Food science in developing countries : a selection of unsolved problems

The committee, aware of the warm reception the scientific community in the United States gave the two volumes, 100 Problems in Environmental Health and 101 Problems in Food Science and Technology, felt that a similar approach directed to problems of immediate concern to developing countries would be useful. The committee selected the fields of food science and nutrition for a pilot study and sent solicitations to more than 300 people, primarily in developing countries. The list of experts, drawn from a variety of sources, was used as a starting point for the preparation of this initial volume and does not include everyone who should have been consulted. Thus, the problems in this collection were selected primarily by scientists and other workers in the less developed countries as topics worthy of immediate examination, and inclusion in this publication reflects the contributors, priorities, not necessarily those of the National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council. The object of publishing this compendium is to stimulate the interest of research workers and technologists in solving these and similar problems. Furthermore, this publication is meant to convey to readers who are familiar with similar problems that there is a commonality of concern among scientists in other countries. This intention is especially directed to readers without ready access to international journals or opportunity to travel to international meetings.