Food security is a high-priority issue for sustainable global development both quantitatively
and qualitatively. In recent decades, adverse effects of unexpected contaminants on crop …

The presence of heavy metals in food is a threat to human health. Exposure to heavy metals
as a result of consumption of contaminated vegetables, as well as their toxicity, is a serious …

Cadmium (Cd) contamination in rice fields has been recognized as a severe global agro–
environmental issue. To reach the goal of controlling Cd risk, we must pay more attention …

This paper discusses the emerging need for vertical farms by examining issues related to
food security, urban population growth, farmland shortages,“food miles”, and associated …

Highlights•Heavy metals uptake and translocation by medicinal plants depends on various
factors.•Heavy metals act as abiotic elicitor in biosynthesis of secondary metabolites.•Status …

The objectives of the present study were to investigate heavy metal accumulation in 22
vegetable species and to assess the human health risks of vegetable consumption. Six …

Global food production faces great challenges in the future. With a future world population of
9.6 billion by 2050, rising urbanization, decreasing arable land, and weather extremes due …

The year 2007 marked a critical event in the world history. For the first time, more than half of
the world population now lives in cities. In many developing countries, the urbanization …

Food security is becoming an increasingly relevant topic in the Global North, especially in
urban areas. Because such areas do not always have good access to nutritionally adequate …

Innovative forms of green urban architecture aim to combine food, production, and design to
produce food on a larger scale in and on buildings in urban areas. It includes rooftop …