Abstract

PEREZ VAZQUEZ, Arturo; LEYVA TRINIDAD, Doris Arianna  and  GOMEZ MERINO, Fernando Carlos. Challenges and proposals to achieve food security by the year 2050. Rev. Mex. Cienc. Agríc [online]. 2018, vol.9, n.1, pp.175-189. ISSN 2007-0934.  https://doi.org/10.29312/remexca.v9i1.857.

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.

Keywords : climate change; high technology; intensive agriculture; world population.