DOI: 10.5176/2251-2489_BioTech34
Authors: Kelasur Shivanna Rajashekara
Abstract: The global population has been increasing every year with the expansion of towns and cities leaving lesser area for agriculture. The current global population is nearly 6 billion with 50{6e6090cdd558c53a8bc18225ef4499fead9160abd3419ad4f137e902b483c465} living in Asia. A large proportion of those living in developing countries face daily food shortages Farmers across the world are left with daunting task of feeding more people every year from agricultural land which is dwindling correspondingly. Agriculture is the backbone of most developing countries, with more than 60{6e6090cdd558c53a8bc18225ef4499fead9160abd3419ad4f137e902b483c465} of the population reliant on it for their livelihood.The earth is rapidly running out of fertile land. The food production will soon be unable to keep up with the world population. The Malthusian theory has become true. The production level of food grains has become a subject of concern with declining trend over the last decade. The application of nanotechnology to the agricultural and food industries was first addressed by a United States Department of Agriculture roadmap published in September 2003. The prediction is that nanotechnology will transform the entire food industry, changing the way food is produced, processed, packaged, transported, and consumed.The role of technology in agricultural development cannot be ignored in the modern society. Nanotechnology focusing on special properties of materials from nanometric size has a potential to revolutionize agriculture and food sector.
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