Food Security-Related Issues and Solutions

Abstract

The food problem has been and has remained relevant throughout the history of mankind. At the end of 20th and the beginning of the 21st century, in the lives of many nations and countries, there have been significant changes. Health status and level of education of the population, such as, for example, food security, is the priority in many countries since, in the absence of sufficient food reserves, there is an economic and political dependence of some countries on others. Having not yet received the required amount of food, the world is faced with the problem of ensuring security in its quality. Anthropogenic pollution of the environment complicates the problem with the quality of food and the exception of harmful chemicals in food. There is a problem of using environmentally friendly agrotechnical means, ensuring the production of high yields of environmentally safe products with a desirable reduction in their cost, and shortening the time required for their production.

Bangladesh's food security under input problems: An analysis of constrains and policy response

“…For example, Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) found that farmers who did not use fertilizers on their land had about 47% fewer crop yields than those who did (Naher et al, 2015). Similarly, several studies (e.g., Hossain & Ahmed, 2019;Pasko & Staurskaya, 2020) have shown that improved seeds can grow 20-30% more corps. However, food availability does not ensure access to food, though it is a pre-condition for access to and utilization of food.…”

“…Over the past few decades, several developing countries, including Bangladesh, have achieved temporary or apparent food sufficiency through genetic improvement of food crops as well as better management of water, soil fertility, fertilizers, pests, diseases, and weeds (Denning, 2023). However, developing states still face various constraints on food production and consumption, from water scarcity to shrinking agricultural land, from excessive use of fertilizers and pesticides to growing prices of modern varieties (MVs) seeds, thereby exposing producers and consumers to greater risk (Anderson, 2019; Pasko & Staurskaya, 2020). Consequently, scarcity and mismanagement of agricultural inputs are directly related to food insecurity.…”