Diversifying agrifood systems to ensure global food security following the Russia–Ukraine crisis

Neik, Ting Xiang; Siddique, Kadambot H.M.; Mayes, Sean; Edwards, David; Batley, Jacqueline; Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe; Song, Beng Kah; Massawe, Festo

doi:10.3389/fsufs.2023.1124640

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“…It can thus be seen that the R–U conflict still poses a serious risk to future global grain security and exerts serious pressure on the achievement of the 2030 SDGs, requiring a series of countermeasures by governments and international organizations [ 62 , 63 ]. At the same time, the global situation is still very unstable, which has brought considerable uncertainty to the already tense global food market.…”

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

Wang

Dong

et al. 2023

Foods

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

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

Wang

Dong

et al. 2023

Foods

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“…The efforts to address immediate needs and support long-term recovery of many areas around the region should be reinforced by effective mitigation measures (FAO, 2024c). ESCWA/UNDP (2023) mentioned that learning from past conflicts, there will be a potential regional spillover of the war on Gaza and on the progress towards SDGs in the region. Moreover, an earlier International Monetary Fund report warns that countries bordering high-intensity conflict zones in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) usually experience a decline in average annual GDP growth by 1.9 percentage points (de Imus et al, 2017).…”

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“…This might further aggravate the exchange rate leading to higher interest rates to combat inflation. ESCWA/UNDP (2023) warns that resultant inflationary trend would have implications for the broader economic stability of the MENA countries, and might lead to additional stress on both local and refugee populations who have already been facing an increased cost of living.…”

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

Hassoun,

Al-Muhannadi,

Hassan

et al. 2024

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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

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“…According to The Global Report on Food Crises 2023 1 jointly published by several international organizations, including the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the demand has fueled concerns about global food shortages, which, in turn, have intensified global capital speculation in the food market. Under the superimposed influence of the Russia-Ukraine conflict and extreme weather events, food export restrictions and excessive futures speculation have triggered sharp increases and subsequent dramatic fluctuations in international food prices, further exacerbating risks in the global food market (Neik et al, 2023).…”

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International Comparison on the Application of Information Technology in High School Mathematics Textbooks

Zhou

2021

School Mathematics Textbooks in China

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Ultra-dense networks are widely regarded as a promising solution to explosively growing applications of Internet-of-Things (IoT) mobile devices (IMDs). However, complicated and severe interferences need to be tackled properly in such networks. To this end, both orthogonal multiple access (OMA) and non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) are utilized at first. Then, in order to attain a goal of green and secure computation offloading, under the proportional allocation of computational resources and the constraints of latency and security cost, joint device association, channel selection, security service assignment, power control and computation offloading are done for minimizing the overall energy consumed by all IMDs. It is noteworthy that multi-step computation offloading is concentrated to balance the network loads and utilize computing resources fully. Since the finally formulated problem is in a nonlinear mixed-integer form, it may be very difficult to find its closed-form solution. To solve it, an improved whale optimization algorithm (IWOA) is designed. As for this algorithm, the convergence, computational complexity and parallel implementation are analyzed in detail. Simulation results show that the designed algorithm may achieve lower energy consumption than other existing algorithms under the constraints of latency and security cost.

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Diversifying agrifood systems to ensure global food security following the Russia–Ukraine crisis

Cited by 17 publications

References 142 publications

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

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

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

International Comparison on the Application of Information Technology in High School Mathematics Textbooks

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