Sustainable Development and Pathways for Food Ecosystems: Integration and Synergies

This science-based reference book, written by Riccardo Accorsi and Rajeev Bhat, delves into the complex roles played by agri-food ecosystems, their functions, and needs, as well as the importance of interdependencies among them. The authors explore the intricate relationships between food ecosystems, highlighting each entity’s role in transforming, preserving, and conserving the others.

Understanding the Food Supply Chain

The book provides a comprehensive overview of the entire food supply chain, covering all processes from primary food production to consumption. The agricultural and farming phases, processing and transformation, storage and consolidation, packaging, transportation, management of waste and losses, and the supply and conservation of enabling resources such as materials, biodiversity, energy, and water are all explored in-depth.

A Valuable Resource for Agri-Food Sector Professionals

Sustainable Development and Pathways for Food Ecosystems: Integration and Synergies is an invaluable reference for academics, researchers, policymakers, and industry professionals involved in agri-food sector management. The book provides essential information on sustainability challenges, developments, and solutions related to food ecosystems, discussing the impact of renewables towards sustainable and zero-carbon food ecosystems.

Key Features and Takeaways

• 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
• Explores the relationships between food ecosystems, highlighting each entity’s role in transforming, preserving, and conserving the others

Book Details

Publisher: Academic Press

Publication Date: June 19, 2023

Language: English

Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0323908853

Sticky Notes: Available on Kindle Scribe