Advances in Food Security and Sustainability

Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-0-323-98986-2
Verlag: William Andrew Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 410 g

Advances in Food Security and Sustainability, Volume Seven in this informative serial, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on Nutritional improvement of cereal crops to combat hidden hunger during COVID-19 pandemic: Progress and prospects, Resilience and food security, Food insecurity in Lebanon, Promising technologies on food security and sustainability, and Agrobiodiversity.

Zielgruppe

<p>Researchers in life sciences and social sciences as well as policymakers, food industry professionals, advisers, and more</p>

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Cohen, Marc J.

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Lebensmitteltechnologie und Getränketechnologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Lebensmittelsicherheit und -versorgung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Nutritional improvement of cereal crops to combat hidden hunger during COVID-19 pandemic: Progress and prospects Manoj Prasad 2. Resilience and food security Tim Frankenberger 3. Food insecurity in Lebanon Georges A. Gandour 4. Promising technologies on food security and sustainability Georges A. Gandour 5. Agrobiodiversity Melinda Smale

Über Autor(innen)

Cohen, Marc J.
Marc J. Cohen is Senior Researcher at Oxfam America, currently working on aid effectiveness and agricultural development policy. He is part of the Aid and Development Finance Issues Team of Oxfam International's Even it Up Campaign. Previously, he focused on humanitarian policy and climate change, as well as evaluations of humanitarian advocacy. His academic training is in political science and development studies, and he received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Before coming to Oxfam, Marc was a Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) 1998-2008, and his long term research focus is global food security. Marc has carried out field research in Ethiopia, Haiti, Rwanda, Taiwan, Thailand, Uganda, and the USA. He has taught at American, George Washington, and Johns Hopkins Universities, as well as at the Universities of Florence and Oslo.