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Index
Cover
Table of Contents
Title page
Copyright page
Dedication
About the Author
Preface
Introduction
A Reflection on Why We Should Care about Food Security
The Impact of Changing Worldviews
Decoupling Production and Profit
Wider Changes in the Food System
The Food System
The Future of Food
References
1: The Basis for Food Security
1.1 Defining What Food Security Is and How Food Supply Chains Can Deliver It
1.2 The Convergence of Food Security Research, Economics, and Policy
1.3 The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
1.4 Measuring Hunger in a Changing World to Establish Security
1.5 The Undernutrition and Overnutrition Gap
1.6 The Supply Chain and Nutrition Gaps
1.7 The Relationship between Food Security and Biology
1.8 The Relationship between Food Security and Biotechnology
1.9 Genetic Diversity of Agricultural Crops and Livestock
1.10 Trade Agreements and the Development of Agricultural Supply
References
2: Understanding Food Supply Chains
2.1 Current Methods of Assessing Food Supply Chain Efficiencies That Enable Food Security Projections
2.2 How Population Growth and Limiting Factors Define Demand and Food Security
2.3 Global Population Estimates and Projections
2.4 Consumption and Population Growth: Demonstrating the Impact of Dietary Changes and Transitions
2.5 Optimising Nutrition across Supply Chains Is the Focus of the Second Green Revolution
2.6 The Emergence of Sustainable Farming Reconnecting Supply Chains: A Case Study of the Establishment of the Landcare Movement in Australia
2.7 The Long-Term Field Experiments at Rothamsted and Their Power of Demonstrating Good Nutrient Balance in Agriculture Has Been Crucial to the Development of Sustainable Food Supply
2.8 Long-Term Field Experiments Hold Critical Data That Provide Our Understanding of Nutrient Flows in Farming Systems So That Sustainable Food Supply Chains Are Developed
2.9 The Sustainable Production of Livestock and Long-Term Data
2.10 The Historical Proof of the Value of Agricultural Innovations in Providing Food Security
2.11 The Relationship between Field Trials, Investments, and Innovation
References
3: The Scientific Basis for Food Security
3.1 The Supply of Essential Plant Nutrients
3.2 Plant Nutrients and Phytonutrients in the Food Supply Chain: Establishing a Nutritional Understanding Using Human Trials
3.3 Biomass, the Base of the Supply Chain
3.4 The Interception of Light by Crop Canopies: How the Molecular Scale Impacts on Food Supply Chain Efficiency
3.5 The Requirement for Breeding New Crop Varieties and Selecting for Increased Sink Capacity of Crops
3.6 Photosynthetic Metabolism, the Biochemical Driver of Production
3.7 Environmental Stress Events and Their Impacts on Food Supply
3.8 The Principles of Integrated Management across the Food Chain: A Food Supply Chain Perspective
3.9 The Modern Agricultural System, the Dietary Interface, and Food Supply
References
4: The Sociological Basis for Food Security
4.1 Challenges and Solutions
4.2 Free Trade Transitions into Sustainability
4.3 Increasing Food Supplies Have Been a Major Achievement since 1975, but There Is Increased Resource Nationalism Evident by the Emergence of ‘National Interests in a Shrinking World’
4.4 A Demonstration of Energy Balance and LCA for Sugar Production in Europe
4.5 Carbon Footprinting for Food Manufacturers Begins to Offer a Sustainability Reporting Framework
4.6 What Can We Do with Sustainability Assessments of Food Products? Using Carbon Footprint Data in Supply Chain Management
4.7 The Interactions between Affordability, Accessibility, and Food Security
4.8 Retail, Distribution, and Wholesale
4.9 Developing Diets for Improved Sustainability and Health Criteria
References
5: Challenges and Solutions
5.1 The Food System Challenge of This Century: Is a Sustainable Diet Now Defined?
5.2 Supply Chain Challenges: Integrating the LCA Approaches in Agriculture, Manufacturing, and Retail
5.3 Visualising the Data from the Food System Using GIS-LCA
5.4 Technology Enablers and Opportunities
References
6: The Future and Our Conclusion
6.1 The Future Food System
6.2 Our Conclusion
References
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Index
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