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Food Production, Diversity, and Safety Under Climate Change

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This book presents a universal picture of the impact of climate change on food production, diversity, and concerns regarding food safety. The book also highlights the traditional and modern techniques for sustainably improving the production of food crops and their nutritional quality aligning with the "zero hunger" goal (Sustainable Development Goal 2) of the United Nations. The book holistically includes the contributions of scientists and academicians working in the fields of Food and Nutrition, Plant and Microbial Sciences, Agriculture, etc. The book also offers insights into the strategie...

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Dr. Rakhi Chakraborty presently works as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany, Acharya Prafulla Chandra Roy Government College, Siliguri, India, for the last 8 years. She has done her Ph.D. on medicinal plants specifically characterizing the antidiabetic and antihyperlipidemic properties of Litsea cubeba fruits traditionally used to cure hyperglycemia and hypertension by the ethnic communities of Darjeeling Himalayas, India. She also has a keen interest in the study of nutraceutical properties of underutilized food plants and the food biochemistry of bakery products. She has also published Research and Review articles in journals of international repute. She has presented her research work in several Seminars and Conferences and has also been awarded the Best Oral Presentation at the West Bengal State Regional Science Congress and at a National seminar organized by the University of North Bengal, India. Dr. Piyush Mathur is presently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany, University of North Bengal, West Bengal, India. He has been teaching for the past 6 years and has taught both at the undergraduate and post graduate level He has done his Ph.D. in Botany with a specialization in Mycology and Plant Pathology. Presently, he is supervising four Ph.D. research scholars who are working on microbial diversity, bioprospecting, and plant disease management. He has published quite a number of articles in well-known international journals of good repute. He has also contributed articles as book chapters in International and National books. He has edited two books with Springer and is working on other books too. Dr. Mathur is an active member of the Society of Rapeseed Mustard Research (SRMR), Bharatpur, and Delhi University Botanical Society (DUBS) Delhi, India. Dr. Swarnendu Roy works as an Assistant Professor at the University of North Bengal,Siliguri, India. He has more than 13 years of teaching experience. He has received the University Gold Medal for securing the first position at B.Sc. and the University Silver medal for securing the second position at M.Sc. level. He received the Post-Graduate Merit Scholarship for University Rank Holder-awarded by the Ministry of HRD and UGC (2006-2008), Government of India. He also received the CSIR Junior Research Fellowship, which was awarded by CSIR-UGC (2008). He is actively engaged in research topics encompassing plant stress management by engineered nanoparticles and the synthesis of starch-based biofilms and edible coatings. He has published more than 40 articles with high-impact factors in reputed journals, such as Water Research and Scientific Reports, among many others. He has recently edited two books published by Springer and has also published several book chapters in edited volumes to date. He is a life member of prestigious societies like "The Indian Science CongressAssociation"; "Association of Food Scientists and Technologists (India)" and "Society of Plant Research (India)".