*Edited by Anna Aladjadjiyan*

This book is devoted to food production and the problems associated with the satisfaction of food needs in different parts of the world. The emerging food crisis calls for development of sustainable food production, and the quality and safety of the food produced should be guaranteed. The book contains thirteen chapters and is divided into 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 case studies of semi-arid Africa, Caribbean and Jamaica, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Pacific Islands, Mexico and Brazil are discussed. The second section, titled "Scientific Methods for Improving Food Quality and Safety", covers the methods for control and avoidance of food contaminants. Substitution of chemical treatment with physical, rapid analytical methods for control of contaminants, problems in animal husbandry related to diary production and hormones in food producing animals, approaches and tasks in maize and rice production are in the covered by 6 chapters in this section.

ISBN 978-953-307-887-8

Food Production - Approaches, Challenges and Tasks

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## Food Production Approaches, Challenges and Tasks

*Edited by Anna Aladjadjiyan*

**FOOD PRODUCTION –** 

**AND TASKS** 

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Edited by **Anna Aladjadjiyan**

**APPROACHES, CHALLENGES** 
