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Transforming food systems under climate change through innovation
Our food systems have performed well in the past, but they are failing us in the face of climate change and other challenges. This book tells the story of why food system transformation is needed, how it can be achieved, and how research can be a catalyst for change. Written by a global interdisciplinary team of researchers, it brings together perspectives from multiple areas including climate,…
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- 9781009227216
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- 254 p
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- 338.1 CAM t
Urban Food Sharing : Rules, tools and networks
Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. This book explores the history and current practice of food sharing. Illustrated by rich case studies from around the world, the book uses new empirical data to set an agenda for research and action. The book will be an important resource for researchers, policy makers and sharing innovators to explore the impacts and sustainability potential of suc…
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- 9781447349846
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- 363.8091732 ANN u
Reimagining Marginalized Foods
Contributor(s) Finnis, Elizabeth (editor) Collection Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Number 102404 Language English Perlihat publikasi penuh This volume brings together ethnographically based anthropological analyses of shifting meanings and representations associated with the foods, ingredients, and cooking practices that of marginalized and/or indigenous cultures. Contributors are particula…
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- 23
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- 9780816539239
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- vi, 175 p
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- 394.12
Indian agriculture towards 2030 : pathways for enhancing farmers' income, nut…
This open access book brings together varying perspectives for transformational change needed in India’s agriculture and allied sectors. Stressing the need of thinking for a post-Green Revolution future, the book promotes approaching this change through eight broad areas, indicating the policy shifts needed to meet the challenges for the coming decade (2021-2030). The book comprises of ten…
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- Ed. 1
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- 9789811907630
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- XV, 311
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- 338.1854 Ind
The Impact of Food Bioactives on Health: in vitro and ex vivo models
“Infogest” (Improving Health Properties of Food by Sharing our Knowledge on the Digestive Process) is an EU COST action/network in the domain of Food and Agriculture that will last for 4 years from April 4, 2011. Infogest aims at building an open international network of institutes undertaking multidisciplinary basic research on food digestion gathering scientists from different origins (fo…
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- 1
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- 9783319161044
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- XVII, 338
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- 664.001579 KIT t
Wheat improvement : food security in a changing climate
This open-access textbook provides a comprehensive, up-to-date guide for students and practitioners wishing to access in a single volume the key disciplines and principles of wheat breeding. Wheat is a cornerstone of food security: it is the most widely grown of any crop and provides 20% of all human calories and protein. The authorship of this book includes world class researchers and breeders…
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- 9783030906733
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- lii + 629
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- 633.11 WHE w
Seeds for diversity and inclusion : agroecology and endogenous development
This open access book will contribute to a more nuanced debate around seed system resilience that goes beyond the dominant dichotomous conceptualization of seed governance often characterized as traditional vs modern, subsistence vs commercial, or local vs global. While reflecting on the expanding oligopoly in the current seed system, the authors argue that such classifications limit our abilit…
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- 9783030894054
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- XIX, 199 p
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- 631.521 YOS s
Motivations associated with food choices and eating practices
This book is generally focused on food choice and which factors are associated with the decisions that define people’s eating behaviour. These factor are highly variable and include influences from the surrounding environment as well as the individual characteristics of each person. The book includes a number of chapters that address these issues from different points of view. Some explore th…
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- 9783036514130
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- ix, 253p.: ill
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Creative tourism in smaller communities : place, culture, and local represent…
Tourists are travelling the world in greater numbers than ever before, seeking immersive cultural experiences. This massive rise of tourism has raised issues of social and cultural sustainability in the world’s global cities. At the same time, smaller cities and rural communities struggling with increasing urbanization and the loss of traditional industries could benefit from increased touris…
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- 9781773851907
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- ix; 328 pg; ill.
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- 910 TOU
Cultural models of nature
Drawing on the ethnographic experience of the contributors, this volume explores the Cultural Models of Nature found in a range of food-producing communities located in climate-change affected areas. These Cultural Models represent specific organizations of the etic categories underlying the concept of Nature (i.e. plants, animals, the physical environment, the weather, humans, and the supernat…
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- 9781351127905
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- 394p. : ill.
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- 338.19 CUL c
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