Organic Farming - Stewardship for Sustainable Agriculture

Abstract

Agriculture sector plays an important role to improve the economic growth of developing countries apart from fulfilling the food security of the growing population globally. About one billion people lack access to adequate food and nutrition worldwide. The expected agricultural production has to be doubled so as to cater the needs of estimated 9 billion people during 2050. Presently, more than 870 million people are chronically hungry, many of whom are small farmers. In this juncture agricultural production is facing increasing challenges like water scarcity, climate change and volatility, raising the risk of production shortfalls. Since agriculture has potential for food security, environmental sustainability and economic opportunity worldwide, the future vision of the world is to adopt new strategies to increase agricultural production sustainably. Access to desirable, sufficient, safe and nutritious food is a basic component of development and health of a society. Thus, when developing country goals and priorities, food security is of utmost importance [1]. Food insecurity is one of the most pressing challenges, particularly in developing countries [2].