The state of food an agriculture

Ebook "Food processing: Strategies for quality assessment" offers a unique dealing with the subject and provides not only an update of state-of-the art techniques in many critical areas of food processing and quality assessment, but also the development of value added products from food waste, safety and nanotechnology in the food and agriculture industry and looks into the future by defining current obstacles and future research goals. This book is not intended to serve as an encyclopedic review of the subject.

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Land is an important input for the agricultural production, any change in land use pattern has significant implications for crop production. Land is a limited resource and net shown area is reducing year after year. Hence, judicious use of land is of prime importance to meet the growing demand of food for ever increasing population of not only the state in particular but nation in general.

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Cluster frontline demonstration (CFLDs) is one of the key extension tools for transfer of technology at grass root level that directly impact the horizontal spread of technology. Pulses play an important role in the food and farming economy of our country. Considering their limited input requirements, soil enriching properties and suitability for growing in areas where moisture (water) is limited, pulses occupy a unique place in our agriculture system.

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The social media platforms provide wide open access to the pool of agricultural information for all the food value chain players and customers. In case of farmers, it is catering the information service for their awareness and knowledge gain with timely updates, at minimal cost, reaching and linking with large number of supply – marketing chain players across the globe.

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The United Nations FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) states that the world population would increase by another 2 billion in 2050 while the additional land area under cultivation will only account to 4% at that time. In such circumstance more efficient farming practices can be attained using the recent technological advancements and solutions to current bottlenecks in farming. A direct application of AI (Artificial Intelligence) or machine intelligence across the farming sector could act to be an epitome of shift in how farming is practiced today.

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Food security tops the Government agenda as production stagnates and prices continue to be high. Pulses on account of their vital role in nutritional security and soil ameliorative properties have been an integral part of sustainable agriculture since ages. Presently, the pulses are grown in 23 million hectares with 13–15 million tonnes of production in the country.

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The use of agricultural and food by-products is an economical solution to industrial biotechnology. The apricot press residues are abounding by-products from juice industry which can be used as substrates in solid state fermentation process (SSF), thus allowing a liberation and increase of content from various biomolecules with high added value.

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FAO plays a unique role as a neutral forum, providing unbiased, high-quality information across all areas relating to food, agriculture and sustainable natural resources management. In 2018 FAO published 829 publications, ranging from authoritative analysis for policy-makers and expert guidance for farmers to general knowledge for young people.

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Attitude is a settled way of thinking or feeling about something. It is an acquired state which is attained through experiences in a person‟s life. It is a state which makes someone liable for this actions and reactions. Attitude is a state of thought which is totally dependent on the condition of the event or situation. It can be evaluated by two measures, the one is extremely positive and the other is extremely negative.

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Paddy is the principle food crop in North-Eastern region of India. Paddy is an important cultivated crop in the state of Manipur, which is the single largest source of livelihood of about 70 per cent of the population of the state. It is the most cultivated crop in Bishnupur district of Manipur with a cultivated area of 31.48 thousands ha having an average yield of 3.6 MT/ha. Agricultural information influences agricultural productivity in a variety of ways. Agricultural productivity can be improved by relevant, reliable and useful information and knowledge.

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Krishi Vigyan Kendra, a planned scheme of Indian Council of Agricultural Research plays vital role by organizing various mandatory programmes to the women for their empowerment in respect of knowledge and adoption of technology for the augmentation of crop production, food security, livelihood security, etc. KVK emphasizes on women empowerment through formation and functioning of SHG and providing training on entrepreneurial training which helps them to develop self confidence, attitude, motivation, economic independence, decision making, leadership, social mobility, etc.

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This paper revealed striking difference in food consumption pattern of households across income groups and rural and urban sectors in Uttar Pradesh. Analysis of food consumption, using consumption expenditure survey conducted by NSSO, revealed a structural shift towards high value agricultural commodities like milk, fruits, vegetables and non-vegetarian products in the state. High disparity among income groups and ruralurban disparities in Monthly per capita expenditure were observed.

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While the country has made large strides in achieving the agricultural development goals of food security, availability and accessibility, it is still being challenged by many social, economic and environment factors such as increase in population, declining land resources, increasing urbanisation, increasing demand of food due to rising income and transition of youth from farming to non-farming sector.

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Attitude is a settled way of thinking or feeling about something. It is an acquired state which is attained through experiences in a person‟s life. It is a state which makes someone liable for this actions and reactions. Attitude is a state of thought which is totally dependent on the condition of the event or situation. It can be evaluated by two measures, the one is extremely positive and the other is extremely negative.

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Edamame (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) also called vegetable soybean is an import vegetable and well recognized for health and nutritional benefits in the world. Soybean cultivars with large seed size and high sucrose content are desirable in the production of vegetable soybean, which is the food bean harvested at R6 stage and just before turning to yellow colour. However, the farmers in the state cultivating regular soybean for the past two decades but there is no suitable or improved vegetable soybean cultivars in the state of Telangana, India.

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Repeated exposure to agro-chemical pesticides may increases the pesticide accumulation in food chain and adversely affect on human and environment. Hence, part of farming community shifting from chemical inputs to bio-inputs. In this regard, this study was conducted to know the extent of awareness, usage pattern, product differentiation, factors affecting and purchase pattern of bio-pesticides in Chitradurga and Davanagere districts in Karnataka state. The data pertaining to this study was collected with the help of pre-tested questionnaire during the agricultural year 2018.

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Karnataka State has a typical composition having a large share of its area under highly diversified agricultural crops, higher growth in agriculture assumes great importance and is a matter of concern for policy planners and research scholars in recent times. A composite index is a grouping of equities, indexes or other factors combined in a standardized way, providing a useful statistical measure of overall food performance over time, and it is also known simply as a "composite".

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Ureases, enzymes that catalyze urea hydrolysis, have received considerable attention for their impact on living organisms’ health and life quality. On the one hand, the persistence of urease activity in human and animal cells can be the cause of some diseases and pathogen infections. On the other hand, food production can be negatively affected by ureases of soil microbiota that, in turn, lead to losses of nitrogenous nutrients in fields supplemented with urea as fertilizer.

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Sustainable use, development and conservation of the world’s livestock genetic resources are of vital importance to agriculture, food production, rural development and the environment. In recognition of the need to develop an effective framework for the management of these resources and to address the threat of genetic erosion, 109 countries, including Ethiopia, came together in September 2007 at the first international technical conference on animal genetic resources for food and agriculture held in Interlaken, Switzerland.

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It is the responsibility of State and Federal regulatory agencies to uphold the supply of wholesome, quality food for the consumer. Without guidelines and regulations, the safety and quality of milk as we know it may not exist. The goal of Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA), Food Safety Program is to obtain voluntary compliance in a manner that is mutually beneficial for the milk industry as well as the consumer.

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