The importance of agribusiness in the United States in promoting food security

Abstract

The expression “food security” appears at the end of the 2nd. World War, before the misery installed in different countries. In opposition to food security that guarantees a dignified survival, there is food insecurity, represented by the lack of basic inputs for a diet that guarantees energy and vitality to individuals. Food insecurity around the world is on a vertiginous scale, aggravated by the Covid-19 pandemic. Global hunger is caused by different factors: population growth; social differences; more or less extreme weather events; constant rises in food prices; insufficient demand and distribution to the most needy regions; among other structural and conjunctural deficiencies. To combat this humanitarian tragedy, the forms of cultivation and production in agriculture evolved to version 5.0, bringing new practices and cutting-edge equipment to the field. This article was developed, according to the methodology of bibliographical research, aiming to answer the question: how does the modernization of North American agribusiness collaborate with the fight against food insecurity? The objective is to present the modernization of existing planting techniques and possible improvements, based on Agriculture 5.0. As a result of the analysis and interpretation of the selected literature, it was found that the adoption of new technologies arising from Agriculture 5.0 optimize all planting and food cultivation practices, from the collection of information in real time through drones, and interpretation of the data received in computers that make possible the purchase, use and control of inputs, pest control, optimization of the harvest and its greater use.