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6 produkter
6 produkter
Sustainable Engineering and Agro-Food Processing
Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources
Inbunden, Engelska, 2025
2 032 kr
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This new book focuses on the challenges of implementing sustainability in different contexts of biodiversity and ecosystems for shaping the future of engineering in the agro-food processing industry and addresses sustainable applications of renewable and nonrenewable resources. It highlights the engineering advancements and processing solutions for agricultural and food engineering and discusses the handling of agro-industrial waste and biorefineries, developing bioactive compounds from agro-industrial waste, using sustainable technologies for resource recovery from waste, employing spray drying in food processing, developing healthy and sustainable replacements for saturated and hydrogenated fats, and creating and enhancing healthy foods for the future.
Food-Energy-Water Triangle for Sustainable Development
Integrative and Synergic Solutions
Inbunden, Engelska, 2025
2 437 kr
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Solutions to the food shortage, demand for clean water, and need for energy for a current world population of 7 billion are the greatest challenges today, which require technological innovation and changes in public policy. This new book provides a broad overview of the nexus of water-food-energy and its relationship with climate and sustainable development, which have huge impact on water and food availability. The volume presents case studies for the management of water, energy, agricultural growth, and food security using empirical analyses and technological interventions. It explores innovations in sustainable food production; energy solutions using biofuels, solar energy, and magnetic energy; and water conservation management.
Green Sustainable Agriculture and Farming Practices
Eco-Technological Approaches
Inbunden, Engelska, 2025
2 032 kr
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This new volume covers conceptual frameworks for understanding the functional construct of agro-foodinnovation and farming. It presents a selection of topics on regenerative agriculture and farming that leadto practices that can be useful on both organic and conventional farms. The volume first looks at ecotechnologiesin the agrifood industry, such as the production of bacterial metabolites againstphytopathogenic fungi as an alternative in food preservation, how food affects gut microbiota, the role ofprobiotic rhizobacteria in agriculture, and nanocellulose-based composites in the food industry. Theauthors also explore eco-technologies for water reuse in agricultural irrigation, eco-friendly farmingpractices to ensure sustainability, and ways to limit agricultural soil and air pollution in farming systems.
Energy Recovery from Agro-Food Waste
New Technologies for Sustainable Development
Inbunden, Engelska, 2025
429 kr
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As is well known, fossil fuels and food waste are significant contributors to the climate change crisis. Conversion of food waste to energy can help solving or mitigating these problems by providing a sustainable energy alternative to fossil fuels.
2 115 kr
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This book presents cutting-edge technical solutions for better management of food loss and waste to transform the way we produce, manage, and utilize food resources.
Zero Landfill
Ensuring a Greener Environment through Sustainable Soil and Agricultural Management
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
1 693 kr
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This book offers an overview of innovative waste treatment technologies for sustainable agriculture. It evaluates the efficacy, scalability, and adaptability of these technologies, discussing their potential in addressing the challenges in waste treatment to achieve healthy soil. Waste management has been a severe issue globally. Every year, over 11 billion metric tons of waste is produced, with humans accounting for 90% of this total. Millions of tons of waste in the United States end up in landfills and pollute the environment and soil health, where they are dumped. If sustainability is practiced, we can reduce and control environmental waste to improve agricultural soil health. The book assesses current disposal methods and the development of sustainable solutions. It delves into the impact assessment and evaluation of these solutions, promoting a comprehensive understanding of sustainable disposal practices and their significance in mitigating environmental hazards. The increasing level of waste is, nowadays, a severe problem in the urban areas of the world. High rates of growth in population and increasing per-capita income have resulted in the generation of enormous waste, posing a severe threat to environmental quality and human health and more so in the case of developing countries where large quantities of waste are dumped haphazardly, thereby putting pressure on scarce land and water resources and, at the same time, adversely affecting the health of human beings, mainly that of the poor persons who have greater exposure to it. Providing a cost analysis of waste management, this book explores the economic dimensions of solid waste management. It discusses funding, investment opportunities, and economic impact assessments, offering insights into the financial implications and considerations in implementing waste management practices.This research-oriented book also investigates the main determinants of residents' waste-sorting behavior and how the approach mainly contributes to it. The findings provide policymakers with critical factors for the successful implementation of waste sorting. We also propose policy implications to maintain and improve sorting efficiency from the perspective of residents (education, communication, and publicity), neighborhood committees (degree and efficiency of supervision), and property management companies (good infrastructure, services, and processes). It will also explore the intricacies of transporting hazardous solid waste. It covers the regulations, compliance, and risk mitigation strategies involved, presenting best practices in transportation and highlighting the complexities in ensuring safe and compliant transit of hazardous solid waste.