Advanced Research on Biotechnology and Its Application in Food and Other Industries
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2024 | Viewed by 1197
Special Issue Editor
Interests: sustainability; open innovation; circular economy; food biotechnology; food by-products utilization
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to launch a new Special Issue focusing on recent developments in the field of biotechnology and its application in the food as well as other industries. In the food industry especially, in recent years, major concerns have been raised about the ways that food is produced. Bad agricultural practices, such as pesticide and fertilizer overuse as well as deforestation, food wastage, using food for other purposes (biofuel) and food shortages, have always been present in food production. These factors, along with the pollution that is created in every step of food production, have directed the food industry towards an unsustainable path, and the consequences have been severe for the population as well as the environment. Furthermore, similar issues of environmental damage and unsustainability have been present in an assortment of other industries. All these factors create new challenges, and this is where new biotechnology research will try to provide solutions for all these problems. Based on this, the focus of this Special Issue is to collect submissions addressing the challenges that production faces, focusing on the novel ways that will make industries more sustainable and friendlier to the environment.
In this Special Issue, original research and review articles as well as case studies are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Environmental impact
- Biotechnology
- Food production
- Sustainable production
- Sustainability
- Waste management
- Waste valorization
I look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Agapi Dima
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- environmental impact
- biotechnology
- food production
- sustainable production
- sustainability
- waste management
- waste valorization
