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Aquaculture has emerged as the world’s most rapidly expanding food-production sector. This chapter summarizes the key drivers of this increase and demonstrates how aquaculture may, directly and indirectly, help sustainable food security. A range of technologies have been discussed which may drive changes in aquaculture to enhance its contribution to food security. Nanotechnology exhibits tremendous potential in agriculture and allied fields like aquaculture and fisheries. It is critical to underline the diversity of issues for a systems approach that might define the path of aquaculture growth to fulfill future fish demand. Aquatic products are considered critical components of a nutritious and sustainable food system. In this chapter, we suggest that the discussion about aquatic foods should focus more on finding and implementing interventions to increase productivity, describe various possible technological and institutional intervention approaches, and assess their potential for enhancing global aquaculture output and environmental performance.

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  1. Department of Zoology, Kumaun University, Nainital, India

    Seeta Dewali, Netrapal Sharma, Deepak Melkani, Mansi Arya & Neha Kathayat

  2. Department of Biotechnology, Sant Gahira Guru Vishwavidyalaya, Sarguja, Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh, India

    Amrita Kumari Panda

  3. Vice Chancellor, Soban Singh Jeena University, Almora, Uttarakhand, India

    Satpal Singh Bisht

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    Satpal Singh Bisht

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Dewali, S. et al. (2023). Aquaculture: Contributions to Global Food Security. In: Ghosh, S., Kumari Panda, A., Jung, C., Singh Bisht, S. (eds) Emerging Solutions in Sustainable Food and Nutrition Security. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-40908-0_6

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