Rice Production and Processing Sustainability presents the challenges and opportunities facing this globally important crop as climate impact and environmental instability threatens production and ultimately food security. Food production, like other industries worldwide, is experiencing revolutions in automation, artificial intelligence, digitization, big data, and bioinformatics. The simultaneous increasingly volatile situation of environmental impact by climate requires careful and deliberate consideration of these issues, and their potential impact on sustainability. This book focuses on one of the world's most important commodities: rice. Rice must be produced en masse to support the rising global population; yet this must be done carefully and in balance and at a rate that is sustainable, in an ecosystem that is already unstable. Rice Production and Processing Sustainability discusses corrective measures, as well as serving to educate the reader of the need to balance food production and environmental protection.
Table of Contents
1. Rice production: History, grain types, processing, and quality2. The economics of rice production and processing
3. The environmental and geographical impact of rice production and processing
4. Sustainable farming practices for rice production Greenhouse and methane gas emissions and water issues
5. Innovative and future technologies for sustainable rice processing
6. Biotechnology and breeding advances for sustainable rice production and processing
7. The nutritional value of rice and its role in global food security
8. The social and cultural significance of rice production and consumption
9. Government policies and incentives for sustainable rice production and processing industry perspectives
10. Challenges facing small-scale rice farmers and processors
11. Case studies of successful sustainable rice production models
12. Rice production and processing in the context of climate change
13. The role of rice in sustainable diets and healthy lifestyles
14. State and future priority of rice production and processing technologies
Authors
Griffiths G. Atungulu University of Arkansas, USA. Dr. Griffiths G. Atungulu is the Director of The University of Arkansas Rice Processing Program and Asst. Professor of Grain Process Engineering. He holds bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees all in the field of agricultural engineering. He has worked on various aspects of biological and agricultural engineering, especially as related tofood processing and post-harvest systems engineering. At present, he directs research, teaching, and an outreach program that is focused on engineering and optimization of classical and innovative processing technologies to secure grain processing efficiency, automated quality monitoring and processing control, improved quality and shelf-life, and mitigation of mycotoxin formation. His rice research spans the areas of drying, chilling, aeration, milling, storage, and value-added processing. Research conducted has utilized lab- and field-based experiments, computerized mathematical modeling, and simulations tools to generate results and conclusions that advance science and positively impact the food, feed, and pet-food industries. Rusty Bautista Grain Quality Scientist and Seed Technology Lead, RiceTec, Inc., USA. Dr. Rusty C. Bautista is the grain quality scientist and seed technology lead at RiceTec, Inc. He has earned bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in agricultural engineering. He has over 40 years of work experience on rice with expertise in production, mechanization, characterization, quality, processing, and chemistry. He has published over 60 peer-reviewed journal articles, featured articles, and book-chapters on rice and grain quality, processing, seed technology development. He has taught undergraduate and graduate courses on sustainability and alternative energy and given lectures on climate and environmental impact on grain yield and quality. He developed and directs the rice and grain quality institute at RiceTec, Inc. He has patented a laboratory rice mill and developed various laboratory tools and equipment for seed and grain processing. He currently provides technologies to support rice variety development and seed production sustainability amidst changing climate conditions and limited rice production resources.
