Mark Hussey, agricultural scientist, and interim president of Texas Agricultural and Medical University, has stressed the need for coordinated efforts by the global community of scholars to tackle food insecurity.

Addressing graduates, postgraduates and Ph.D. awardees at the 27th annual convocation of the University of Agricultural Sciences here on Thursday, he said the exponential growth in global population was a major challenge.

As a result, food insecurity, malnutrition and hunger had become rampant throughout the globe. One sixth of the world’s population suffered from chronic hunger and at least 3.5 million children died each year due to undernutrition.

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