Food Caught in the Sanctions War: is Food Security a Casualty?

Zhiryaeva, Elena

doi:10.22394/1726-1139-2017-9-117-133

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“…Economic and physical availability of foodstuffs is of crucial importance for Russia with its significant social differentiation in terms of food consumption and personal income. A number of researchers (Zhiryaeva, 2017) report that spending on food is growing. In 2017, households in Russia spent more than 36% of their total consumption expenditure on food, whereas for households in the European Union this share amounted to 12.2% (Eurostat, 2019).…”

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Sustainable economy: evaluation of food self-sufficiency in Russia

Chernova¹,

Zobov²,

Degtereva³

et al. 2020

JESI

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The level of food self-sufficiency is a relevant aspect of food security. The paper studies food self-sufficiency in the context of economic and physical availability of food. It develops an approach to assessing the level of food self-sufficiency which includes a number of indicators, such as international trade, food consumption standards and diversification of food imports. Empirical testing of the approach is performed within the agricultural sector of Russia for 2012-2018, where import substitution policy is being actively implemented. The research results demonstrate that in Russia only three food groups are self-sufficient, whereas all other categories are characterized by extremely low self-sufficiency levels. Having compared the self-sufficiency levels, the authors discover a discrepancy between the assessment method applied by the Russian Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) and that proposed in the paper; the difference between the two methods can reach up to 40%. The study indicates that there is a decrease in diversification of imports, which poses the risk of undersupply of foodstuffs. The research finds that the domestic production of grains exceeds the rational consumption norms, which results in the excessive consumption of this type of food, if compared to the recommended standards. At the same time, self-sufficiency in dairy products and vegetables is low and self-sufficiency in fruits is extremely low. The article concludes that Russia's Food Security Doctrine is focused on production, but not consumer, which necessitates its assessment indicators to be revised.

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Sustainable economy: evaluation of food self-sufficiency in Russia

Chernova¹,

Zobov²,

Degtereva³

et al. 2020

JESI

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“…To counter the effects of sanctions on the nutritional status of the Russian people, the Russian Food Security Doctrine was established as a general framework for agricultural policy in which minimum targets for the domestic production of products such as potatoes, dairy products, cereals, and meat were established. 25 The impact of Russian sanctions and stop trading on the economy, finance, and food availability of other countries has also been reported in some articles 44,45 which were not considered as the aim of the present review and so they were excluded.…”

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Economic Sanctions Affecting Household Food and Nutrition Security and Policies to Cope With Them: A Systematic Review

Mohammadi‐Nasrabadi

Ghodsi

Roudsari

et al. 2023

Int J Health Policy Manag

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Background: This review was conducted to identify the impact of economic sanctions on household food and nutrition security and policies to cope with them in countries exposed to sanctions. Methods: The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines 2020 were used to identify, select, appraise, and synthesize studies. Electronic databases in addition to Persian ones have been systematically searched for all related documents published until March 2022. Exclusion criteria were: lack of data related to food insecurity in countries subject to sanction and very low quality of the article. The quality of included studies was assessed using the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) Critical Appraisal checklists. The results were presented as qualitative and quantitative syntheses. Results: Of 1428 identified studies, 36 publications remained in the review, which belong to Iran (n=8), Cuba (n=8), Russia (n=7), Iraq (n=7), and Haiti (n=6), respectively. Declining Gross Domestic Product (GDP), devaluation of the national currency, and the quality of food, increase in inflation, unemployment, and consumer prices, infant and under 5 years mortality, energy, and protein deficiency, and the poverty rate were reported as sanction consequences. The most important strategies to improve food security were the humanitarian assistance provided by the international community (Haiti), equity and priority for vulnerable groups mainly by expanding the health care system (Cuba), adopting a food ration system in the oil-for-food program, and fixing the price of food baskets (Iraq), import substitution and self-sufficiency (Russia), support domestic production, direct and indirect support and compensation packages for vulnerable households (the approach of resistance economy in Iran). Conclusion: Due to the heterogeneity of studies, Meta-analysis was not possible. Since inadequate physical and economic food access caused by sanctions affects especially disadvantaged and vulnerable groups, planning to improve food security and providing support packages for these groups seems necessary.

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Economic Sanctions and Food Consumption: Evidence from Iranian Households

RezaeeDaryakenari,

Asadzade,

Thies

2024

International Studies Quarterly

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Abstracts Despite scholarly consensus on the harmful effects of economic sanctions on civilians, there is little micro-level empirical research on how and to what extent economic sanctions affect the food consumption of citizens in sanctioned countries. One of the methodological barriers to studying the micro-level dynamics of sanctions is the limited availability of reliable data in sanctioned countries, which are often governed by authoritarian leaders. Our study leverages an original dataset comprising approximately 1 million observations related to the income and expenses of Iranian households from 1991 to 2021. We assess the impact of economic sanctions on individual food consumption at the national level and among distinct demographic segments. To illustrate how and to what extent international sanctions affected citizens' eating habits, we pay particular attention to 2012–2015 and 2018–2021, when Iran was subject to the most severe sanctions. Our findings demonstrate that while all segments of society feel the effects of economic coercion, low-income citizens' food consumption is more likely to deteriorate due to sanctions. Nonetheless, the geographical impact of sanctions presents a mixed picture, with rural and urban areas each exhibiting specific vulnerabilities to certain food items. We discuss the implications of our findings for sanctions policy and human rights.

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Food Caught in the Sanctions War: is Food Security a Casualty?

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Sustainable economy: evaluation of food self-sufficiency in Russia

Sustainable economy: evaluation of food self-sufficiency in Russia

Economic Sanctions Affecting Household Food and Nutrition Security and Policies to Cope With Them: A Systematic Review

Economic Sanctions and Food Consumption: Evidence from Iranian Households

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