Food Security Under Changing Environmental Conditions

Changing climatic conditions generate a serious menace to the planet’s sustainability and life on it. Both Abiotic and biotic factors contribute to altered environmental conditions that further affect food security. Microbial inhabitants like pests, insects, and other transmitters of soil are disturbed by changing environmental conditions and later distress the dominance of microorganisms (viruses and fungi). Abiotic factors include nutrient deficits, air pollution, and intense temperature strikes to lowered plant health, soil quality, and crop productivity. Consequently, food security problems are associated with increasing human exposure to complex mycotoxins, pesticides, and metal residues. Presently, several studies documented the potential outcome of high temperatures, tumbling events, and risky weather conditions on food safety and human well-being. In this document, climatic-driven hazards to food safety and human life are identified as mycotoxins, floods, high temperature, drought, antibiotics, toxic metals, and other environmental toxic residues. Also, this chapter discusses the impacts, mitigation, and modification approaches of food security to deal with changing climatic conditions.