Integration of Sustainable Development Goals in Water Resource Management and Agricultural Food Production

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-77964-368-1
Verlag: Apple Academic Press

Buch, Englisch, 252 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Although sustainability goals are beginning to make headway with sustainability initiatives, substantially more progress is needed in order to feed the world’s growing population sustainably. This new book offers a much-needed and clear way forward towards the integration of sustainable development goals in water resource management and agricultural food production. It reviews sustainability goals as a point of convergence across several disciplines, illustrating the need for a transdisciplinary approach to understand common challenges and opportunities in sustainable development goals.

The book looks at new research and technology for the development of sustainability in food sources and food production and sustainable practices in farming and agriculture. Water resource management is also addressed, with innovative and eco-friendly solutions for water management, the reuse of wastewater for new products, water purification using nanomaterials, and more.

Key features:

- Describes key concepts in sustainable development goals for scientists interested in the environmental impacts of agrifoods

- Reviews sustainable alternatives to traditional industrial production methods

- Reports on global sustainable resources for the industrial sectors along with sustainable processes for scientists

- Presents case studies of sustainability measures

With many case studies, this book will be a valuable resource for scientists and researchers as well as industry professionals and faculty and students in the fields of environmental engineering and chemical engineering who seek to innovate in the area of sustainability.

Zielgruppe

Academic and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chávez-González, Mónica

Abraham, Ann Rose

Torre, Leonardo Sepulveda

Haghi, A K

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Abfallbeseitigung, Abfallentsorgung
• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Abfallwirtschaft, Abfallentsorgung
• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Wasserversorgung, Wasseraufbereitung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART 1: Sustainable Agro-Industrial Methods for Increased Food Production 1. Sustainability in Food Sources 2. Sustainable Food Production: Balancing Efficiency and Environmental Impact 3. Farming for the Future: Navigating Sustainable Agriculture’s Hurdles 4. Use of Whey: A Sustainable Alternative for the Cheese Industry 5. Phenolic Compounds Present in Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.): Extraction Methods and Biological Activity 6. Valorization of Litchi Husk as Agro-Industrial Waste PART 2: Water Resource Management 7. Fermentative Process of Wastewater from the Sausage and Dairy Industries for the Production of CH4 Through Biofilms Developed in a Cactus 8. A Comprehensive Exploration of Water Purification Using Nanomaterials 9. Efficient and Sustainable Treatment of Wastewater by Offering Innovative and Eco-Friendly Solutions PART 3: Case Studies 10. Strengthening the Synergies Between Sustainable Flood Risk Management and Agriculture: A Case Study 11. Methods of Obtaining Biodegradable Nanocomposite Membranes and Their Properties for Wastewater Treatment

Über Autor(innen)

Mónica Chávez-González, PhD, is a Research Professor at the School of Chemical Sciences of the Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Mexico. She is a pharmacobiological chemist. Her master’s and doctoral program was in Food Science and Technology. She is the General Coordinator and founder of the Bioprocessing Mx-LATAM Network, whose objective is to promote R&D in the area of bioprocessing through interaction between universities, institutes, research centers, and relevant industries in Mexico and Latin America. She has been awarded the Latin American Women in Chemistry Award in the category of ""Emerging Leader,"" granted by the American Chemical Society and the Latin American Federation of Chemical Associations (FLAQ). Her expertise is in the areas of fermentation processes, microbial biotransformation, enzyme production, industrial food waste valorization, extraction of bioactive compounds (antioxidants), and chemical characterization.

Ann Rose Abraham, PhD, is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Physics, Sacred Heart College (Autonomous), Thevara, Kochi, Kerala, India. She has expertise in the field of condensed matter physics, nanomagnetism, multiferroics and polymeric nanocomposites, etc. She has research experience at various reputed national institutes, including Bose Institute, Kolkata, India; SAHA Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, India; and UGC-DAE CSR Centre, Kolkata, India; and she has collaborated with various international laboratories. She is a recipient of a young researcher award in physics and best paper awards–2020, 2021. She served as Assistant Professor and Examiner at the Department of Basic Sciences, Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, under APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, Kerala, India. Dr. Abraham is a frequent speaker at national and international conferences. She has a good number of publications to her credit in many peer-reviewed high impact journals of international repute. She has authored many book chapters and edited more than 10 books with Taylor and Francis, Elsevier, etc.

Leonardo Sepulveda Torre, PhD, is a full Professor at the School of Chemistry at the Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Saltillo, Coahuila, México, where he is also a leader of the Bioprocesses and Microbial Biochemistry Group. His postgraduate studies were related to topics on food biotechnology in the Food Research Department of the UAdeC. In 2011 he made a research stay at the Institute of Biotechnology and Bioengineering at the University of Minho (Uminho), Braga, Portugal. He also worked as a collaborator at the Center of Biological Engineering in Uminho, Braga, Portugal, with the link project "Biotechnologies for Regional Food Biodiversity in Latin America." He participated as author and co-author in 35 scientific articles in indexed journals, several books, and 24 book chapters, and he holds two national patents.

A. K. Haghi, PhD, is a retired professor and has written, co-written, edited or co-edited more than 1000 publications, including books, book chapters, and papers in refereed journals, with over 4000 citations and h-index of 33, according to the Google Scholar database. He is currently a research associate at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. Professor Haghi has received several grants, consulted for several major corporations, and is a frequent speaker to national and international audiences. He is Founder and former Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Chemoinformatics and Chemical Engineering and Polymers Research Journal. Professor Haghi has acted as an editorial board member of many international journals. He has served as a member of the Canadian Research and Development Center of Sciences & Cultures. He has supervised several PhD and MSc theses at the University of Guilan (UG) and co-supervised international doctoral projects. Professor Haghi holds a BSc in urban and environmental engineering from the University of North Carolina (USA) and holds two MSc degrees, one in mechanical engineering from North Carolina State University (USA) and another one in applied mechanics, acoustics, and materials from the Université de Technologie de Compiègne (France). He was awarded a PhD in engineering sciences at Université de Franche-Comté(France). He is a regular reviewer for several leading international journals.