Sustainable Solutions for Food Security

1. Introduction.- 2. Climate smart crops. 2a. Drought resistant crops 2b. Flood resistant crops 2c. Salt tolerant crops 2d. Heat resistant crops 2e. Fortified crops.- 3. Food beyond crops 3a. Livestock 3b. Fishery and aquaculture 3c. Agro-forestry.- 4. Agriculture: The new paradigms 4a. Urban agriculture 4b. Vertical agriculture and Cost effective hydroponics/aquaponics, artificial lights (LEDs) 4c. Innovative hybrid of agriculture, animal farming, and fish culture.- 5. Natural resources management 5a. Cost-effective drip irrigation 5b. Harmonizing renewable energy in heating and lights (wind, solar, geothermal, hybrid) 5c. Landscape management 5d. Soil nutrition management, increase soil nutrition, enhance efficiency of nutrients.- 6. New Technologies: Innovative strategies for universal access and equity 6a. Agriculture credit and technological support for poor farmers 6b. Upgradation of technological knowledge among the farming communities 6c. Bringing laboratory, policymakers, and farmers together 6d. Commercialization of biotechnology.- 7. Risk Governance 7a. Pest, weed and other disease management 7b. Food Supply Chains 7c. Food security policies (national/international) (regional cooperation) 7d. Innovative and effective communication for risk prediction and mitigation 7e. Integrated governance.