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Agricultural sector contributes to about one third share in global gross domestic products. However, the increasing trend in human population is leading to high food demand. Soil quality, availability of nutrients, environmental conditions as well as the biological health of the soil are important criteria for improving crop yield per unit area for achieving the targeted goal of food security, Intensive use of Chemical fertilizers despite the high nutrients contents and ability to grow crops faster have also been proven to have a harmful effect on soil quality, soil nutrient, water, the environment, and, ultimately, plants and human health. The alternative to these, biofertilizers arose today due to their attributes such as being eco-friendly, cost-effective, and easy to apply in the agricultural field. Biofertilizers are a batch of diverse microorganisms, which can induce plant growth along with soil health, even under abiotic stress conditions. All these led to them gaining importance in sustainable agriculture. In most agricultural systems, nitrogen is most often the limiting nutrient that dictates crop production; that is why a broad canvas of biofertilizers that enhance nitrogen and those that enhance phosphorus nutrition were discussed from several perspectives. This study aims to explore the potentials and prospects of microorganism-based biofertilizer usage in agriculture and the overall solution to food security.