Feeding the world into the future – food and nutrition security: the role of food science and technologyFootnote^†

† This manuscript is based on a presentation at the 8th World Conference of the Global Confederation of Higher Education Associations for Agriculture and Life Sciences (GCHERA), Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK), Lebanon, 25–26 June 2015.

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