Challenges and proposals to achieve food security by the year 2050

Authors

  • Arturo Pérez Vázquez
  • Doris Arianna Leyva Trinidad
  • Fernando Carlos Gómez Merino

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29312/remexca.v9i1.857

Keywords:

climate change, high technology, intensive agriculture, world population

Abstract

This essay analyzes the global challenge of food insecurity by 2050, particularly in the face of a globally urbanized population estimated to exceed 9.1 billion inhabitants, in a context of climate change and high competition for resources such as water and land. Some proposals that could allow facing the future situation of food insecurity and generate a culture of healthy and sustainable consumption and nutrition are discussed. It is proposed that high-tech eco-intensive agriculture can be an option to overcome food needs based on sustainable high-tech management (computers, remote sensing, drones and cybernetic management), where conventional agricultural, agroecological and biotechnological practices could coexist in a harmonious relationship in order to produce more and better food with less environmental impact. It is concluded that achieving food security by the year 2050 should be a matter of national security, and for this it is necessary to be clear about this challenge and to promote research processes, technological development and innovation on food safety with a true commitment and far-reaching vision.

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Published

2018-02-06

How to Cite

Pérez Vázquez, Arturo, Doris Arianna Leyva Trinidad, and Fernando Carlos Gómez Merino. 2018. “Challenges and Proposals to Achieve Food Security by the Year 2050”. Revista Mexicana De Ciencias Agrícolas 9 (1). México, ME:175-89. https://doi.org/10.29312/remexca.v9i1.857.

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 1 (2018)

Section

Essays

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