Biofuels and Food Security in Japan and Other Asian Countries

2014 ◽  
pp. 43-57
Author(s):  
Tatsuji Koizumi
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Asian Countries

scholarly journals Impact of Trade Openness on Food Security: Evidence from Panel Data for Central Asian Countries

Foods ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 3012
Author(s):  
Zhilu Sun ◽  
Defeng Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Panel Data ◽  
Trade Openness ◽  
Generalized Method Of Moments ◽  
Dynamic Panel Data ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Central Asian ◽  
The World ◽  
Central Asian Countries ◽  
The Impact

The problem of food insecurity has become increasingly critical across the world since 2015, which threatens the lives and livelihoods of people around the world and has historically been a challenge confined primarily to developing countries, to which the countries of Central Asia, as typical transition countries, cannot be immune either. Under this context, many countries including Central Asian countries have recognized the importance of trade openness to ensure adequate levels of food security and are increasingly reliant on international trade for food security. Using the 2001–2018 panel data of Central Asian countries, based on food security’s four pillars (including availability, access, stability, and utilization), this study empirically estimates the impact of trade openness and other factors on food security and traces a U-shaped (or inverted U-shaped) relationship between trade openness and food security by adopting a panel data fixed effect model as the baseline model, and then conducts the robustness test by using the least-squares (LS) procedure for the pooled data and a dynamic panel data (DPD) analysis with the generalized method of moments (GMM) approach, simultaneously. The results show that: (1) a U-shaped relationship between trade openness and the four pillars of food security was found, which means that beyond a certain threshold of trade openness, food security status tends to improve in Central Asian countries; (2) gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, GDP growth, and agricultural productivity have contributed to the improvement of food security. Employment in agriculture, arable land, freshwater withdrawals in agriculture, population growth, natural disasters, and inflation rate have negative impacts on food security; and (3) this study confirms that trade policy reforms can finally be conducive to improving food security in Central Asian countries. However, considering the effects of other factors, potential negative effects of trade openness, and vulnerability of global food trade network, ensuring reasonable levels of food self-sufficiency is still very important for Central Asian countries to achieve food security. Our research findings can provide scientific support for sustainable food system strategies in Central Asian countries.

FISH CONSUMPTION AND FOOD SECURITY: A DISAGGREGATED ANALYSIS BY TYPES OF FISH AND CLASSES OF CONSUMERS IN SELECTED ASIAN COUNTRIES

2005 ◽  
Vol 9 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 89-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madan Mohan Dey ◽  
Mohammed A. Rab ◽  
Ferdinand J. Paraguas ◽  
Somying Piumsombun ◽  
Ramachandra Bhatta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Fish Consumption ◽  
Asian Countries

scholarly journals The Effect of International Trade on Food Security at Southeast Asian Countries

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
International Trade ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Panel Data ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Southeast Asian Countries

For decades, although the world has made significant progress in the fight against hunger, food insecurity has been considered as the top concern of countries, especially developing countries. In this study, we use panel data of 10 Southeast Asian countries for the period from 2000-2015 to evaluate the effect of international trade on food security. Applying panel data regression methods such as fixed effects model (FE), random effects model (RE), and feasible generalized least squares model (FGLS), the results show the positive impact of international trade on food security on all three aspects of food availability, stability, and access at each country. Besides, other factors such as agricultural productivity, the share of agricultural land over the total land area, percentage of farmers in total population, and inflation also affect to food security of Southeast Asian countries on several aspects. Based on the results, we propose some policy implications for Southeast Asian countries to deal with food insecurity problems.

scholarly journals Food Security in Southeast Asia

2012 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 38
Author(s):  
Les Baxter
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Agricultural Research ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Public Support ◽  
World Food ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Active Life ◽  
World Food Summit ◽  
Southeast Asian Countries

Food security, defined by the 1996 World Food Summit as existing ?when all people at all times have access to sufficient nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life?, has been identified as a major issue for Southeast Asian countries. In the majority of developing countries the most effective means of ensuring food security is broad-based economic growth in agriculture. Public support for agriculture has waned significantly since the mid-1980s. Australia has been a leader in the recent resurgence of aid investment in agriculture. This has involved lifting investment in agricultural research in developing countries, through ACIAR, and AusAID programs, in particular in the Mekong countries, South Asia and Africa.

