From acute food insecurity to famine: how the 2023/2024 war on Gaza has dramatically set back sustainable development goal 2 to end hunger

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 8

Опубликована: Май 17, 2024

The widespread destruction and the devastating humanitarian toll caused by ongoing war on Gaza have transformed this besieged Strip into a place of death despair. This review will explore implications for food security, focusing Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2, which seeks to fight malnutrition insecurity achieve zero hunger 2030. work is based grey literature, such as reports from government non-governmental agencies, well recent scientific journal publications. Our results show that has exacerbated already acute Gazans been struggling with since blockade was imposed in 2007. Restless bombardment ground operations damaged or even razed agricultural land all production infrastructure (such bakeries, mills, processing facilities), destroying Gaza’s system. Facing catastrophic levels hunger, some families, especially northern recently resorting eating animal feed weeds survive. With starvation civilians being used method warfare, many experts human rights organizations argue now world’s worst crisis its population verge famine, if not there. Moreover, unprecedented could significant consequences global security six pillars, jeopardizing implementation SDG 2. While international are making efforts mitigate shortage more comprehensive sustainable solutions needed address root causes ensure residents access an adequate nutritious diet.

Язык: Английский

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Globalization vs. Glocalization: Learn Lessons from Two Global Crises, Such as the Russia–Ukraine Conflict and the COVID-19 Pandemic, for the Agro-Food and Agro-Industrial Sector

Agriculture, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 15(2), С. 155 - 155

Опубликована: Янв. 12, 2025

This article analyses the impacts of Russia–Ukraine conflict and COVID-19 pandemic on supply chain logistics related to management agro-food production based a comprehensive review scientific literature. The challenges lessons posed by market dependence in scenario globalization through monopolies oligopolies export are assessed, highlighting vulnerability uncertainty faced when an international occurs. examines format versus glocalization, analyzing their respective advantages disadvantages chains context two major crises such as armed between Ukraine Russia. Likewise, resilience agro-industrial systems that were negatively affected food insecurity price inflation parts Europe, Africa, other regions planet is analyzed. By identifying opportunities arising from these challenges, research offers insights into fostering more robust adaptable global geographic location regional development agribusinesses capable responding demand event crisis or conflict.

Язык: Английский

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Agrifood systems' resilience for sustainable food security amid geopolitical tensions: a systematic literature review

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 9

Опубликована: Апрель 1, 2025

Introduction This study examines the resilience of agrifood systems amid geopolitical tensions with a primary focus on Ukraine-Russia war and its increased effects global food security, climate change, post-pandemic recovery. The explores different elements, scenarios, behaviors systems, highlighting how conflicts disrupt resource availability economic stability. Further, it existing Resource Nexus influence sustainable nutrition security tension. Much research focuses systems' in context change pandemics, repeatedly overlooking impacts related policies enacted for security. Methods Focused tension as an 76 articles were systematically reviewed to identify key elements scenarios based countries' development, discovered major vulnerability indicators, systems. Results review leads identification four system tensions: fragility reduction, robustness building, adaptive strategies, transformative over time. In general, reduction was more prevalent compared other three scenarios. There decline system's performance due existence some that instability further identifies impact is not uniform. It often influences positive or negative outcomes depending feedback nature at operational levels system. During tensions, food, energy, finance are most affected sectors, followed by interconnected resources such land, water, (LWF), (WEF). Discussion presence effective experiences improved sustainability contribute beneficial relationship between resources, all pillars

Язык: Английский

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Predicting the Potential Impact of Emergency on Global Grain Security: A Case of the Russia–Ukraine Conflict

Foods, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 12(13), С. 2557 - 2557

Опубликована: Июнь 30, 2023

Global emergencies have a profound impact on exacerbating food insecurity, and the protracted Russia-Ukraine conflict has emerged as significant driver of global crisis. Accurately quantifying this is crucial for achieving sustainable development goals. The multi-indicator comprehensive evaluation approach was used to construct grain security composite index (GSCI). Moreover, econometric model predict potential impacts in 2030 under two scenarios: with without "Russia-Ukraine conflict". results conclude that prices reached unprecedented levels consequence conflict, leading notable fluctuations prices, especially surge wheat prices. had negative security, resulting decline from 0.538 0.419. Predictions indicate influence will be substantially greater compared scenario 2023-2030, ranging 0.033 0.13. Furthermore, first decrease then increase sustained consequences conflict. achievement goals encounter challenges light these circumstances.

