Nanoscience in Agricultural Steadiness

Abstract

Nanoscience is a potential area of multidisciplinary research and enormous activities are carried out in industries, including medical, pharmaceuticals, technology, and farming sector. Nanotechnology has a broad range of possible applications in varied fields for the betterment of humans. Due to increasing environmental effects, a significant section of the population in emerging nations experience daily food insecurity, in contrast to the industrialized world where there is an abundance of food. A key agricultural management process is overseen by nanotechnology, primarily due to its microscopic size. Additionally, there are a large number of potential advantages such as enhancement in food quality and its assurance reducing the need of inputs for crop production, and improving the absorption of nutrients taken from the soil in the range of nanoscale, which has created the usage of nanotechnology a very cumbersome process. Natural resources employed in agriculture and food processing industries face difficulties related to vulnerability, stability, public health, and standard of living. Nanomaterials in agriculture sector are intended to lower down the amount of chemicals distributed in soil particles, reduce losses of beneficial nutrients from fertilizers given to crops, and boost output by preventing pest attack and increase nutrient uptake capacity of crops from the soil. With revolutionary nano tools for the control of quick diagnostic techniques, boosting plant nutrient absorption, and other uses, nanotechnology has the potential to completely reform the agriculture sector on a large scale. Specific usage of nanoparticles are made in the form of nanofertilizers and nanopesticides to check the quality of final product obtained and also to determine the quantity of nutrients already present in the soil in order to raise the productivity levels without causing any harmful effect on the soil, water, and to safeguard agricultural crops from a diversity of insect pests that attack on the crops and to reduce the losses caused by biotic factors are among the considerable objectives of using nanotechnology in agriculture. Nanotechnology may operate as sensing devices to check the condition of the soil in agricultural fields, ensuring the health of the crops. Presenlty, consideration has been paid to how nanotechnology is being applied to the food and agricultural industries. This chapter highlights numerous “nano-enabled agricultural” fields, their applicability, and possible future study domains in light of the advantages mentioned earlier.