Production Practices and Quality Assessment of Food Crops

Volume 1 Preharvest Practice
1. Auflage. Softcover version of original hardcover Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-90-481-6458-5
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, 286 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 458 g

Today, in a world with abundant food, more than 700 million people are chro- cally undernourished. Over the next 20 years, the world’s population will probably double. The global food supply would need to double or to triple for the larger population to be fed adequately. Agriculture is closely linked to environmental quality in a variety of ways, and the challenge of our generation is how to feed a growing planet while maintaining the integrity of our ecological life-support system. The responsibility of governments for ensuring food security will grow proportionately with the growth of populations, and governments bear a special responsibility for promoting agricultural inputs. Agriculture in the 21st century, will certainly focus increasingly on adapting modern technologies to local farming systems, needs and environments. Worldwide climatic changes have been raising concerns about potential changes to crop yields and production systems. Such concerns include the ability to acc- modate these uncertain effects in order to ensure an adequate food supply for an increasing population. What can be done concretely to use agriculture to address some of the fundamental issues of today’s world? We must recognize that agric- ture is part of the solution and not just a problem. Agricultural development is a key to social stability and equity in many parts of the world. It can help to al- viate the subtle and unspoken fears of modernization and the space of change if innovation is handled transparently.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jain, S. Mohan

Dris, Ramdane

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Lebensmitteltechnologie und Getränketechnologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biochemie (nichtmedizinisch)
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Ernährungsmedizin, Diätetik
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Chemie Allgemein
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Ökotrophologie (Ernährungs- und Haushaltswissenschaften)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Effect of Preharvest Factors on the Quality of Vegetables Produced in the Tropics.- Effects of Agronomic Practices and Processing Conditions on Tomato Ingredients.- Modelling Fruit Quality: Ecophysiological, Agronomical and Ecological Perspectives.- Spray Technology in Perennial Tree Crops.- Chestnut, an Ancient Crop with Future.- Improvement of Grain Legume Production in Semi-Arid Kenya Through Biological Nitrogen Fixation: the Experience With Tepary Bean (Phaseolus Acutifolius A. Gray Var. Latifolius).- Impact of Ozone on Crops.- Saffron Quality: Effect of Agricultural Practices, Processing and Storage.- Fruit and Vegetables Harvesting Systems.