Food Production: Approaches, Challenges and Tasks

Contemporary development of mankind is facing two main problems - food insufficiency and energy shortage. Both are consequences of a fast growing of human population - today the world's population has reached 7 billion and the birthrate is expected to prevail in developing countries. The rising human population needs more food and more energy for high-quality life. Both requirements are in concurrence as far as the raw materials for food production and for energy from renewable sources are often the same.

This book is dedicated to food production and the problems associated with the satisfaction of food needs in different parts of the world. On one hand, the emerging food crisis requires development of sustainable food production and on the other hand, the quality and safety of the food produced should be guaranteed. The book is divided in two sections; the first section is related to social issues rising from food insufficiency in the third world countries, and is titled "Sustainable food production: Case studies". The second section is titled "Scientific methods for improving food quality and safety" and covers the problems caused by the use of artificial compounds for increasing food production, and the methods for improvement of food quality and safety.