Advances in Food Security and Sustainability: Volume 3

Advances in Food Security and Sustainability: Volume 3

by David Barling (Series Editor)

Synopsis

Advances in Food Security and Sustainability, Volume Three, takes a scientific look at the challenges, constraints and solutions necessary to maintain a healthy and accessible food supply in different communities. This ongoing series addresses a wide range of issues on food sustainability and security, exploring challenges related to protecting environmental resources while also meeting human nutritional requirements. Chapters included in this release include A Food Systems perspective on food and nutrition security in Australia, The potential, and limits, of agricultural intensification to improve the welfare of rural households in semi-arid areas, Food supply chain fraud: the economic, environmental and social consequences and much more.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 346
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 01 Nov 2018

ISBN 10: 0128151978
ISBN 13: 9780128151976

Author Bio
Dr Barling is head of the Centre for Agriculture, Food and Environmental Management at the University of Hertfordshire. His research focuses on food policy, food security and sustainability, and the governance of the agri-food sector. He is co-author of Food Policy: integrating, health, environment and society (Oxford University Press, 2009) and co-editor of Ethical Traceability and Communicating Food (Springer, 2008). He has acted as an advisor and consultant to: UNEP, European Commission DG SANCO, European Parliament, UK Prime Minister's Strategy Unit, the Scottish Government, and a number of other Governmental and non-governmental bodies. He is a trustee of Sustain the UK NGO alliance for better food and farming.