Global Food Security under COVID-19: Comparison and Enlightenment of Policy Responses in Different Countries

(1) Background: COVID-19 has exacerbated global food security risks, and the global food supply chain, especially in developing countries, has become more vulnerable. (2) Methods: In this paper, we discussed the current security of global food, response measures, and potential impacts, and analyzed the characteristics and evolution of food security policies in four representative countries: China, Italy, Malawi, Argentina. (3) Results: The results showed that most countries give priority to ensuring food access. Most underdeveloped countries adopt humanitarian intervention measures such as food distribution and transfer payments, while developed countries tend to implement development intervention policies such as supporting small- and medium-sized enterprises and guaranteeing employment. (4) Conclusions: Despite the ample global supply, developing countries still face long-term food security risks, highlighting the importance of strengthening global food security governance and risk management. Finally, a food security risk response policy framework was built to provide suggestions for effectively handling COVID-19 and similar public health emergencies in the future.

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Is Current Research on How Climate Change Impacts Global Food Security Really Objective?

Foods ◽

10.3390/foods10102342 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (10) ◽

pp. 2342

Author(s):

Wangang Liu ◽

Yiping Chen ◽

Xinhua He ◽

Ping Mao ◽

Hanwen Tian

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Developing Countries ◽

Food Security ◽

Field Research ◽

Climate Change Impacts ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Hotspot Analysis ◽

Global Food Security ◽

The Impact ◽

Global Food

Global food insecurity is becoming more severe under the threat of rising global carbon dioxide concentrations, increasing population, and shrinking farmlands and their degeneration. We acquired the ISI Web of Science platform for over 31 years (1988–2018) to review the research on how climate change impacts global food security, and then performed cluster analysis and research hotspot analysis with VosViewer software. We found there were two drawbacks that exist in the current research. Firstly, current field research data were defective because they were collected from various facilities and were hard to integrate. The other drawback is the representativeness of field research site selection as most studies were carried out in developed countries and very few in developing countries. Therefore, more attention should be paid to developing countries, especially some African and Asian countries. At the same time, new modified mathematical models should be utilized to process and integrate the data from various facilities and regions. Finally, we suggested that governments and organizations across the world should be united to wrestle with the impact of climate change on food security.

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Aquaculture role in global food security with nutritional value: a review

Translational Animal Science ◽

10.1093/tas/txz012 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 903-910 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Jangampalli Adi Pradeepkiran

Keyword(s):

Food Security ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Vital Role ◽

Animal Protein ◽

Poor People ◽

Human Welfare ◽

Global Food Security ◽

National Economic ◽

Global Food ◽

Global Food Supply

Abstract Food security is the main path to develop the socioeconomic status in any country in the world to defeat malnutrition. The present scenario in an under developed countries are still facing this problem. Hence the human nutrition deficiencies focus on the importance of animal protein in their regular diet. To overcome this problem, fisheries contribute a significant amount of animal protein to the diets of people worldwide. The aquatic animals are the highly nutritious and cheapest protein sources, which serves as a valuable supplement in diets by providing essential vitamins, proteins, micronutrients, and minerals, for the poor people. Aquaculture is playing a vital role in the developing countries in national economic development, and global food supply. Food and agricultural organization (FAO) declared that this aquaculture has the continuous potentiality to create a developmental goals for the country economy and better human welfare.

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Alternative futures for world cereal and meat consumption

Proceedings of The Nutrition Society ◽

10.1017/s0029665199000312 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 58 (2) ◽

pp. 219-234 ◽

Cited By ~ 61

Author(s):

Mark W. Rosegrant ◽

Nancy Leach ◽

Roberta V. Gerpacio

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Food Security ◽

Food Consumption ◽

Structural Changes ◽

Supply And Demand ◽

Meat Consumption ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Feed Consumption ◽

Per Capita ◽

Global Food

Fundamental changes in the global structure of food demand will lead to an extra-ordinary increase in the importance of developing countries in global food markets. Economic growth in developing countries is changing consumption patterns, with slower growth (and in many countries actual declines) in per capita food consumption of grains and rapidly growing per capita and total meat consumption, combined with induced growth in cereal feed consumption. The present paper examines the hypothesis, suggested by some researchers, that high-meat diets in developed countries limit improvement in food security in developing countries. These analysts argue that reduced meat consumption in developed countries would release cereals from livestock feed to food for poorer populations, thus improving food security in developing countries. Using the International Food Policy Research Institute (Washington, DC, USA) global food projections model, the international model for policy analysis of agricultural com-modities and trade (see Rosegrant et al. 1995), we first analyse the implications for future global cereal and meat supply and demand resulting from changes in global income, population growth and other structural changes, then simulate alternative sce-narios to examine the effect of large reductions in meat consumption in developed coun-tries on food consumption and food security in developing countries. The paper shows that while the long-term prospects for food supply, demand and trade indicate a strength-ening of world cereal and livestock markets, the improvement in food security in the developing world will be slow, and changes in the dietary patterns in developed countries are not an effective route to improvement in food security in developing countries.

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ENSURING GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY IN THE CONDITIONS OF CLIMATIC CHANGES

Экономика сельского хозяйства России ◽

10.32651/2070-0288-2017-12-90-94 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 90-94

Author(s):

Yu.V. Ragulina ◽

A.V. Bogoviz

Keyword(s):

Food Security ◽

Climatic Changes ◽

Global Food Security ◽

Global Food

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Wild Rice Populations: A Key Resource For Global Food Security

10.31988/scitrends.48713 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Robert Henry

Keyword(s):

Food Security ◽

Wild Rice ◽

Global Food Security ◽

Global Food

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GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY AMID THE GLOBAL CRISIS

EKONOMIKA I UPRAVLENIE: PROBLEMY, RESHENIYA ◽

10.36871/ek.up.p.r.2020.10.01.016 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 (10) ◽

pp. 134-141

Author(s):

P. M. TARANOV ◽

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A. S. PANASYUK ◽

Keyword(s):

Food Security ◽

Short Term ◽

Global Food Security ◽

Food Problem ◽

Supply Problem ◽

Coronavirus Infection ◽

Food Security Indicators ◽

Security Indicators ◽

Global Food

The authors assess the prospects for solving the global food problem based on an analysis of the dynamics of food security indicators at the global and regional levels. The global food problem at work refers to the growing population of a planet affected by hunger and other forms of malnutrition. The food security situation has worsened for five years - in 2015–2019, and the COVID-19 pandemic has further exacerbated the food supply problem. The prevalence of moderate to severe food insecurity has affected more than 25% of the world's population. In lowincome countries, malnutrition affects more than 58% of the population. Food security is threatened by the consequences of the spread of coronavirus infection in the short term. In the medium and long term, climate change and the crisis in the governance of the world economy are the greatest threats. Modern international economic institutions are unable to withstand the prospect of declining global food security.

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