Food security and sustainable agriculture

Abstract

Food security is a tedious process, subject to risks of various natures. The risks can impact directly the various dimensions such as production of agriculture, food access utilization, and stability. According to the United Nations, still more than 836 million people in the world are living in extreme poverty. Progress is being continued fight against hunger, yet an unacceptably large number of people still, lack the food, and they need an active, healthy, and wealthy life. The latest available estimates indicate that about 795 million people in the world just over one in nine were undernourished in 2014-2016. The share of undernourished people in the population or the prevalence of undernourishment has decreased from 18.6% in 1990-1992 to 10.9% in 2014-2016, reflecting fewer undernourished people in a growing global population. Changes in large populous countries, notably China and India, play a large part in explaining the overall hunger reduction trends in the developing regions. To meet the global population demand, sustainable agriculture is the immediate remedy to produce increasing productivity. In this review, perspectives of various agricultural practices and focusing the insights of sustainability in agricultural toward food security were discussed.