Global Food Security and Supply (eBook)

Wayne Martindale (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2014 | 1. Auflage
232 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-118-69929-4 (ISBN)

Infos

With the global population projected to reach 9 billion by the
year 2050, the need for nations to secure food supplies for their
populations has never been more pressing. Finding better supply
chain solutions is an essential part of achieving a secure and
sustainable diet for a rapidly increasing population. We are now in
a position, through methods including life cycle assessment (LCA),
carbon footprinting and other tools, to accurately measure and
assess our use - or misuse - of natural resources,
including food. The impact of new technologies and management
systems can therefore improve efficiencies and find new ways to
reduce waste.

Global Food Security and Supply provides robust, succinct
information for people who want to understand how the global food
system works. The book demonstrates the specific tools available
for understanding how food supply works, addresses the challenges
facing a secure and safe global food supply, and helps readers to
appreciate how these challenges might be overcome.

This book is a concise and accessible text that focuses on
recent data and findings from a range of international
collaborations and studies. The author provides both a
snapshot of global food supply and security today, and a projection
of where these issues may lead us in the future. This book will
therefore be of particular interest to food policy leaders,
commercial managers in the food industry, and researchers and
students seeking a better understanding of a rapidly evolving
topic.

Autor

Dr Wayne Martindale is a research fellow at Sheffield Business School, UK, looking at resource efficiency within the food industry. His research updates and blog can be found at www.waynemartindale.com

Rezensionen

"It will be of particular interest to food policy leaders, commercial managers in the food industry, researchers and students seeking a better understanding of a rapidly evolving topic." (South African Food Science and Technology Magazine, 1 August 2015)

"This book represents an excellent study for postgraduate and doctoral students of business who wish to discover more about the food system and wider sustainability debate. It also provides an informed, clear and understandable guide for anyone who is interested in the security of resources for businesses" Dr Murray Clark, Head of PhD education at Sheffield Business School

"The folio of case studies and evidence presented in this book draws on the author's experiences of working with the agricultural and food industries. He directs the reader to make conclusions on many of the security challenges facing us. The debate he establishes in the book is not circular, directing the reader to provide solutions, it is a must read for anyone who wants to understand and contribute to the food security debate" Alan Marson, Managing Director, New Food Innovation Ltd, UK

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.12.2014
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Lebensmitteltechnologie
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
• Schlagworte: Food Legislation • Food Management • Food Science & Technology • Lebensmittelforschung u. -technologie • Lebensmittel-Gesetzgebung • Lebensmittel-Management • Lebensmittelsicherheit
• ISBN-10: 1-118-69929-7 / 1118699297
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-69929-4 / 9781118699294