Journal of Experimental Agriculture International

Food is the basis of human survival, and one of the Brazilian sectors that stands out the most is the agricultural sector, which in 2019 fed about 728,658 million people in the world. food, which has been taking care to produce quality and safe food. The objective of this work is to carry out a brief literature review on food production and quality in agriculture in 2018 and 2019, describing and characterizing the importance of agriculture in food production and food quality. This study was developed following the methodology based on literature review and relevant research on food production and quality in agriculture in 2018 and 2019, with the aim of characterizing the importance of agriculture in the production and quality of food. Many changes occur in the production of food in agriculture through the adopted technologies, enabling the large production of food that the country has, being one of the largest producers. However, it is still insufficient to supply food for the entire population, making agriculture an essential link for food, but it has been experiencing difficulties in increasing its production, due to environmental and management factors, impacting crop yields, and how the consumer started to demand a higher quality and safer food, care is needed in the production of quality and safe food. Agriculture is essential for feeding the population and the food sector depends on its production, in the years 2018 and 2019 it is clear that crop productivity still has to increase, and due to consumer demands, food production is necessary quality and insurance.