Язык: Английский

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Agri-Food Supply and Retail Food Prices during the Russia–Ukraine Conflict’s Early Stage: Implications for Food Security

Agriculture, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 13(11), С. 2154 - 2154

Опубликована: Ноя. 15, 2023

The Russian–Ukrainian conflict has led to the disruption of global supply chains, thus posing a threat food security. study aimed assess short-term impact on and retail prices resulting from agri-food exports Ukraine after war outbreak. To worldwide, actual price level during period was compared with counterfactual values obtained forecasting models. research points significant decline in Ukraine’s commodity at beginning leading gap for cereals particular, affecting access staple foods. As result, rose sharply, however, upsurge short-lived, as early July 2022 indices returned their pre-war levels. On other hand, most regions worldwide gradual persistent increase observed also found strong regional differentiation response due various specific factors that exacerbated or mitigated war.

Язык: Английский

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The impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict on the extreme risk spillovers between agricultural futures and spots

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 217, С. 91 - 111

Опубликована: Ноя. 16, 2023

Язык: Английский

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Impact of the Russia-Ukraine Conflict on International Staple Agrifood Trade Networks

Foods, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 13(13), С. 2134 - 2134

Опубликована: Июль 4, 2024

The Russia-Ukraine conflict is a growing concern worldwide and poses serious threats to regional global food security. Using monthly trade data for maize, rice, wheat from 2016/1 2023/12, this paper constructs three international crop networks an aggregate network. We aim examine the structural changes following occurrence of conflict. find significant shifts in number edges, average in-degree, density, efficiency third quarter 2022, particularly Additionally, we have shown that political reasons caused more pronounced connections between economies North Atlantic Treaty Organization Russia than with Ukraine. This could provide insights into negative impact geopolitical conflicts on system encourage series effective strategies mitigate trade.

Язык: Английский

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Challenges to Agriculture Production Under Climate Change

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Adoption of AI and Livestock Management Strategies for Sustainable Food Security in the Face of Climate Change in Sub-Saharan Africa

Advances in computational intelligence and robotics book series, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 455 - 472

Опубликована: Янв. 10, 2025

The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into livestock management in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) offers a promising solution for improving food security amid climate change challenges. AI technologies have the potential to optimize agricultural practices, enhance supply chain management, and address animal health concerns. However, barriers adoption, such as inadequate data processing capabilities, remain challenge, especially smallholder farmers. Food insecurity is major issue SSA, driven by change, rapid population growth, overreliance on foreign aid, weak policies. Livestock supports 1.3 billion global livelihoods plays crucial role SSA's systems. Smallholders rely pathway out poverty. By 2030, demand animal-source expected triple due growth shifting consumption patterns. Despite this, there gap policies supporting sustainable production, essential meeting ensuring long-term security. This review explores links between policy opportunities system.

Язык: Английский

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How pilot free trade zones affect food system resilience: quasi-natural experiment evidence from China

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 9

Опубликована: Март 10, 2025

Introduction Enhancing the resilience of food systems is paramount importance when faced with frequent and uncertain shocks. As pioneering zones for advancing reform opening up in China, pilot free trade provide a unique perspective studying impact on system resilience. The existing literature rarely explores mechanisms improving from zones. Therefore, this study used implementation China’s as quasi-natural experiment to analyze its mechanisms. Methods This initially resolves problem selection bias by employing propensity score matching (PSM) method, then estimates extent through staggered differences-in-differences (staggered DID) finally examining which affect using mediation effect model. Results discussion Pilot can promote Rural human capital agricultural technological innovation were crucial channels enhanced From heterogeneity, primarily enhances capability resilience, contrast resistance recovery capabilities. Additionally, have stronger promoting coastal areas compared inland regions China. Furthermore, these greater enhancing western eastern central regions. Finally, demonstrate more pronounced non-grain-producing major grain-producing Conclusion To achieve synergistic development high-quality construction it necessary zones, enhance rural capital, innovation.

Язык: Английский

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