Tawheed Amin - Böcker

This book provides an exhaustive coverage on all the types of food products-fruits, vegetables, cereals, dairy and meat processing and their preservation. It also provides a brief introduction to their importance in employment generation.Note: T&F does not sell or distribute the hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Food wastage has become a major problem with about one third of all food produced for human consumption going to waste, leading to major socioeconomic and environmental consequences in an increasingly resource-constrained world. This volume embraces integrated management as a solution to food and agricultural wastage. It presents methods to lessen, reuse, recycle, and manage wastage by merging and employing a variety of suitable methods, equipment, and organizational plans.The volume begins with a global overview of the characterization of food and agricultural wastes. It then delves into using food processing applications that use byproducts as sources of valuable bioenergy and recoverable products. It explores methods for reducing, reusing, and recycling waste along with basic and modern environmental practices for food and agricultural waste management. Chapters discuss food waste management in conjunction with enhancing food security and sustainability and management strategies that offset the impact of food and agricultural wastes on the environment. Finally, the book looks at the challenges and opportunities that are associated with food and agricultural waste management across the globe.

Providing an integrated approach to crop growth and development and the technical aspects of greenhouse cultivation and climate management, this new volume focuses on the sustainable elements of greenhouse technology that are currently available on the market. The book examines the most major issues in this dynamic and developing field that calls for innovative multidisciplinary scientific and technological solutions. The advanced greenhouse technology and topics covered in this book include an emphasis on sustainable agriculture; greenhouse design, installation and maintenance; irrigation and fertigation techniques for greenhouses; automation and control technologies; cooling and ventilation technologies; insect and pest management; organic greenhouse practices; economic feasibility of greenhouse technology under certain conditions and more.

This book offers an extensive overview of the current and future potential of polysaccharides-based films, providing in-depth coverage of the fundamentals and basics of polysaccharide-based films.Aimed at students, scholars, scientists, and food packaging professionals, this book delves into the properties and applications of polysaccharide-based edible films in the food packaging industry. It provides insights and pathways for widening the applications of polysaccharide-based films to maximize their benefits in various industries and research institutes worldwide.With a wealth of scientific knowledge presented in an organized manner, this book serves as a valuable reference for researchers and professionals in food and pharmaceutical industries, as well as those in research and development (R&D) institutes.