Sustainable Food Production
Editors: Christou, P., Savin, R., Costa-Pierce, B., Misztal, I., Whitelaw, B. (Eds.)
- Represents a one-stop reference to a key area of sustainability research
- Covers statistical tools used for modern animal breeding, as well as results of breeding for a wide variety of species and environments
- Examines future directions for a more productive and sustainable agriculture, from molecular approaches to crop physiology and agronomy
- Describes state-of-the-art applications of transgenic livestock and birds
- Addresses the grand challenge of sustainable aquaculture as a means of sustainable food production while helping to restore global capture fisheries
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- About this Reference Work
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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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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Sustainable Food Production
- Editors
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- Paul Christou
- Roxana Savin
- Barry Costa-Pierce
- Ignacy Misztal
- Bruce Whitelaw
- Copyright
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media New York
- Distribution Rights
- Distribution rights for India: Researchco Book Centre, New Delhi, India
- Print ISBN
- 978-1-4614-5796-1
- Print + eBook ISBN
- 978-1-4614-5849-4
- eReference ISBN
- 978-1-4614-5797-8
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XXIX, 1869
- Additional Information
- In 3 volumes, sold as a set
- Topics