Overview
With a total population of already over 2 billion people, security and safety of food and nutrient constitute a tremendous fundamental task to solve in the Asia-Pacific region, and indeed for the whole world! How to produce cheap and nutritious food for the mass of population constitutes a challenge that has to overcome. The range of activities for the development and application of science and technology here spans all the way from food production (plant based, animal based and artificially/chemically based), food processing and food preservation to food trade.
Food being one of the basic and essential requirements of every nation, increased food production as well as its safe preservation is of utmost important. IAEA and UN’s FAO (Food and Agriculture Organisation) jointly set up a Division to improve food safety, crop and livestock productivity and overall quality by making use of nuclear technology. RIA technique has helped to understand the animal reproductive physiology.
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