Rethinking the Water‐Food‐Climate Nexus and Conflict: An Opportunity Cost Approach

Post, Riley; Hudson, Darren; Mitchell, Donna; Bell, Patrick; Perliger, Arie; Williams, Ryan Blake

doi:10.1093/aepp/ppw027

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“…This includes variability in food prices and fluctuations in food supply. Each of these four dimensions has different implications for the survival and operational strategies for terrorist organizations and their fighting force, and therefore for terrorism (Post et al 2016).…”

Section: Food Insecurity and Terrorismmentioning

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Food Insecurity and Terrorism

Adelaja

George

Miyahara

et al. 2018

Applied Eco Perspectives Pol

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This article investigates the relationship between food insecurity and terrorism for a cross country panel sample. Using an instrumental variable approach, we empirically find that greater food availability is associated with greater incidence of terrorism, but better food access is associated with reduced terrorism activities. The relationship is robust across alternate estimators and terrorism measures. By providing additional insights on the effects of specific food insecurity dimensions on terrorism, our findings support the growing number of policies and efforts to enhance global security through food security.

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Section: Food Insecurity and Terrorismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Food Insecurity and Terrorism

Adelaja

George

Miyahara

et al. 2018

Applied Eco Perspectives Pol

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“…Cases may change considerably depending on the structure and endowments of each household. From structural and familiar characteristics, different strategies based on opportunity costs or risk minimization do emerge (Post et al, 2016).…”

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“…In other words, decisions should be driven by a rationale based on opportunity costs (i.e. cost-benefit analysis) (Post et al, 2016). On the contrary, the new economics of labour migration (NELM) argues that migration decisions are part of family strategies (as a mechanism for diversifying risk and gaining access to capital) and remittances set in motion a development dynamic.…”

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Food security and migration in Africa: a validation of theoretical links using case studies from literature

Mulazzani¹,

Manrique²,

Stancu³

et al. 2020

New Medit

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The connection between food security and migration is increasingly discussed by both international agencies and academic literature. However, despite several improvements, we continue to know little about the complex causal-effect relations that link these aspects and, in particular, how much migration patterns are affected by food security issues and how much, as a feedback, migration can affect food security, on both the origin and destination areas. This paper aims firstly to draw a general framework of this nexus and then to validate it using empirical literature on the African continent. A few common points can be emphasized for the continent: due to structural and familiar characteristics, different strategies based on opportunity costs or risk minimization (including food security aspects) may emerge; individuals often migrate following household strategies; multi-nodal households are emerging; land grabbing and land tenure security represent important drivers to be considered; emergencies or critical situations often cause the erosion of women rights. In many situations, the poverty trap prevents most food insecure households to leave marginal lands.

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