Food Security in Asia

2017 ◽  
pp. 109-123
Author(s):  
Sebak K. Jana ◽  
Asim K. Karmakar
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Food Production ◽  
First Century ◽  
Panel Regression ◽  
Significant Determinant ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
The World ◽  
The Status

Food security has emerged as one of the most significant and complex challenges of the twenty-first century. The region has made impressive achievements in reducing poverty and hunger in the past two decades, driven by impressive economic growth and rising incomes over the last few decades. This progress has however been uneven within and across states, and the region remains home to over 60% of undernourished people in the world. The objective of the chapter is to examine the status of food security of Asian economies. For that purpose, we have assessed and taken into account food security situation according to various indicators across different regions of Asia as well as average food production as indicator of food security for our analysis. We then endeavor to find whether there is any convergence of average food production across Asian countries. Lastly, we have tested whether average food production is a significant determinant of undernourishment for Asian countries. The results reveal that there is no convergence in average food production in Asia. However the panel regression exercise reveals that there is significant relationship between food security and undernourishment.

Food Security in Asia

2016 ◽  
pp. 382-397
Author(s):  
Sebak K. Jana ◽  
Asim K. Karmakar
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Food Production ◽  
First Century ◽  
Panel Regression ◽  
Significant Determinant ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
The World ◽  
The Status

Food security has emerged as one of the most significant and complex challenges of the twenty-first century. The region has made impressive achievements in reducing poverty and hunger in the past two decades, driven by impressive economic growth and rising incomes over the last few decades. This progress has however been uneven within and across states, and the region remains home to over 60% of undernourished people in the world. The objective of the chapter is to examine the status of food security of Asian economies. For that purpose, we have assessed and taken into account food security situation according to various indicators across different regions of Asia as well as average food production as indicator of food security for our analysis. We then endeavor to find whether there is any convergence of average food production across Asian countries. Lastly, we have tested whether average food production is a significant determinant of undernourishment for Asian countries. The results reveal that there is no convergence in average food production in Asia. However the panel regression exercise reveals that there is significant relationship between food security and undernourishment.

Mitigating the impacts of COVID-19 on domestic rice supply and food security in Southeast Asia

2021 ◽  
pp. 003072702110242
Author(s):  
Ting Jenn Ling ◽  
Mad Nasir Shamsudin ◽  
Wang Zheng Bing ◽  
Pham Thi Cam Nhung ◽  
Md Ghulam Rabbany
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Comparative Advantage ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Comparative Advantages ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Risk Dependency ◽  
Southeast Asian Countries

Food and medication security is an unseen battle occurring during the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. Sustainable rice supplies are crucial during a pandemic period, especially in Southeast Asian countries (SEA countries). This study analyzes the vulnerability level of SEA countries regarding rice supply, with alternative import strategies recommended. By employing RCA, CAaA, and XCA indexes, the comparative advantage and competitiveness of rice-exporting countries are analyzed. The study shows that Malaysia and Singapore are highly vulnerable regarding rice crisis, while Indonesia, Philippines, and Brunei are moderately vulnerable. Thailand and Vietnam supply 76.74% of SEA countries’ rice imports. SEA importers should consider alternative import strategies in order to reduce their high-risk dependency on the supply of rice from Thailand and Vietnam. XCA analysis results show that India, Thailand, Pakistan, Vietnam, China, and the USA are more competitive and have better comparative advantages as compared to other rice exporters with a high supply volume or lower prices. The alternative rice-exporting suppliers that could be considered by SEA countries are Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil, and Argentina. Additionally, this paper introduces the XCA index and CAaA index to complement the bias of the RCA index.

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