Green Technologies for Sustainable Crop Production

"The future belongs to nations with grains and not guns" -M.S. Swaminathan. In 2021, 828 million people were suffering from chronic hunger (and undernourishment) globally (https://hungermap.wfp.org/), while, as of March 2023 across 89 countries, 651 million people do not have sufficient food on their plates. High levels of crop loss (at both pre- and post-harvest stages) add to the severity of SDG2 i.e. Zero Hunger. Around 30% of the world's crops are lost to pests and pathogens. Climate change amplifies this threat by changing the range and behavior of crop pests and pathogens. Hence, it won't be an exaggeration to assert that crop health and global food security as the foremost challenges of the current century. Considering the critical burden on the current food system as well as forecasts for the near future, it becomes clear that greater food production would be imperative. More importantly, the amplifying severity of multiple biotic and abiotic stresses leaves only few circular, sustainable, and eco-friendly approaches to be explored. Hence, this reading list is an attempt to compile preprints published in the aforementioned direction.