Biostimulants Application: An Innovative Approach to Food Security under Drought Stress

Muhammad Amjad Bashir, Qurat-Ul-Ain Raza, Abdur Rehim, Hafiz Muhammad Ali Raza, Saba Ali, Muhammad Ijaz, Faiz Ul Hassan, Muhammad Umair Sial and Yucong Geng

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Abstract: Climate change is a global threat to food security as it causes various biotic and abiotic stresses that adversely disturb agriculture production. With an increase in the worldwide population, the demand for food has also arisen. It is an immediate challenge for the scientific community to introduce an innovative tool to achieve food security with quality plant production and develop tolerance against abiotic stresses, specifically drought. Genetically modifications are effective and time-consuming, while biostimulants are in/organic substances with the potential to support plant development under stress conditions. This chapter focuses on the impacts of climate change on agriculture, challenges for agriculture sustainability and food security, the interrelationship between drought, climate change and food security, the potential role of biostimulants against drought, future aspects and challenges due to climate change specifically drought, and food security challenges. Various studies reported that the application of biostimulants results in enhancement of crop productivity and mitigates the harmful effects due to climate change. To ensure the quality of chapter, we collected references from well-reputed international journals using keywords ""biostimulants," "drought," "food security," "agriculture sustainability," and "climate change." In conclusion, biostimulants has a potential to address adverse environmental conditions without affecting crop quality and yield loss.

Keywords: abiotic stress; biostimulants; climate change; food security; drought stress (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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