Keeping the importance of the food in our life, it is very important that all people either engaged in food processing or not, should know about the various terminologies being used in food processing for better understanding the concept. But to understand the various concepts of food science and technology, some sort of documentation is needed which the book does to perfection covering the following: o The book contains around 5000 word important acronyms; glossary of related terms for all alphabets from A to Z. o terminology pertaining to food processing, post harvest technology, food science and technology, food engineering, food packaging, food biochemistry and applied nutrition, food and industrial microbiology, processing technology of snack food o bakery and confectionary, cereal crop, beverages, fruits and vegetables, diary, meat, poultry & fish, food biotechnology, food additives, food enzymes, waste management, food toxicants, fermentation technology, health foods and nutraceutical, food quality systems, and analytical techniques for quality control etc. o The terminology in each alphabet has been well illustrated with examples for better understanding. Book shall prove to be a boon to the food professionals like students, researchers, teachers and all those who have interest in the area of Postharvest Technology, Food Technology, Food Science and Technology as well as for professionals related to food processing. The book will be highly beneficial to the undergraduate as well as postgraduate students of various agricultural universities

This book identifies the ongoing management issues and compatible management systems for sustainable and inclusive development in a transforming Asia. In the dynamic process of economic development in Asia, many positive and also negative issues have arisen. Since the latter half of the 1990s, the network economy based on digital technologies began to be established and technological and cross-border transfer of managerial knowledge became easier. This change in technological and market structure now requires companies to meet another dimension of competition. In this new paradigm, many Asian companies are struggling with turbulent new managerial and organizational issues together with economic and social problems that concentrate at the bottom of the pyramid. This book elucidates these issues, keeping sustainability and inclusiveness in mind. The book is highly recommended not only for academicians but also business people who seek an in-depth and up-to-date overview of dynamically changing business and industrial structures in Asia focusing on sustainability and inclusion issues.

This book identifies the ongoing management issues and compatible management systems for sustainable and inclusive development in a transforming Asia. In the dynamic process of economic development in Asia, many positive and also negative issues have arisen. Since the latter half of the 1990s, the network economy based on digital technologies began to be established and technological and cross-border transfer of managerial knowledge became easier. This change in technological and market structure now requires companies to meet another dimension of competition. In this new paradigm, many Asian companies are struggling with turbulent new managerial and organizational issues together with economic and social problems that concentrate at the bottom of the pyramid. This book elucidates these issues, keeping sustainability and inclusiveness in mind. The book is highly recommended not only for academicians but also business people who seek an in-depth and up-to-date overview of dynamically changing business and industrial structures in Asia focusing on sustainability and inclusion issues.

This book is designed to provide a complete package on different physical and chemical properties of soil along with the geological processes occurring on Earth. Both physical and chemical properties of soils are of paramount importance in affecting the crop growth. Soil texture, structure, bulk density, particle density, plasticity, consistency, adhesion and cohesion are important physical properties that play important role in affecting plant growth. Different types of acidic, saline and sodic soil, cation and anion exchange phenomena and types of soil colloids are also included in brief. Evolution and composition of earth, rocks and mineral composition of earth, geological behavior of elements, different land forms, geological formation of Nepalese soils and physiographic units of mountain and terai soils are dealt in advan