Abstract The Green Revolution in India was initiated in the 1960s by introducing high-
yielding varieties of rice and wheat to increase food production in order to alleviate hunger …

The cold chain is responsible for the preservation and transportation of perishable foods in
the proper temperature range to slow biological decay processes and deliver safe and high …

Food trade plays a key role in achieving global food security. With a growing consumer
demand for diverse food products, transportation has emerged as a key link in food supply …

How can huge populations be fed healthily, equitably and affordably while maintaining the
ecosystems on which life depends? The evidence of diet's impact on public health and the …

Climate change is the single most important global environmental and development issue
facing the world today and has emerged as a major topic in tourism studies. Climate change …

The purpose of this paper is to introduce a new framework to optimise the design of halal
food supply chains, called the “Halal Supply Chain Model”. In this research the main …

Abstract The Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that more than 800 million people
engage in urban agriculture producing more than 15% of the world's food. Recently, there …

Despite significant recent public concern and media attention to the environmental impacts
of food, few studies in the United States have systematically compared the life-cycle …

Sustainable consumption is gaining in currency as a new environmental policy objective.
This paper presents new research findings from a mixed-method empirical study of a local …

In this second edition of The Sociology of Food and Agriculture, students are provided with a
substantially revised and updated introductory text to this emergent field. The book begins …