Working Groups

IUFoST's Food Security Task Force

In 2010 the FAO reported that over 925 million people worldwide suffer the effects of food insecurity due to extreme poverty. Of the 6.8 billion people currently in existance, as many as 2 billion suffer from intermittant food insecurity for a variety of reasons. IUFoST recognizes that wherever food insecurity exists because of a poor understanding about the conditions under which agricultural produce has to be handled, processed and distributed after harvesting, Food Science and Technology knowledge can play a decisive role in improving the situation dramatically. To turn the potentials of the Food Science Community into practical measures IUFoST’s Food Security Task Force is developing a strategy to expand and broaden the Food Science/Technology knowledge base in neglected areas.