Advances in Food Security and Sustainability
- 1st Edition, Volume 10 - October 22, 2025
- Latest edition
- Editors: Marc J. Cohen, Eliseo Lucero-Prisno III
- Language: English
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Description
Description
Food Security and Sustainability: Global Challenges and Innovations, Volume 10 in the Advances in Food Security and Sustainability series highlights the latest developments in addressing food security concerns worldwide. This volume presents insightful chapters on crucial topics, including The Nexus of Food Security, Water Security, and Land Sustainability in Africa, Impact of Climate Disaster, Migration, and Health Risk on Food Security in Africa, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Food Safety: Challenges, Innovations, and Future Perspectives, and Food Security Amidst Disasters: Cases in the Philippines, among others.
Additional chapters explore Sustainable Water Management for Food Security, Meat Consumption in Africa: Trends, Challenges, and Impact, Food Security and Global Water Security, The Role of Pharmacists in Addressing Nutritional Deficiencies in Food-Insecure Countries, and Biofortification: Addressing Micronutrient Deficiencies in Staple Foods in Africa. The volume also covers innovative solutions such as Advancing Women's Roles in Nutrition-Sensitive Agricultural Practices in Africa, Nurturing Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture in Africa: Policy and Institutional Backing, and Planetary Health and Food Sustainability in Africa: Challenges, Opportunities, and Strategic Pathways.
This comprehensive collection provides an in-depth understanding of food security through the lens of climate change, health systems, technological advancements, and policy frameworks, making it an essential resource for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners in the field.
Key features
Key features
- Provides the authority and expertise of leading contributors from an international board of authors
- Presents the latest release in the Advances in Food Security and Sustainability series
Readership
Readership
Researchers in life sciences and social sciences as well as policymakers, food industry professionals, advisers, and more
Table of contents
Table of contents
1. The Nexus of Food Security, Water Security, and Land Sustainability in Africa
2. Impact of Climate Disaster, Migration, and Health Risk on Food Security in Africa
3. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Food Safety: Challenges, Innovations, and Future Perspectives
4. Food Security of Staple Foods in Africa: A Focus on Rice, Maize, Millet, Cassava, and Yam
5. Food Security and One Health
6. Food Security and Sustainability in the Himalayas: The Case of Bhutan and Nepal
7. Advancing Food Security and Sustainability: Bridging Climate Action, Technological Innovation, and Equitable Nutrition for Global Health
8. Food Security in the Poorest Countries
9. Demographic Changes, Poverty, and Economy: Impact on Food Security in Nigeria
10. Food Security in the Americas
11. Food, Diet, and Surgical Issues: Understanding the Relationships
12. Food Security and Global Water Security
13. Meat Consumption in Africa: Trends, Challenges, and Impact
14. Sustainable Water Management for Food Security: Addressing Poverty Using Groundwater Potential in Semi-Arid Jigawa, Nigeria
15. Food and Nutrition Security in the Context of Ageing and NCDs
16. Revisiting the Green Revolution (1965-2000)
17. Global Protein Security: A Focus on the Tilapia Fish
18. Food Security and Health Systems
19. Economics of Food Consumption and Production
20. Food Security Amidst Disasters: Cases in the Philippines
21. Food Security and Health Systems in LMICs in the Post-COVID World: An Ecological and Biopsychosocial Analysis
22. Unpacking the Challenges of Food Insecurity and Antimicrobial Resistance: Studying the Intersectionality of Society, Economy, and Microbiome
23. Impact of Irrigation Practices on Environmental Systems and Food Security
24. The Use of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis for Food Safety Endeavors: A Global Perspective with a Case Study from the Philippines
25. The Role of Pharmacists in Addressing Nutritional Deficiencies in Food-Insecure Countries
26. The Impact of Food Insecurity on Medication Adherence and Health Outcomes
27. Building Resilient Communities in the ASEAN Region: Food Security in a Changing Climate
28. Food as Medicine: How Nutrition Shapes Public Health in the Philippines
29. A Region at the Table: Policies for Healthier and More Equitable Food Access in ASEAN
30. Education and the Future of Food Security in Afghanistan
31. Food Insecurity and Childhood Vaccinations in Resource-Poor Settings
32. Intersection of Food Insecurity and Antimicrobial Resistance
33. Biofortification: Addressing Micronutrient Deficiencies in Staple Foods in Africa
34. Advancing Women's Roles in Nutrition-Sensitive Agricultural Practices in Africa
35. Nurturing Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture in Africa: Policy and Institutional Backing
36. Policy Environment of Food Security in the Philippines: Prospects for Sustainability and Reform
37. Intersection of Food Security and Childhood Development
38. Food Security and Disasters
39. Food Security and Digital Health
40. Planetary Health and Food Sustainability in Africa: Challenges, Opportunities, and Strategic Pathways
2. Impact of Climate Disaster, Migration, and Health Risk on Food Security in Africa
3. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Food Safety: Challenges, Innovations, and Future Perspectives
4. Food Security of Staple Foods in Africa: A Focus on Rice, Maize, Millet, Cassava, and Yam
5. Food Security and One Health
6. Food Security and Sustainability in the Himalayas: The Case of Bhutan and Nepal
7. Advancing Food Security and Sustainability: Bridging Climate Action, Technological Innovation, and Equitable Nutrition for Global Health
8. Food Security in the Poorest Countries
9. Demographic Changes, Poverty, and Economy: Impact on Food Security in Nigeria
10. Food Security in the Americas
11. Food, Diet, and Surgical Issues: Understanding the Relationships
12. Food Security and Global Water Security
13. Meat Consumption in Africa: Trends, Challenges, and Impact
14. Sustainable Water Management for Food Security: Addressing Poverty Using Groundwater Potential in Semi-Arid Jigawa, Nigeria
15. Food and Nutrition Security in the Context of Ageing and NCDs
16. Revisiting the Green Revolution (1965-2000)
17. Global Protein Security: A Focus on the Tilapia Fish
18. Food Security and Health Systems
19. Economics of Food Consumption and Production
20. Food Security Amidst Disasters: Cases in the Philippines
21. Food Security and Health Systems in LMICs in the Post-COVID World: An Ecological and Biopsychosocial Analysis
22. Unpacking the Challenges of Food Insecurity and Antimicrobial Resistance: Studying the Intersectionality of Society, Economy, and Microbiome
