{"product_id":"9781771886475","title":"Sustainable Horticulture, Volume 2:: Food, Health, and Nutrition","description":"\u003cp\u003eSustainable Horticulture, Volume 2: Food, Health, and Nutrition addresses some of the most important topics facing horticulture around the world today. This volume, part of the two-volume compendium, focuses on research trends in sustainable horticulture that include postharvest management and processed food production from horticulture crops, crop protection and plant health management, and horticulture for human health and nutrition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlobal food demand is expected to be double by 2050, while at the same time the production environment and natural resources are continually shrinking and deteriorating due to many complex factors. Horticulture, a major sector of agriculture, is vital to enhancing crop production and productivity in parity with agricultural crops to meet the emerging food demand. Implementing sustainable models of crop production is really an enormous endeavor. Promising technologies and management options are needed to increase productivity to meet the growing food demand despite deteriorating production environments. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is divided into sections covering: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePostharvest Management and Processed Food\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProtection of Horticulture Crops\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHorticulture for Health and Nutrition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTogether with volume 1 (\u003cb\u003eVolume 1: Diversity, Production, and Crop Improvement), \u003c\/b\u003ethis two-volume compendium presents an abundance of new research on sustainable horticulture that will be valuable for a broad audience, including students of horticulture, faculty and instructors, scientists, agriculturists, government and nongovernmental organizations, and other industry professionals. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Apple Academic Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47038892146928,"sku":"9781771886475","price":159.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781771886475_p0.jpg?v=1763708764","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781771886475","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}