scholarly journals Food Security and Self-Sufficiency in Europe

2017 ◽  
Vol 17(32) (4) ◽  
pp. 111-119
Author(s):  
Silvia Jacková ◽  
Ľudmila Dobošová ◽  
Mária Kadlečíková ◽  
Zuzana Kapsdorferová
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Scientific Paper ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Global Food Security ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
Food Quality And Safety ◽  
Security Index ◽  
Food Affordability ◽  
Global Food ◽  
The Eu

The submitted scientific paper deals with food security and self-sufficiency in Europe in EU-15 and EU-13 countries. The objective of this paper was to evaluate upon the basis of the Global Food Security Index, the overall food security situation in the European Union states. The countries are divided into two groups. The first is composed of fourteen selected states from the EU -15 and the second group is six selected states from the EU-13. In addition to the Food Security Index, the Food Affordability, Food Availability, and the Food Quality and Safety Indexes were also analyzed. The research data were obtained from the authors‘ own research based on the Global Food Security Index Report, and from FAO.

scholarly journals Global Food Security Index’s Reflections to Balkan Countries

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 205-211
Author(s):  
Özlem Turan ◽  
Serkan Gurluk ◽  
Edibe Issi
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Food Policy ◽  
Quality And Safety ◽  
Global Food Security ◽  
Policy Success ◽  
Balkan Countries ◽  
Food Quality And Safety ◽  
Security Index ◽  
Agriculture And Food ◽  
Global Food

Abstract Policies for ensuring food security have gained considerable importance in recent years. The policy success of the countries at this lower level is very important in ensuring food safety. It is also important to determine where the countries take place in food security. In determining the success of countries The Global Food Security Index (GFSI) takes on an important role. In order to prepare the index different subsections of food security such as food availability, food accessibility, food quality and safety are calculated using different weights. This index is re-prepared every year and allows the user to make changes using different weights and calculating rankings again. It will also include recommendations on agriculture and food policy that can be taken to improve their places in the food security index. In this study, an analysis of GFSI for 2017 will be made for Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria. It also includes recommendations on agriculture and food policy of countries for these countries to increase their rankings on the GFSI.

scholarly journals The Current State of the Agricultural Sector in the Context of Food Security in Ukraine

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 112-118
Author(s):  
Karina Utenkova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Food Products ◽  
Economic Security ◽  
Animal Origin ◽  
Global Food Security ◽  
Security Index ◽  
Global Food

Introduction. The article is devoted to the problems of agricultural development as a basis for ensuring food security in Ukraine. Food security is one of the important components of economic security, which creates a basis for further progress and development of the state. Achieving food security is one of the Global Goals for Sustainable Development by 2030, set by the UN to member countries at the Summit on Sustainable Development. The purpose of the article is to reveal the problems and prospects for the development of the agricultural sector in the context of ensuring food security in Ukraine. Results. It has been determined that the contribution of agricultural production to the GDP in Ukraine is quite significant. According to the results of 2018, 89% of agricultural enterprises have received a profit. The consumption of main types of food products by the population of Ukraine is less than the scientifically substantiated norms, namely: the actual consumption of meat is 64% of the norm; milk and dairy products – 52%; eggs – 94.8%; fish – 59%; fruits, berries and grapes – 53%. At the same time, there is a steady increase in the share of agricultural products in the structure of exports (in 2019 – 44.2%). According to the Global Food Security Index, Ukraine does not have the best positions and yields not only to all European countries, but also to those countries to which it exports food. Conclusions. Ukraine occupies the 76th out of 112 positions in the 2019 Global Food Security Index. Problems that pose potential threats to food security are acute, particularly, the lack of balance in the diet of Ukrainians. Due to the products of animal origin, the caloric value of the diet is provided only by 28% at the optimal level of 55%. The share of the population’s expenditures on food products is unacceptably high: more than half of the total aggregate expenditures, which is higher than the similar indicators of the EU countries by 3-5 times. The increase in agricultural production should take place in compliance with environmental norms and international food quality standards.