23. Impact of Irrigation Practices on Environmental Systems and Food Security
24. The Use of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis for Food Safety Endeavors: A Global Perspective with a Case Study from the Philippines
25. The Role of Pharmacists in Addressing Nutritional Deficiencies in Food-Insecure Countries
26. The Impact of Food Insecurity on Medication Adherence and Health Outcomes
27. Building Resilient Communities in the ASEAN Region: Food Security in a Changing Climate
28. Food as Medicine: How Nutrition Shapes Public Health in the Philippines
29. A Region at the Table: Policies for Healthier and More Equitable Food Access in ASEAN
30. Education and the Future of Food Security in Afghanistan
31. Food Insecurity and Childhood Vaccinations in Resource-Poor Settings
32. Intersection of Food Insecurity and Antimicrobial Resistance
33. Biofortification: Addressing Micronutrient Deficiencies in Staple Foods in Africa
34. Advancing Women's Roles in Nutrition-Sensitive Agricultural Practices in Africa
35. Nurturing Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture in Africa: Policy and Institutional Backing
36. Policy Environment of Food Security in the Philippines: Prospects for Sustainability and Reform
37. Intersection of Food Security and Childhood Development
38. Food Security and Disasters
39. Food Security and Digital Health
40. Planetary Health and Food Sustainability in Africa: Challenges, Opportunities, and Strategic Pathways
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Volume: 10
- Published: October 24, 2025
- Language: English
About the editors
About the editors
MC
Marc J. Cohen
Marc J. Cohen is Senior Researcher at Oxfam America, currently working on aid effectiveness and agricultural development policy. He is part of the Aid and Development Finance Issues Team of Oxfam International's Even it Up Campaign. Previously, he focused on humanitarian policy and climate change, as well as evaluations of humanitarian advocacy. His academic training is in political science and development studies, and he received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Before coming to Oxfam, Marc was a Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) 1998-2008, and his long term research focus is global food security. Marc has carried out field research in Ethiopia, Haiti, Rwanda, Taiwan, Thailand, Uganda, and the USA. He has taught at American, George Washington, and Johns Hopkins Universities, as well as at the Universities of Florence and Oslo.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Researcher, Oxfam America, USAEL
Eliseo Lucero-Prisno III
Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno III is a global health scientist whose works focus on health equity. He has published 480 scientific articles, books, book chapters, and scientific reports (340 Scopus articles). He is one of Stanford/Elsevier's World's Top 2% Scientists. He is known for his global work in advancing science and research, particularly in the developing world, and in addressing health research inequity. His scientific work is hinged on creating evidence to influence global health policy and practice, improve the health of populations and achieve global health equity. Don teaches Economics of Global Health Policy at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and International Health at the University of the Philippines Open University. He is an Adjunct Professor of Mahidol University, where he teaches global health in the DrPH program; and a Visiting Professor at the University of Botswana where he supervises a study on Schistosomiasis in the Okavango Delta. He holds Visiting Professorships with Cardiff University in the UK, Wuhan University in China, Naresuan University in Thailand, Astana Medical University in Astana, Kazakhstan, Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Universidade da Paz in Dili, Timor-Leste, International Higher School of Medicine in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, University of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka, and Taipei Medical University in Taiwan. He was recently a Visiting Scientist at Harvard University, the Country Director of the think tank, ACCESS Health International, and an Associate Professor and then Professor in Public Health for ten years at the University of Liverpool (UK and China campuses and online). Don is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of Public Health Challenges of Wiley which he led to Scopus indexing in record time of just more than a year; and is the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of BMC Global Health Research and Policy, a Q1 journal with an IF of 8.7. He is the Founder of Global Health Focus, a leading global health emerging leaders program in Asia and Africa which has produced 20,000 young researchers and emerging leaders in global health. He has been assisting governments and universities globally in strengthening health research capacities. He is a member of many international research groups working on many different health issues globally.
Don finished his PhD in Global Health at Cardiff University, Master of Public Health at the Royal Tropical Institute in Amsterdam, MSc in Health Economics Policy and Law in Global Health at Erasmus University in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Diploma in Social Science Research Methods at Cardiff University, Certificate in Professional Studies in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (With Merit) at the University of Liverpool and BSc Psychology (cum laude) and Doctor of Medicine at the University of the Philippines. He has consulted for the World Health Organization, the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank and other UN organizations and international agencies. He worked as a Health Financing Specialist for the Asian Development Bank assisting the Philippine government on its UHC implementation. His global work has been recognized through a number of awards he has received including The Outstanding Young Man (TOYM) in Global Health in 2009 awarded by the President of the Philippines, Global Health Promotion Practice Award in 2013 by the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE), ThaiHealth Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation, IAEH Global Ambassador Award in 2012 by the International Association for Ecology and Health and the Distinguished Alumni Award in Global Health from the University of the Philippines and the Leyte Normal University both in 2011 . He has travelled to 150 countries and territories as part of his scientific work and as a frequent international speaker. Don is an avid sportsman and is a frequent runner and a licensed divemaster, skydiver and paraglider.
Affiliations and expertise
Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, PhillipinesView book on ScienceDirect
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