Biosensors for Sustainable Food - New Opportunities and Technical Challenges
Viviana Scognamiglio (Redaktør) Giuseppina Rea (Redaktør) Fabiana Arduini (Redaktør) Giuseppe Palleschi (Redaktør)
Biosensors for Sustainable Food - New Opportunities and Technical Challenges addresses the challenges associated with sustaining the globally increasing demand for food that has been forecast for the next centuries and the immediate need for the food production system to adopt sustainable practices to protect the environment and human health. Les mer
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Food production and consumption have a strong impact on the environment in terms of greenhouse gas emissions, water, and soil contamination, the reduction of arable land, water consumption, and many other factors, which in turn, negatively affect human health. These issues have consequences for economic development, too.
To address these challenges, it is necessary for scientists with different expertise, policymakers, and economists work together to develop new smart technologies and introduce them to the market, along with adequate regulations. In this regard, a sustainable food production system can be thought of as a chain of procedures with a low impact on the environment that guarantees a secured supply of healthier and fortified food while supporting economic growth.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Elsevier Science Ltd
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780444635792
- Utgivelsesår
- 2016
- Format
- 23 x 15 cm