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This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book
provides a fresh, updated and science-based perspective on the
current status and prospects of the diverse array of topics related
to the potato, and was written by distinguished scientists with
hands-on global experience in research aspects related to potato.
The potato is the third most important global food crop in terms of
consumption. Being the only vegetatively propagated species among
the world's main five staple crops creates both issues and
opportunities for the potato: on the one hand, this constrains the
speed of its geographic expansion and its options for international
commercialization and distribution when compared with commodity
crops such as maize, wheat or rice. On the other, it provides an
effective insulation against speculation and unforeseen spikes in
commodity prices, since the potato does not represent a good traded
on global markets. These two factors highlight the underappreciated
and underrated role of the potato as a dependable nutrition
security crop, one that can mitigate turmoil in world food supply
and demand and political instability in some developing countries.
Increasingly, the global role of the potato has expanded from a
profitable crop in developing countries to a crop providing income
and nutrition security in developing ones. This book will appeal to
academics and students of crop sciences, but also policy makers and
other stakeholders involved in the potato and its contribution to
humankind's food security.
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book
provides a fresh, updated and science-based perspective on the
current status and prospects of the diverse array of topics related
to the potato, and was written by distinguished scientists with
hands-on global experience in research aspects related to potato.
The potato is the third most important global food crop in terms of
consumption. Being the only vegetatively propagated species among
the world's main five staple crops creates both issues and
opportunities for the potato: on the one hand, this constrains the
speed of its geographic expansion and its options for international
commercialization and distribution when compared with commodity
crops such as maize, wheat or rice. On the other, it provides an
effective insulation against speculation and unforeseen spikes in
commodity prices, since the potato does not represent a good traded
on global markets. These two factors highlight the underappreciated
and underrated role of the potato as a dependable nutrition
security crop, one that can mitigate turmoil in world food supply
and demand and political instability in some developing countries.
Increasingly, the global role of the potato has expanded from a
profitable crop in developing countries to a crop providing income
and nutrition security in developing ones. This book will appeal to
academics and students of crop sciences, but also policy makers and
other stakeholders involved in the potato and its contribution to
humankind's food security.
In order to overcome the increasing concern of today's resource
depletion, environmental considerations and to address
sustainability indicators, a practical life cycle method has been
proposed. The findings of this book state that the appropriate
combination of building materials, improvement in behaviours and
patterns of cultural consumption, and the application of government
codes would enhance decision-making in the residential building
sector towards sustainability. The difference in consumption in
Colombia and Spanish dwellings is not only due to the variation in
results for bio- climatic differences but also because of the
consumption habits in each country. The importance of consumption
habits of citizens and the need to decouple socio-economic
development from energy consumption are sought for achieving
sustainability from a life cycle perspective. There is a crucial
necessity to provide satisfaction to basic needs and comfort
requirements of population with reasonable and sustainable energy
consumption.
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