Neme Kumera, Nafady Ayman, Uddin Siraj, Tola Yetenayet B
Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences, College of Agriculture, Wollega University, Box 38, Shambu, Ethiopia.
Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Heliyon. 2021 Dec 4;7(12):e08539. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e08539. eCollection 2021 Dec.
Ensuring food security in developing countries is highly challenging due to low productivity of the agriculture sector, degradation of natural resources, high post farming losses, less or no value addition, and high population growth. Researchers are striving to adopt newer technologies to enhance supply to narrow the food demand gap. Nanotechnology is one of the promising technologies that could improve agricultural productivity via nano fertilizers, use of efficient herbicides and pesticides, soil feature regulation, wastewater management, and pathogen detection. It is equally beneficial for industrial food processing with enhanced food production with excellent market value, elevated nutritional and sensing property, improved safety, and better antimicrobial protection. Nanotechnology can also reduce post-farming losses by increasing the shelf life with the aid of nanoparticles. However, further investigation is required to solve the safety and health risks associated with the technology.
由于农业部门生产率低下、自然资源退化、农产品产后损失高、增值少或无增值以及人口高增长，确保发展中国家的粮食安全极具挑战性。研究人员正在努力采用更新技术来增加供应，以缩小粮食需求差距。纳米技术是一种很有前景的技术，它可以通过纳米肥料、高效除草剂和杀虫剂的使用、土壤特性调节、废水管理以及病原体检测来提高农业生产率。它对工业食品加工同样有益，可提高食品产量，具有出色的市场价值、更高的营养和传感特性、更高的安全性以及更好的抗菌保护。纳米技术还可以借助纳米颗粒延长保质期，从而减少农产品产后损失。然而，需要进一步研究以解决与该技术相关的安全和健康风险。
