About this Research Topic
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), after decades of steady decline, the global prevalence of undernourishment reverted in 2015, remaining unchanged in 2016-2018 at around 11%. As a result, in 2018 more than 820 million people in the world were still experiencing malnourishment.
In addition, the estimated potential crop yield losses caused by plant pathogens is up to 16% globally. In particular, at a global scale, crop yield losses due to pests and diseases ranging from 20% to 40% have been identified in rice, wheat, barley, maize, potatoes, soybeans, cotton and coffee in different countries and regions. Therefore, research should aim at investigating how to increase food production and quality in a sustainable way, focusing on novel approaches to control plant diseases and mitigate the detrimental effects of climate change on crop yield and food safety.
In this context, this Research Topic will focus on recent advances in the field of food availability, the ‘supply side’ of food security, specifically pertaining to the sustainable production of adequate amounts of quality food crops, through the control of plant diseases and crop contaminations. This Research Topic is aimed at all researchers and scholars involved in the fields of plant, food, nutrition and environmental sciences following multi/trans/interdisciplinary approaches.
This Research Topic therefore welcomes Original Research and Review articles exploring but not limited to the following areas:
• Sustainable food crop production (sustainable use of pesticides and low chemical inputs in agriculture systems)
• Impact of global climate change in relation to crop production and protection
• Novel approaches to food crop disease management for food security
• Food crop contaminants and crop quality (pesticide residues, and mycotoxins)
• Precision agriculture approaches in crop protection
Estefanía Carrillo will start working from 1st July 2020 as “Responsible for varietal development” of edible mushrooms at the private company Sylvan-Somycel (Langeais, France). Sylvan Inc., is a global leader in fungal technology and the world’s largest producer and distributor of mushroom spawn. All other Topic Editors declare no competing interests with regard to the Research Topic subject.
Keywords: Sustainability, Crop Protection, Global Climate Change, Globalization, Food Safety
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