In the face of global climate change, meeting worldwide demand for adequate, healthy, and stable food supplies for a growing human population is becoming a challenge. As a result, there is a growing commitment to meet the food demands of the predicted 653 million people who will be malnourished by 2030 by implementing "smart" agricultural production technology. Synthetic agrochemical manufacturing techniques and usage have been shown to have harmful effects on the environment, ecological systems, and the health and well-being of all life forms. Nanotechnology has been heralded as one of the most promising new technologies for achieving food and nutrition security. As a result, using nanomaterials with an exterior size range of 1 to 100 nm to enhance crop yield has been advocated as a way to make precise pesticide distribution at the right rates easier. Application of nanotechnology in agricultural production, processing, packaging, and food biofortification is thus a possible solution to these difficulties. Nanotechnology builds nanoparticles with broad but precise uses by combining biotechnology, biological, chemistry, and material engineering principles. Its proper application will significantly boost plant productivity as well as postharvest quality and shelf life. Nanomaterials can provide issues in terms of phytotoxicity, environmental and ecological integrity, and human health and well-being, despite their many benefits and future potential. This paper examines the current state of food and nutrition security, the notion of nanotechnology, and the possible application of nanomaterials in agriculture to boost crop productivity while also improving nutrition and dietary advantages. It also looks at the mechanisms of action of some of the most important nanomaterials, as well as their recent applications in plant science. Researchers, policymakers, and governments' perceptions of nanotechnology were also examined.
Author(S) Details
Lord Abbey
Department of Plant, Food, and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University, 50 Pictou Road, Truro B2N 5E3, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Chigozie Okoli
Department of Chemistry, School of Science and Technology, Cape Breton University, Sydney, Nova Scotia B1P 6L2, Canada.
Deshaun Martin-Clarke
Department of Biology, Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, Northern Caribbean University, 1 Manchester Road, Mandeville, Manchester, Jamaica.
Mercy Ijenyo
Department of Plant, Food, and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University, 50 Pictou Road, Truro B2N 5E3, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Joel Abbey
Department of Plant, Food, and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University, 50 Pictou Road, Truro B2N 5E3, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Kenneth Anku
Department of Plant, Food, and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University, 50 Pictou Road, Truro B2N 5E3, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Raphael Ofoe
Department of Plant, Food, and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University, 50 Pictou Road, Truro B2N 5E3, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Adedayo Leke-Aladekoba
Department of Plant, Food, and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University, 50 Pictou Road, Truro B2N 5E3, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Lokanadha Rao Gunupuru
Department of Plant, Food, and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University, 50 Pictou Road, Truro B2N 5E3, Nova Scotia, Canada
Ekene Mark-Anthony Iheshiulo
Department of Renewable Resources, Faculty of ALES, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E3, Canada.
Josephine Ampofo
Department of Bioresource Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Macdonald Campus, McGill University, Sainte Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, H9X 3V9, Canada.
Pretious Anetey Abbey
Health Department, The Regional Municipality of Durham, 605 Rossland Road East, Whitby, Ontario, L1N 6A3, Canada.
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