Towards Resilient and Sustainable Food Systems: Integrating Agricultural Production Efficiency and Food Security

Abstract

This study explores the nexus between agricultural production efficiency and food security, globally and within Turkey. It analyzes agricultural data, emphasizing strategies to enhance productivity while ensuring access to nutritious food. Key areas include reducing food loss, promoting sustainable practices, ensuring safety, enhancing consumer awareness, and preserving resources. The article also outlines the six dimensions of food security availability, access, utilization, stability, agency, and sustainability and their policy implications. By integrating insights from diverse studies and emphasizing context-specific approaches, it advocates for holistic strategies tailored to each agricultural landscape’s unique challenges. Ultimately, the pursuit of agricultural efficiency and food security is positioned as both a moral imperative and an economic necessity. Through research, policy reforms, and stakeholder collaboration, nations can work towards resilient and sustainable food systems for present and future generations. In the study, it was determined that labor productivity was not taken into account sufficiently and the data was insufficient to measure labor and labor productivity in agricultural production. The study aims to contribute to strategic decision-making and local-global policies to increase agricultural and resource use efficiency.