Plant Science and Agriculture Research

Agriculture & Food Security

Food security in a population implies that everyone has adequate food at all times to fulfil their dietary needs for a creative and active life. Food security has always been a crucial issue for human civilizations throughout history. Concerns regarding the effects of financial development/crisis and population increase on universal food security and food production have grown in recent decades. Farming and Food Security meets the needs of the global agriculture community from smallholder farmers in impoverished countries to biotechnology breakthroughs. It discusses the difficulty of universal food security and encouragesresearch toward more sustainable/traditional farming and food systems that help represent local, regional, national and nutritional needs.