Challenges of food security – need for interdisciplinary collaboration

Abstract

A peep into the ways global systems have impacted food security and the scientific processes to enhance food productivity is being outlined .Challenges such as food safety, global environmental changes and malnutrition need a multidisciplinary approach to tackle the issues associated with them. Multidisciplinary research in diverse areas related to crop production, public health, biological, physical and mathematical sciences, predictive modeling, statistical approaches etc. is the need of the hour. The coming together of all stake holders involved in science, technology and social sciences is required to implement progressive approaches to maximize production for feeding the ever increasing population and involves studies related to storage, manufacture, retail, food supply and value chain, reducing waste by preventing post harvest losses, recycling, making food safe by eliminating food related illness due to biological and chemical hazards, adopt best measures of preservation of quality, micronutrient addition to food for enhancing nutrition etc. All of the above needs to be addressed for sustaining global food security.