Nanotechnologies: Novel Solutions for Sustainable Agriculture

Development of nanotechnologies has taken a significant extent since the 1970s. These technologies concern all processes and manipulations of materials with at least one dimension that approximately measures 1–100 nm. Nanomaterials and applications derived from using nanotechnologies are of interest to agriculture. They present opportunities to help address the issues of sustainable agriculture by reducing agricultural inputs and improving productivity and food and water safety [1]. Currently, nanotechnologies have many applications in all stages of production, processing, storing, packaging and transport of agricultural products. One application of nanotechnologies in agriculture addresses low use efficiency of inputs. Nano sensors are devices that respond to environmental conditions converting them to a useful form of information. They are capable of detecting very small amounts of contaminants, pests, nutrients and even stress caused by nutrient