Encyclopedia of Food Security and Sustainability

Similar to the previous edition, Encyclopedia of Food Security and Sustainability, Second Edition, Three Volume Set focuses on the two topics food security and food sustainability, objectives that food systems are expected to fulfil. The encyclopedia covers (a) descriptions of the different components of food systems (that is, agricultural production of food; storage, processing and marketing of food; and consumption of food with focus on nutrition and health - "from farm to flush"), (b) strategies to reach the goals of food security and sustainability of those food systems, and (c) frame conditions that influence the achievements of the Sustainable Development Goals (such as climate change, conflicts and corona (epidemics)). The 2nd edition of the Encyclopedia of Food Security and Sustainability:

• What it is: a synopsis of the path society is currently on with respect to securing food for a growing population in the present century.
• What it concerns: it is a reference work to investigate/discuss the focal issues of sustainable food production for humankind in the coming years, also in relation to the effects of global change on food resources, biodiversity and global food security. It is recognized that the topic involves complex adaptive systems.
• Its objective: to become a platform to show how integration of different disciplines is necessary to strengthen the existing capacity to generate and share research data through closer collaboration not only within the scientific community, but also within the industrial world and society in general.
• Its Impact: this collection of methodological approaches and derived knowledge will have impact on the research community, food industry, scientists and students in the way to relate and report on the novel challenges of food productions to secure food to humanity in a sustainable way.

• Use of MRW template to ensure consistency of chapters within the project
• Covering all issues regarding food sustainability and security
• Being interdisciplinary and therefore of interest for a large audience (consumers, industry, academic, students)
• Collecting communication and related strategies to address the education and potential concerns of consumers and researchers
• Developing the single topics from a multidisciplinary point of view