PLANT DISEASES AND CLIMATIC VARIATIONS: TRENDING CHALLENGES FOR FOOD SECURITY

To accommodate the estimated demand of the worldwide people by 2050, global food production must raise by 50%. Meeting this daunting challenge would be made much more challenging if climate change causes the damages in Agricultural Crop Production (ACP) which result in threats to Global Food Security (GFS). Over last 40 years, disease and pest management has helped to double agricultural production, but diseases still demand 10–16 percent of the world output. We look at how climate change affects the many dynamic interaction mechanisms that cause pest and pathogen effects, as well as how these associations can be controlled to minimize these impacts. Integrated Disease Management (IDM), as well as international coordination in their execution, are deemed necessary. In this Review, we have reviewed the plant pathogens, climate change and their impacts on GFS, along with the key disease management strategies.