Global intention to fight hunger and malnutrition at the outset of the food security concept was first introduced in the World Food Conference in 1974. However, at that point in time, the idea was substantially focused on the national and international level, to secure the stability of basic food stock prices [1]. The development of the food security concept then moved its focal point to the individual level when the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) alerted the importance of equal food availability in 1983. After that, the concept took more enormous strides, with the official declaration of the World Food Security concept in the Rome Declaration on World Food Security in 1996 [2]. Subsequent development during the 2009 World Summit on Food Security has led to the recognition of “four pillars” of food security, namely: stability, availability, accessibility, and utilization [3,4,5] Conventionally, food security embodies the person-focused concept. Nevertheless, further discussion has discerned that the sustainability concept is very relevant to food security [6].

The concept of sustainability had a stake on the international round table in 1974 when the World Commission on Environment and Development precisely defined it as the continual development of the international economy that meets present needs. Under any circumstances, sustainability should not compromise future generations’ ability to meet their own needs. Since then, there has been intense debate among experts in addressing the drawback of sustainability concepts, which had focused mainly on economics [6]. Later, the triple bottom line (TBL) encompassing economic prosperity, environmental quality, and social justice concepts, was introduced. This helped to shed light on the controversy of sustainability concept viewed previously [7]. Merchants are aware that a product’s quality uptrend is expected to focus on the economical, ecological, and social impact, which in turn are associated with the products’ lifecycle. As a result, the concept of sustainability has become the centre of attention in products and services in the supply chain, across various industries. This is in stark contrast with convention food security that only focuses on food agendas [8].

In its State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report, the FAO recognized that the major drivers of food security include economic downturn, climate vulnerability, and conflicts [9,10,11]. It then recommended several approaches that food security governance can adopt for the development of food security. The report indicated that these drivers showed a close resemblance to the sustainable development drivers. This means that sustainability is a participatory concept of food security and that food security synergy is linked to sustainable drivers [7,12]. A considerable number of existing studies have discussed the potential synergy and the development trend of sustainability concepts in the food security notion [4,5,6,13].

Concerning sustainable food security drivers, about 64% of the published articles relating to food security governance addressed food security at the global level, i.e., in FAO, the Committee on World Food Security, the G20, and national government centre [14]. The private sector has a significant role in food security in the food supply chain (FSC), but their contributions in the body of knowledge are still comparatively vague. Previous studies only focused on drivers, such as greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and food waste generation [15,16]. No extensive review on other drivers; moreover, there is a lack of systematical analysis of the type of interventions in the context of sustainable development being used in the FSC for the betterment of food security [15,16]. There is limited knowledge about variations across value chains, information that would improve overall target (value chain)-based interventions and strategies. Therefore, this study aims to address the gap and answer the key question: “What are the sustainable drivers that match the food security and pragmatic interventions (practical activities, events, or actions that entail effect) being implemented at each sector of the FSC that could lead to the betterment of food security?”