Author

Contributions

  • Savin, Roxana - Contributor
  • Costa-Pierce, Barry A. - Contributor
  • Misztal, Ignacy - Contributor
  • Whitelaw, C. Bruce A. - Contributor
  • SpringerLink (Online service) - Contributor

Publication

2013 - Springer New York, New York, NY, United States

Language

English

Word Count

466,250 words, Guess

Page Count

1,865 pages

Physical Format

[electronic resource] /

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC630
  • LCCS1-S972

Description

Population growth in the coming decades will put severe pressure on human food, animal feed, and fiber production from both land and ocean ecosystems. Environmental sustainability and social justice are increasingly important elements in debates on how to ensure adequate food for a growing global population. Gathering approximately 90 peer-reviewed entries from the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology, Sustainable Food Production provides comprehensive coverage of this vital area of current research. Sections on animal breeding and genetics for food, crop science and technology, ocean farming and sustainable aquaculture science and technology, and transgenic livestock for food discuss state-of-the-art scientific advances, and place them in their proper scientific, environmental, ethical, socio-economic, and political contexts.

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Other Editions

  • Sustainable Food Production[electronic resource] /Springer New York2013

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