1st Edition
Sustainable Agriculture and Global Environmental Health Toward the Efficient Management of Resources
New technologies have the potential to transform the agri-food industry by improving agricultural productivity. Recent innovations in this sector are making a useful contribution to environmental sustainability as well. This new book presents advanced methods and modern technologies in agri-food sectors to document the improvements in environmental health and food security considering a global scale.
The volume focuses on prioritizing sustainable agriculture and global environment health. It explores the principles of environmental sustainability and explains how these principles can be applied in practice in agri-food systems. It also provides an accessible framework for the effective management of resources for the reduction of chronic disease in humans and mitigating the degradation of the environment.
Key features:
- Describes the key concepts of sustainable food production for scientists interested in the environmental impacts of agriculture
- Reviews sustainable options to the industrial production methods used today to adopt healthier foods and lifestyles
- Reports on sustainable resources for the food industry along with sustainable processes for food scientists of all levels, both in academia and industry
- Explores technical innovations to connect the gap between a healthy environment and sustainable agriculture using the theories and principles set out in each chapter to address real-world problems
- Presents case studies related to our growing demand for food from the perspectives of disciplines ranging from environmental science to public health
1. An Introduction to the Environmental Sustainability of Biofuels
Héctor A. Ruiz, Rosa M. Rodríguez-Jasso, José Sandoval-Cortes, A. K. Haghi, and Cristóbal N. Aguilar
2. Advanced Oxidation Processes in the Treatment of Effluents Contaminated with Dyes
Sara Andrea Álvarez-Alvarado, Judith Amador-Hernández, and Miguel Velázquez-Manzanares
3. Built Environment Impact on Health, Water, Air, and Sustainable Urban Agriculture: A Case Study of Alameda Zaragoza in Saltillo, Mexico
Miriam E. Mery-Ruiz, Gabriela Carmona Ochoa, and Areli Lopez-Montelongo
4. Sustainable Nanoscale Polymer-Based Edible Coatings
Abigail A. Belmares-Cerda, José Sandoval-Cortés, Ruth E. Belmares-Cerda, Karina Reyes-Acosta, Miguel Á. Aguilar-González, Olga B. Álvarez-Pérez, and Cristóbal N. Aguilar
5. Removal of Dyes from Water: Techniques and Materials
L. F. Cano Salazar, V. J. Cruz Delgado, T. E. Flores Guía, and G. Soria Argüello
6. Spent Coffee Grounds as a Source of Bioactive Compounds with Food and Agricultural Applications: A Review
Karla A. Luna, Mónica. L Chávez-González, Cristóbal N. Aguilar, N Ramírez-Guzman, Ha Ruiz, and Lm Hernández
7. Sustainable Use of Semi-Desert Plants
Zaida M. Aranda, Mónica L. Chávez-González, Cristian Torres-León, José Luis Martínez Hernández, and Mayela Goveza Salas
8. Streptomyces Sp as a Producer of Bioactive Compounds for the Generation of Organic Herbicides
Víctor Navarro-Macias, Olga B. Alvarez-Pérez, Mayela Govea-Salas, Elan Laredo-Alcalá, Mónica L. Chávez-González, Rodolfo Ramos-Gonzales, and Roberto Arredondo-Valdés
9. Biological Control as an Environmentally Sustainable Strategy for Application in Postharvest Fruit Packaging
Laihsa V. Rodríguez-González, Mónica L. Chávez-González, Nathiely Ramírez-Guzmán, Liliana Flores-López, Héctor S. Villada-Carrillo, and Cristóbal N. Aguilar
10. Biodiesel Production from Residual Fats and Oils by Enzymatic Catalysis: An Environmentally Friendly Alternative
Veymar G. Tacias-Pascacio, Gilber Vela-Gutiérrez, and Erika J. López-Zúñiga
11. Plant Extracts as Elicitors in Plants Against Diseases: Action Mode and Perspectives
Marco Antonio Tucuch-Pérez, Roberto Arredondo-Valdés, Elan Iñaky Laredo Alcalá, Mónica Lizeth Chávez González, Cristóbal Noé Aguilar González, Francisco Daniel Hernández Castillo, Agustín Hernández Juarez, Epifanio Castro Del Ángel, and Julia Cecilia Anguiano Cabello
12. Malanga and Its Sustainable Production
Gilber Vela-Gutiérrez, Yanhsy Hernández Portillo, Veymar G. Tacias Pascacio, and Erika J. López Zúñiga
13. Valorization of Agro-Industrial Wastes for Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction of Pectin: A Review
Carlos N. Cano-Gonzalez, María De La Luz Herrera-Estrada, Juan Carlos Contreras-Esquivel, Lluvia De Abril Alexandra Soriano-Melgar, and Rocio Yaneli Aguirre-Loredo
