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- 020 __ |a 9780128153574 |q paperback
- 040 __ |a N$T |b eng |c N$T |d EBLCP |d N$T |d Uk |d IE-DuTU |e rda
- 099 __ |a CAL 022020011642
- 245 00 |a Saving food : |b production, supply chain, food waste and food consumption / |c edited by Charis M. Galanakis.
- 264 _1 |a London, United Kingdom : |b Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, |c [2019]
- 300 __ |a xv, 407 pages ; |c 23 cm
- 336 __ |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent
- 337 __ |a unmediated |b n |2 rdamedia
- 338 __ |a volume |b nc |2 rdacarrier
- 504 __ |a Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 505 0_ |a Front Cover; Saving Food; Copyright Page; Contents; List of contributors; Preface; 1 Introduction to global food losses and food waste; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 System definition; 1.2.1 Food losses and food waste; 1.2.2 Food supply chain; 1.2.3 Food commodity groups; 1.2.4 Geographical and temporal boundary; 1.3 Food losses and food waste quantification; 1.3.1 Bibliometric analysis of literature; 1.3.1.1 Type of publications; 1.3.1.2 Temporal trend for year of publications and estimation; 1.3.1.3 Distribution of countries; 1.3.1.4 Food supply chain coverage.
- 505 8_ |a 1.3.2 Different methods used for food losses and food waste quantification1.3.2.1 Overview of methods; 1.3.2.2 Advantages and disadvantages of methods; 1.3.3 Food losses and food waste in general; 1.3.3.1 Farm losses and waste; 1.3.3.2 Postharvest losses and waste; 1.3.3.3 Consumer food waste; 1.3.3.4 Comparison of food losses and food waste for different development levels of countries; 1.4 Implications for future; 1.5 Conclusions; References; 2 Soil and crop management to save food and enhance food security; 2.1 Introduction: enhancing food security by reducing yield loss.
- 505 8_ |a 2.2 Yield loss and food security2.3 Preserving soil health: an imperative if we want to feed the future; 2.3.1 Land availability and soil quality: undertaking a precautionary approach; 2.3.2 The role of soil organic matter in preventing soil degradation and maintaining yields; 2.4 Unsustainable agricultural practices and their effect on yield loss; 2.4.1 "Soil fatigue" and yield decline; 2.4.2 The effect of synthetic fertilizers on pests and soil health; 2.5 Agricultural practices for a more sustainable agriculture; 2.5.1 Conservation agriculture.
- 505 8_ |a 2.5.1.1 Principles of conservation agriculture2.5.1.2 The adoption of conservation agriculture; 2.5.1.3 No-till farming: assessing the drawbacks; 2.5.1.4 No-till and organic agriculture; 2.5.2 The agroecological approach; 2.5.2.1 Agroecological practices; 2.5.2.2 Crop management; 2.5.2.3 The importance of adopting agroecological management at the landscape level; 2.6 Cropping biodiversity to reduce losses and increase yields; 2.6.1 The potential benefits of varietal mixture to cope with pest and increase yields; 2.6.2 Cropping perennial crops; 2.7 Technological approaches.
- 505 8_ |a 2.7.1 Precision agriculture2.7.2 Genetically modified crops; 2.8 Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; 3 Optimizing agricultural practices; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Preharvest systems; 3.2.1 Cultivar and environment; 3.2.2 Integrated pest and disease management; 3.2.3 Diversifying the crop production; 3.2.4 Improved agronomic and cultural practices; 3.3 Harvest systems; 3.3.1 Harvest and handling techniques; 3.3.2 Harvesting maturity; 3.4 On-farm postharvest systems; 3.4.1 On-farm handling and storage; 3.5 Farmer organization, value addition, training, and access to market.
- 650 _0 |a Food waste |x Prevention.
- 650 _0 |a Food conservation.
- 650 _0 |a Food industry and trade |x Environmental aspects.
- 700 1_ |a Galanakis, Charis M., |e editor.