Abstract

  Though, much progress has been made towards food security in the past decades. But overtime, the food security challenges faced has become rather too alarming and in years to come, many of the world’s population will be subjected to extreme poverty, hunger, malnutrition and even deaths. It is expedient that the issue of food security is tackled as the world’s population is expected to climb to 8.5 billion in 2025. The need to improve agricultural productivity to facilitate a sustainable agriculture, thereby improving food security is very key. This module explains sustainable agriculture to a large extent, food security challenges, as well as food security measures, giving a direct guide on how sustainable farming can boost the food production systems in Nigeria.

Keywords: Food Security; Sustainable Agriculture; Agriculture; Pandemic; Nigeria

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Citation

Citation: Sharon Idahosa. “Sustainable Agriculture through Food Security". Acta Scientific Agriculture 4.11 (2020): 00-00.

Copyright

Copyright: © 2020 Sharon Idahosa. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.