Crisis Management and Food Security

CRISIS MANAGEMENT OF FOOD ENTERPRISES

Food Industry Economics ◽

10.15673/fie.v9i1.486 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

Author(s):

N. Basіurkina

Keyword(s):

Food Security ◽

Crisis Management ◽

Internal Environment ◽

Crisis Events ◽

Economic Transformations

In the article the essence of crisis management of Ukrainian food enterprises is considered in the conditions of economic transformations, the features of display of crisis and influence of factors of external and internal environment are certain on development of crisis, importance of the preventive adjusting of crisis displaysfor providing of food security and ant crisis events for food enterprises.

Download Full-text

Application of Artificial Neural Network in the Early Warning System for Food Crisis Management

Jurnal Teknotan ◽

10.24198/jt.vol11n1.8 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Rizky Mulya Sampurno ◽

Kudang B. Seminar

Keyword(s):

Neural Network ◽

Artificial Neural Network ◽

Food Security ◽

Crisis Management ◽

Warning System ◽

Annual Rainfall ◽

Food Crisis ◽

Crop Failure ◽

Weight Analysis ◽

Artificial Neural

Artificial neural network (ANN) has widely used to various sectors in agriculture. In term of food security management, ANN used to determine food crisis level based on its factors. The aim of this research is to increase ANN performance in term of pattern recognition by advanced learning using updated data as well as ANN weight analysis. This research has used multi-layer perceptron 2 hidden layers with backpropagation algorithm. The input-output patterns were food crisis factors and crisis level, respectively. Result showed that advance learning could increase accuracy level. It was from 70,55% to 85,38%. Based on weight analysis of ANN neuron, factors that affected to crisis level were: (1) crop failure/natural disaster, (2) normative consumption ratio, (3) rice price, (4) stock exchange, (5) infant mortality, (6) non forest area, (7) currency, (8) people under poverty line, (9) underweight infant and (10) annual rainfall. The 3 big factors are critical aspect should be concerned in food crisis management. Keywords: ANN, backpropagation, food crisis management, food security

Download Full-text

The impact of COVID-19 on food prices in China: evidence of four major food products from Beijing, Shandong and Hubei Provinces

China Agricultural Economic Review ◽

10.1108/caer-04-2020-0054 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

pp. 445-458 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Xiaohua Yu ◽

Chang Liu ◽

Hanjie Wang ◽

Jan-Henning Feil

Keyword(s):

Food Security ◽

Crisis Management ◽

Wheat Flour ◽

Local Governments ◽

Food Products ◽

Food Prices ◽

Policy Implications ◽

Content Type ◽

Major Food ◽

The Impact

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to empirically study the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on food prices in China and provides policy implications for crisis management for other countries who are still under the crisis of COVID-19 and for the future in China and beyond as well.Design/methodology/approachThis paper first designed a theoretical model of market equilibrium, which shows that the impact of COVID-19 on food prices is linked to the impact difference on demand and supply in response to the COVID-19 crisis. Then we collected the representative prices data for four major food products (rice, wheat flour, pork and Chinese cabbages) from three provinces (Shandong as a producing base, Beijing as a consumption base and Hubei as the epicenter), and set up an iGARCH model.Findings(1) No significant impact on rice and wheat flour prices, (2) significantly positive impact on cabbages prices and (3) various impact on pork prices. Note that the outbreak and the severity of COVID-19 have different impacts. The outbreak itself may have a relatively large impact on pork and cabbage prices, which may result from social panic, while the magnitude of the impact of severity is relatively small, and some are negative, perhaps due to more reduced demand during the quarantine.Practical implicationsChina always puts food security in its prior position of policy agenda and has been preparing for the worst scenario of the food security crisis. In the anti-COVID-19 campaign, China's local governments developed many measures to ensure food provision for each consumer. Hence, the impact of COVID-19 on food prices is minor. However, the outbreak of COVID-19 crisis could cause social panic in some scenarios where consumers may hoard food. Eventually, it may form a vicious cycle to push up food prices. This will be a challenging policy issue in crisis management for almost all governments.Originality/valueThis paper provides empirical evidence on the impact of COVID-19 on food prices in China. China has basically contained the COVID-19 in the whole country, and no major food crisis occurred during this process. The results will provide information on crisis management for other countries that are still under the COVID-19 crisis, and for future China and beyond.

Download Full-text

Crisis management of food security scandals in China: Motivations and solutions towards purchase intention

Journal of Consumer Behaviour ◽

10.1002/cb.1659 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 13-24 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Yufeng Li ◽

Ian Phau ◽

Wei Lu ◽

Min Teah

Keyword(s):

Food Security ◽

Crisis Management ◽

Purchase Intention

Download Full-text

Food Security Surveillance in the Palestinian Territories

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine ◽

10.1017/s1049023x00009389 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 17 (S2) ◽

pp. S20-S21

Author(s):

Gregg Greenough ◽

Ziad Abdeen ◽

Bdour Dandies ◽

Radwan Qasrawi

Keyword(s):

Food Security ◽

Palestinian Territories ◽

Security Surveillance

Download Full-text

Averting robo-bees: why free-flying robotic bees are a bad idea

Emerging Topics in Life Sciences ◽

10.1042/etls20190063 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 (6) ◽

pp. 723-729

Author(s):

Roslyn Gleadow ◽

Jim Hanan ◽

Alan Dorin

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Computer Simulation ◽

Food Security ◽

European Countries ◽

Plant Interactions ◽

Plant Insect Interactions ◽

Native Habitat ◽

Insect Pollinators ◽

Insect Interactions

Food security and the sustainability of native ecosystems depends on plant-insect interactions in countless ways. Recently reported rapid and immense declines in insect numbers due to climate change, the use of pesticides and herbicides, the introduction of agricultural monocultures, and the destruction of insect native habitat, are all potential contributors to this grave situation. Some researchers are working towards a future where natural insect pollinators might be replaced with free-flying robotic bees, an ecologically problematic proposal. We argue instead that creating environments that are friendly to bees and exploring the use of other species for pollination and bio-control, particularly in non-European countries, are more ecologically sound approaches. The computer simulation of insect-plant interactions is a far more measured application of technology that may assist in managing, or averting, ‘Insect Armageddon' from both practical and ethical viewpoints.

Download Full-text