbon food ecosystems
• Summarizes the scientific literature on alternative valorization strategies to reduce biomass
• Defines boundaries of analysis of entities, input/output flows, constraints and performance goals to measure data

Product Details

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Academic Press; 1st edition (June 23, 2023)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 354 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0323908853
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0323908856