As the fastest growing segment of civil society, as well as featuring prominently in the global political arena, NGOs are under fire for being 'unaccountable'. But who do NGOs actually represent? Who should they be accountable to and how? This book provides the first comprehensive examination of the issues and politics of NGO accountability across all sectors and internationally. It offers an assessment of the key technical tools available including legal accountability, certification and donor-based accountability regimes, and questions whether these are appropriate and viable options or...

As the fastest growing segment of civil society, NGOs are under fire for being 'unaccountable'. This book provides an examination of the issues and politics of NGO accountability and governance across various international sectors.

This book discusses essential information regarding the field of food and control engineering. It is a valuable source of reference for understanding the concepts of bioengineering and processing control. It covers important topics like progress in food process engineering, food engineering, food quality and security, control systems, food irradiation, economics processing and machine vision. Reputed practitioners engaged in the field of food engineering have contributed information in this book.

This book consists of several important topics which will be of interest to food engineering and related professions. Some of the topics discussed within the book include the importance of working in multidisciplinary teams, and the advantages of developing the field of food engineering by assimilating specialists from the industry, academia and government. It also elucidates issues related to the relevance of developing food engineering based upon approved and accepted principles, and the unmatched advantage of working as globally as possible in the understanding and development of food...

Food industry consumers worldwide are becoming more cautious, knowledgeable and consequently demanding, since food is a basic necessity of every being. Consumers want the industries to maintain a food quality at par with the standard set by food industry organizations. Problems like global warming, climate change and greenhouse gas emissions cause disasters like floods, droughts, fires and storms which result in massive loss for the agricultural and husbandry sectors and thus, add to the already prevalent threat of food scarcity to mankind. The book covers food processing, management and...

Nowadays, food industry consumers worldwide are becoming more cautious, knowledgeable and consequently demanding, since food is a basic necessity of every being. Consumers want the industries to maintain a food quality at par with the standard set by food industry organizations. Problems like global warming, climate change and greenhouse gas emissions cause disasters like floods, droughts, fires and storms which result in massive loss for the agricultural and husbandry sectors and thus, add to the already prevalent threat of food scarcity to mankind. The book addresses issues related to types...

Substantial information regarding food, quality control and health is provided in this book. Food is an essential necessity for the survival of humankind and this book presents an extensive analysis of food industry that runs the supply of food, its current trends and the way forward to ensure food security and health. The global food industry serves a population of seven billion people and has the biggest market. This book highlights the issues of world hunger and discusses how food shortages endanger water and energy supply. It is organized under two sections: health aspects and quality...

The rapid growth in processed food industry has led to new challenges and issues. Food is necessary for the survival of humankind and this book aims towards giving an overview of the food industry that runs the supply of food and thereby ensures health and comfort. The global food industry serves a population of seven billion people and has the biggest market. This book highlights the issues of world hunger and discusses how food shortages endanger water and energy supply. It covers two broad sections such as "Scientific and technological aspects" and "Social and economic issues." It further...

Iron is an essential of human life. This book deals with various aspects related to iron metabolism. Iron has a variety of functions in the body, inclusive of the metabolism of oxygen in a range of biochemical activities. Iron, as heme or in its nonheme form, plays a significant role in key reactions of DNA fusion and energy creation. Low solubility of iron in body fluids and the capability of iron to form toxic fluids in contact with oxygen make iron consumption, use and storage a serious issue. The detection of new metal transporters, receptors and peptides, and detection of innovative...