Professor Simon Hakim of Temple University and Associate Professor O. Shawn Cupp of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College invite interested authors to submit an abstract for a chapter in a forthcoming book on Securing the Food and Agriculture Sector for the 21st Century, which is part of a book series on Protecting Critical Infrastructures, Springer Publishers. The first book in the series was on Safeguarding Homeland Security: Governors & Mayors Speak Out and can be reviewed here.
The book Securing the Food and Agriculture Sector for the 21st Century is quite inclusive in scope focusing on all aspects of the infrastructure of food and agriculture production, processing, and even food preparation. Chapters may address other issues such as:
- pathogens in food and agriculture
- procedures in processing food and agricultural products
- the federal government’s ability to provide oversight and consumer protection
- tracking technologies like Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) for agricultural and food products
- innovations in securing the food and agriculture sector
- challenges with relying on computer assisted monitoring of food products
- markets and future of globalization
- unique aspects of agriculture supply and demand
- future food and agriculture policy issues
- demands placed upon food security organizations in the future
- risk analysis of food and agricultural sector subjects of concern
The chapter length should not exceed 30 double spaced pages. If you are interested in joining this effort please send an abstract of no more than 500 words. Abstracts are due by January 31, 2011 with the final chapters due by June 30, 2011. The abstracts should be addressed to Professor Hakim at hakim@temple.edu or to Dr. Cupp at orville.cupp@us.army.mil.