Biography
Mónica Chávez-González, PhD, is a Research Professor at the School of Chemical Sciences of the Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Mexico. She is a pharmacobiological chemist. Her master’s and doctoral program was in Food Science and Technology. She is the General Coordinator and founder of the Bioprocessing Mx-LATAM Network, whose objective is to promote R&D in the area of bioprocessing through interaction between universities, institutes, research centers, and relevant industries in Mexico and Latin America. She has been awarded the Latin American Women in Chemistry Award in the category of ""Emerging Leader,"" granted by the American Chemical Society and the Latin American Federation of Chemical Associations (FLAQ). Her expertise is in the areas of fermentation processes, microbial biotransformation, enzyme production, industrial food waste valorization, extraction of bioactive compounds (antioxidants), and chemical characterization.
Cristóbal Noé Aguilar, PhD, is Director of Research and Postgraduate Programs at the Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila, Mexico. Dr. Aguilar has published more than 530 papers in indexed journals and 550 contributions in scientific meetings. He has also edited more than 30 books. He has been awarded several prizes and awards, the most important of which are the National Prize of Research (2010) from the Mexican Academy of Sciences; the Prize CCC–2008 from the Mexican Society of Biotechnology and Bioengineering; National Prize AgroBio-2005; and the Mexican Prize in Food Science and Technology. In 2019 he received the Outstanding Research Award by the International Association of Bioprocessing (IBA). Dr. Aguilar is a member of the Mexican Academy of Science, the Central Council of the International Bioprocessing Association, the Mexican Academy of Sciences, the Mexican Society for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, and the Mexican Association for Food Science and Biotechnology. He has developed more than 41 research projects, including 25 international exchange projects.
Juan Carlos Contreras-Esquivel, PhD, is a full Professor and Head of the Laboratory of Applied Glycobiotechnology at the Food Research Department, School of Chemistry, the University of Coahuila, Mexico. He is involved in teaching undergraduate and graduate students with a special focus in food science and food bioscience. His research interests are mainly on applied glycoltechnology for polysaccharide extraction by using ecofriendly technologies (enzymatic, microwave, pulsed electric field, ultrasonic) and oligosaccharide production by degradative or biosynthetic routes. Dr. Contreras-Esquivel earned a bachelor’s degree in Biological Chemistry and holds an MSc degree in Food Science and Technology, both from the Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua, Mexico. He received his PhD from the Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina.
A. K. Haghi, PhD, is a retired professor with over 250 academic research-oriented books as well as over 1000 research papers published in various journals and conference proceedings with over 3350 citations and h-index of 30, according to the Google Scholar database. He is currently a senior material engineering consultant in the UK. Professor Haghi has received several grants, consulted for several major corporations, and is a frequent speaker to national and international audiences. He is Founder and former Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Chemoinformatics and Chemical Engineering and Polymers Research Journal. Professor Haghi has acted as an editorial board member of many international journals. He has served as a member of the Canadian Research and Development Center of Sciences & Cultures and the Research Chemistry Centre, Coimbra, Portugal. He has supervised several PhD and MSc theses at the University of Guilan (UG) and co-supervised international doctoral projects. Professor Haghi holds a BSc in urban and environmental engineering from the University of North Carolina (USA) and holds two MSc, one in mechanical engineering from North Carolina State University (USA) and another one in applied mechanics, acoustics, and materials from the Université de Technologie de Compiegne (France). He was awarded a PhD in engineering sciences at Universite de Franche-Comte (France).
