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Nanoforum Report Nanotechnology in Agriculture and Food May 2006 Nanotechnology in Agriculture and Food A Nanoforum report available for download from www nanoforum org Tiju Joseph and Mark Morrison Institute of Nanotechnology May 2006 1 Introduction 2 1 1 What is Nanotechnology 2 1 2 Nanotechnology in the Food Market 2 2 Nanotechnology in Agriculture 4 2 1 Precision Farming 4 2 2 Smart Delivery Systems 5 2 3 Other Developments in the Agricultural Sector due to Nanotechnology 6 3 Nanotechnology in the Food Industry 7 3 1 Packaging and Food Safety 7 3 2 Food Processing 10 4 Conclusions 12 Further Reading 13 About Nanoforum 14 1 Introduction The current global population is nearly 6 billion with 50 living in Asia A large proportion of those living in developing countries face daily food shortages as a result of environmental impacts or political instability while in the developed world there is a food surplus For developing countries the drive is to develop drought and pest resistant crops which also maximize 
NanoRoadMap is a project co funded by the 6th Framework Programme of the EC Work document on Nanomaterials State of the art overview and forecasts based on existing information of nanotechnology in the field of nanomaterials AIRI Nanotec IT Willems van den Wildenberg ES NL VDI VDE DE Institute of Nanotechnology UK MATIMOP IL Technology Centre CZ VTT FI Yole D veloppement FR Author Willems van den Wildenberg W W October 2004 W W Espa a s l Avda Diagonal 361 E 08037 Barcelona Spain t 34 93 208 21 36 f 34 93 208 21 37 e contact wywes com u www wywes com The present report is a work document prepared by Willems van den Wildenberg W W in the framework of the NanoRoadMap NRM project cofunded by the 6th Framework Programme FP6 of the European Commission EC It is based on the collection and synthesis of existing public sources and was published on November 2004 as key input for the celebration of the First NRM International Conference The major aim of this document is to set the 
Nano Materials and Nanotechnology Dr R Ramaseshan From University of Tennessee web site Forward What is Nanotechnology Variants of Nanotechnology Drawbacks What is Nanotechnology Loosely defined as Matter at dimensions roughly in the range of 1 100nm Exploitation of novel and improved properties phenomena and processes specific at the scale level discussed earlier The technology to build Nano level matter using either a bottom up b top down process What makes nanostructured materials interesting Electronics and optical applications Can be defect free electrons move ballistically Quantum confinement optical properties Mechanical Properties Small enough to be defect free thus exhibiting ideal strength Thermal Properties Can be designed to conduct substantially or worse than the bulk materials Chemical Properties Dominated by large surface to volume ratio Nanotechnologies Dry Nanotechnology which drives from surface science and physical chemistry focuses on fabrication of physical structures of inorganic materials Si C Wet 
Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies Managing the Effects One Woodrow Wilson Plaza 1300 Pennsylvania Ave N W Washington DC 20004 3027 T 202 691 4000 F 202 691 4001 www wilsoncenter org nano www nanotechproject org of NANOTECHNOLOGY J Clarence Davies Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies is supported by a grant from THE PEW CHARITABLE TRUSTS Preface Executive Summary About the Author 1 3 5 7 WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS Lee H Hamilton President and Director BOARD OF TRUSTEES Joseph B Gildenhorn Chair David A Metzner Vice Chair PUBLIC MEMBERS James H Billington The Librarian of Congress Bruce Cole Chairman National Endowment for the Humanities Michael O Leavitt The Secretary U S Department of Health and Human Services Condoleezza Rice The Secretary U S Department of State Lawrence M Small The Secretary Smithsonian Institution Margaret Spellings The Secretary U 
