Sustainable Development and Pathways for Food Ecosystems

Sustainable Development and Pathways for Food Ecosystems: Integration and Synergies is a science-based reference which focuses on several illustrated patterns that explore the roles played by the agri-food ecosystems, their functions and needs, and the importance of the interdependencies among them. This book explores the relationships and interdependencies between food ecosystems, highlighting the role each entity has in exploiting, transforming, preserving and conserving the others. It is a great resource of information on the ecosystems that surround the food supply chain and includes all processes from primary production of food through consumption. Sections cover the agricultural phase, processing and transformation, storage and consolidation, packaging, transportation and the management of waste and losses. This will be a useful reference for academicians, researchers and all the personnel involved with agri-food sector management.