The Basics of Human Civilization Food Agriculture and Humanity : Vol. II: Food
Contents: Foreword. I. Introduction. 1. Introduction/Prem Nath. II. Food Perception: 2. Three vertices of human civilization triangle: food, agriculture and humanistic ideology/S. Bisaliah. III: Food Commonly Known: 3. Food as understood/Prem Nath. 4. Knowing food for human health/K.G. Ahuja. 5. Unused foods, underutilized food, and handling food-enhancing food availability/Prem Nath. 6. Street food of the common people-worldwide/Prem Nath. 7. Changes in national and international food patterns-observations and perspectives/Prem Nath. IV. Food Sources: 8. Cereal grains and pulses for human health/K.R.M. Swamy and K.G. Ahuja. 9. Vegetables for human nutrition and health/K.R.M. Swamy, Prem Nath and K.G. Ahuja. 10. Fruits for nutritional security/ C.P.A. Iyer and K.R.M. Swamy. 11. Animal source foods for human health/B. S. V. Reddy and K.R.M. Swamy. 12. Role of fishes in augmenting human health/K. Gopakumar. 13. Herbs and spices as flavoring foods/K.R.M. Swamy. 14. Major classes of Phytonutraceuticals in vegetables and health benefits: a review/Joao Carlos da Silva Dias. 15. Nutraceuticals in organically grown fruits and vegetables/B.S. Prabhakar and S. Sivashankar. V. Food and Health: 16. Food: what, how much and when to eat for better human health?/Sana Thousia. 17. Common ailments, food and human health/Mohammed Ilyas, S.P. 18. Changing food habits with age and health-own observations and perceptions/Prem Nath. VI. Food and Nutrition Policy: 19. The right to food/Prem Nath. 20. Changes in food and nutrition policies- a glance/Prem Nath. 21. Indian food bill-views and prospects/Devinder Sharma. 22. Strategic changes in approach to combat food and nutrition insecurity among urban and rural population/Subash Dasgupta and Indrajit Roy. 23. Importance of food safety in the food production and supply chain/ S. Sareen. VII: Food and Nutrition Security Programmes - Regional and International: 24. Contribution of grain legumes in combating food and nutrition in-security in different regions of the world/C. L. Laxmipathi Gowda, Aravind K. Jukanti and Pooran M. Gaur. 25. Food insecurity in tribal dominated areas of Maharashtra, India/Nitin Tagade and R. S. Deshpande. 26. Mitigating the food and nutritional insecurity in east africa: development of the community based ‘iringa approach’ by the iringa nutrition programme (1983-1988) in Tanzania/Marashetty Seenappa. 27. Impact of national and international programs and projects in mitigating food and nutritional insecurity in Central Asia and the Caucasus/Ravza Mavlyanova. VIII. Challenges and Opportunities: 28. Challenges and opportunities in food sector/Prem Nath.
The present volume II concentrates on Food with relevance to Agriculture and Humanity. This publication contains nine chapters, viz., namely, Introduction, Food Perception, Food Commonly Known, Food Sources, Food and Health, Food and Nutrition Policy, Regional and International Programmes on Food and Nutrition Security, Challenges and Opportunities in Food Sector.
This Volume contains 28 articles, by well known national and international authors, covering 598 pages. The authors from food and health sciences (physician, dietician, patient), agriculture sciences (cereal crops, horticulture, livestock, fisheries), economics, policy and development with national and international experiences have expressed their views on one subject - Food.
