BIOFERTILIZER IN PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE FOR FOOD SAFETY AND SECURITY: A REVIEW

Abstract

Agriculture has an important role in human life worldwide. This is due to the fact that human or living creatures required agriculture for their foods and stability eco-systems. But, the demand for foods is different depending on the dietary trend required for each region around the world. Statistic data shows that approximately 795 million people are dying due to limited amounts of healthy foods daily which lead to unhealthy life-style that result in inducing motility. Thus, sustainable agriculture was introduced to reduce this limitation. However, despite good intentions in supplying an adequate amount of healthy foods worldwide, there is a question raising the issue of food safety and security from sustainable agriculture. This is due to the concern of chemical fertilization that is fully utilized by farmers in agriculture that may render supplementation of unhealthy food chains to the community. Biofertilizer was proposed to replace the chemical fertilizer at the same time promoting good practice of sustainable agriculture. Nonetheless, biofertilizer is a new technology that requires a good explanation especially for the farmer who is only familiar with conventional methods for their land farming. Therefore, in this review biofertilizer will be more focused and detailed information regarding its benefits and limitations will be discussed. In addition, the market demand for biofertilizers worldwide is also reviewed for its potential in sustaining economic growth. Food safety and security influence by biofertilizer was also investigated.