An assessment of the global food security index

Food Security ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 1135-1152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meital Izraelov ◽  
Jacques Silber
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Global Food Security ◽  
Security Index ◽  
Global Food

scholarly journals Methodology for assessment of food security of countries

VUZF Review ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 30-36
Author(s):  
Robert Jurczak
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
National Level ◽  
State Level ◽  
Global Food Security ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
The World ◽  
National Food Security ◽  
Global Food

A comprehensive assessment of national food security should include an analysis of the physical and economic accessibility of food, the level and quality of nutrition of the population, the sustainability and competitiveness of agriculture, factors and trends of self-sufficiency in the main types of agricultural products, raw materials and food and the effectiveness of foreign trade in food. To assess the food security situation at the state level, it is necessary to conduct monitoring, which consists in determining the deviations of the main indicators from the criteria and thresholds established at the national level. The monitoring should determine the format of the national report on the country's food security. The number of indicators that make up its basis, should be optimal and sufficient to reflect the level of food security of the country and compare them with the situation in other countries. At the same time, it is necessary to analyze trends in ensuring food security at the global level in terms of the progress of countries and regions of the world in achieving the goals of sustainable development in agriculture, the elimination of hunger and poverty for the period up to 2030.  Conducting a study of the components of the global food security index, formed at the world level to measure the policy and efficiency of government agencies in the field of food security, is relevant and in demand for positioning the country within the framework of international comparison of countries.

scholarly journals Determining Romania's Position in Europe According to the Optimized Global Food Security Index in 2018

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (51) ◽  
pp. 294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina Nģftanģilģ ◽  
◽  
Odi Mihaela Zģrnescu ◽  
Laurentia Avram ◽  
Viorica Braga ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Global Food Security ◽  
Security Index ◽  
Global Food

scholarly journals Predictive Insights for Improving the Resilience of Global Food Security Using Artificial Intelligence

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (15) ◽  
pp. 6272
Author(s):  
Meng-Leong How ◽  
Yong Jiet Chan ◽  
Sin-Mei Cheah
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Probabilistic Reasoning ◽  
Probabilistic Approach ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
User Friendliness ◽  
Global Food Security ◽  
Food Quality And Safety ◽  
Global Food

Unabated pressures on food systems affect food security on a global scale. A human-centric artificial intelligence-based probabilistic approach is used in this paper to perform a unified analysis of data from the Global Food Security Index (GFSI). The significance of this intuitive probabilistic reasoning approach for predictive forecasting lies in its simplicity and user-friendliness to people who may not be trained in classical computer science or in software programming. In this approach, predictive modeling using a counterfactual probabilistic reasoning analysis of the GFSI dataset can be utilized to reveal the interplay and tensions between the variables that underlie food affordability, food availability, food quality and safety, and the resilience of natural resources. Exemplars are provided in this paper to illustrate how computational simulations can be used to produce forecasts of good and bad conditions in food security using multi-variant optimizations. The forecast of these future scenarios is useful for informing policy makers and stakeholders across domain verticals, so they can make decisions that are favorable to global food security.

scholarly journals FOOD SAFETY IN UKRAINE AND ITS FACTORS

2017 ◽  
Vol XIX (3) ◽  
pp. 29-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heorhiy Cherevko
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Agricultural Products ◽  
Total Income ◽  
Global Food Security ◽  
Security Index ◽  
Food Security Indicators ◽  
Security Indicators ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Key Steps ◽  
Global Food

The purpose of this paper is to present the main results of the study aimed to highlights and assess the level of food security of Ukraine and the factors that shape it. Based on this to identify key steps to create conditions for increasing this level. Evaluation of food security indicators was carried out using internationally recognized Global Food Security Index. Identified trends in total income and food price dynamics are negative, since even with increasing incomes purchasing power of the Ukrainian population remains the lowest in Europe, while the share of expenditure on food in the general expenses – the highest. Structure of nutrition in Ukraine is unbalanced, and its level – insufficient. Revealed deterioration of food security in almost all fundamental indicators. It makes sense to consider the two main directions to achieve the necessary level of food security: ensuring food supply in the required quantities; achievement of selfsupplying by agricultural products.

scholarly journals Role of Global Food Security in the Common Agrarian Policy of the European Union

2014 ◽  
pp. 130-138
Author(s):  
I. N. Shcherbak
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Agricultural Policy ◽  
Common Agricultural Policy ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Global Food Security ◽  
The Common ◽  
Global Food

The author devoted his research to the role of the global food security in the priorities of the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union (CAP). The research sheds light on the parameters of the Common Agricultural Policy and the basic steps on the path of its reform. The research demonstrates that the priorities of the EC are mainly concentrated on achieving food security for the member-states of the EC, its population and the interests of the agricultural sector. The modern challenges to the Global Food Security (global food crises of 2007-2009, acute food shortages and hunger in crises regions of Africa and chronic malnutrition) are placed high on the agenda of the CAP. In this situation, the EU is trying in the interests of stabilization of the world agricultural market to solve simultaneously the tasks of providing assistance for development and mitigation of the threats to the Global Food security. The deepening rift between the strategy of the CAP oriented towards promotion of agricultural export and real contribution of the EC to the Global Food Security and assistance for development is becoming more and more the most «vulnerable» place of the CAP.

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