Ways to achieve sustainable food security

Abstract

The aim of this research paper is to address the concept of food security in the context of sustainability, by providing an overview of the interrelationships between food security and sustainability, with the Rome Conference stressing the importance of sustainable management of natural resources and the elimination of unsustainable patterns of food consumption and production.

Food security in the world is under threat due to "double pressure" on production capacity, despite support from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which stems from rapid demand growth and the deterioration of the natural resource base, which is unpredictable due to climate change. The annual growth rate of cereal crops from more than 03 percent in the 1980s to nearly 10 percent in recent years, a level just below the rate of population growth, leaves us sounding the alarm about the sustainability of food security.