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Professor Rajeev Bhat's new book 'Sustainable Development and Pathways for Food Ecosystems: Integration and Synergies' is a science-based reference material that explores countless role played by the agri-food ecosystems, their functions & needs, and the importance of their interdependencies.

This book is published by the prestigious Elsevier Sciences and is available both as an e-book and in printed version (Academic Press, UK; Paperback ISBN: 9780323908856; eBook ISBN: 9780323908863).

Rajeev presented this book to Toomas Tiirats, Director of the Institute of Veterinary Medicine & Animal Sciences at the Estonian University of Life Sciences. Toomas congratulated and thanked Rajeev for this priceless contribution. He felt that this book would be of practical help to society and the entire scientific field, especially when the global agri-food sector is undergoing rapid transitions and facing recurring sustainability challenges. Rajeev specified that this book (ed.) was a fruitful collaboration with his long-standing collaborator and friend Prof. Riccardo Accorsi from the University of Bologna, Italy.

Some of the key features covered in this book includes: updated information on sustainability challenges, developments & practical solutions related to the agri-food ecosystems, the impact of renewables toward sustainable & zero-carbon food ecosystems and on alternative valorization strategies to reduce waste biomass. The book also defines boundaries of analysis of entities, input/output flows, constraints and performance goals to measurable data. Rajeev felt that with a wide range of topics being covered, this book will prove to be a valuable resource material for academics, researchers, policymakers, industry professionals and other related stake-holders involved within the agri-food sector management