Sustainable Food Production

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Christou, Paul (Editor), Savin, Roxana (Editor), Costa-Pierce, Barry A. (Editor), Misztal, Ignacy (Editor), Whitelaw, C. Bruce A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Food > Biotechnology.; Agriculture.; Plant breeding.; Animal genetics.; Transgenic organisms.; Sustainable development.; Life Sciences.; Food Science.; Sustainable Development.; Animal Genetics and Genomics.; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.; Transgenics.

Population growth in the coming decades will put severe pressure on human food, animal feed, and fiber production from both land and ocean ecosystems.  Environmental sustainability and social justice are increasingly important elements in debates on how to ensure adequate food for a  growing global...