The Food Crisis and Food Security: Towards a New World Food Order?

Golay, Christophe

doi:10.4000/poldev.145

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“…According to the results from the analyses based on nonlinear trend deviation index, food supply shortage index, and food market index from the definition, the world experienced huge food crises in 1973 and in 2008 range as Schnittker [3], Park [5] Golay [4] or Headey et al [2] suggest. Among the several methodologies, the result measured by the food shortage index from the ERW abrupt price upsurge, the sharp production decline, or the combination of these two as well.…”

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“…For example, Headey et al [2] examine the food crisis from 2000 to 2009 and show the major reasons for food crisis and emphasize the impacts of food crisis. Other examples are Schnittker [3], Golay [4] and Park [5]. They argue that the food crises had happened globally in 1973 to 1974, 1980, and 2008 and showed that several supply and demand factors such as global abnormal climate or the increase in production cost caused by the oil shocks as well as some political factors.…”

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Food crisis: how to define it statistically?

Lee¹,

Lee²,

Lee³

2012

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Climate change may affect food production and ultimately result in a food crisis. But, what phenomena does a food crisis involve and how serious must the food shortage be to qualify as a 'crisis'? To answer this, we attempt to 'define' a food crisis by applying standard microeconomic approaches and examine the history of past food crises. We first build three indices that measure the degree of food crisis, i.e., nonlinear trend deviation index, food shortage index, and food market index. Basically, each index represents a variant measure of the food market's supply shortage and/or price increase. We then use data of 182 countries from 1961 to 2009 to estimate each index and attempt to identify the occurrence of food crises for each country. All three indices indicate that two major food crises occurred in 1973 and 2008 on a global scale, while minor ones took place less uniformly for different years for different countries during the sample period. The food shortage index seems more reliable than the other two by identifying the outbreaks of food crisis more systematically.

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Food crisis: how to define it statistically?

Lee¹,

Lee²,

Lee³

2012

Environmental Impact

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“…Analysis of food system outcomes have not been limited to the descriptive performance of systems, but frequently have been linked to political economy approaches. Normative rules provided by right-to-food approaches (Golay, 2010) or analysis on inequality and poverty impacts (Swinnen, 2007) can assist us in analysing food system outcomes. The debate on food system performance has also been linked to concepts such as environmental integrity and socio-ecological resilience (FAO, 2013;Tendall et al, 2015).…”

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On the challenges of making a sustainable kitchen: experimenting with sustainable food principles for restaurants

Zanella

2020

Research in Hospitality Management

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“…This movement brings together more than 140 peasant organisations from nearly 70 countries and represents more than 200 million peasants. During its June 2008 International Conference on Peasant Rights in Jakarta it adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Peasants: Women and Men and then submitted it to the UN as a solution to both the food crisis and chronic undernourishment (Golay: 2008). The coherence and innovativeness of the solutions proposed by governments, the UN and nongovernmental organisations are open to question.…”

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The Coming Crisis of Food Price Hikes : A Threat to South Africa's National State Security ?

Soni¹,

Karodia²

2014

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In recent decades, demographic and economic growth has challenged the limits of economic, social and ecological sustainability, giving rise to questions about food security. Despite technological advances that have modernized the conditions of production and distribution of food, hunger and malnutrition still threaten the quality of life of millions of people, worldwide. At the same time, our food problems are also becoming more and more complex, with highly connected ramifications that make food security an issue of critical concern. Although the causes of hunger have always been known, recent research and publications have not only accentuated the issue, but have also indicated that the new complexities only serve to exacerbate the problem. For example, in April 2011, the World Bank 1 estimated that food prices had increased by 36% compared to the same period in April 2010. A recent report published by Oxfam (May 2011) 2 estimates that there about 1 billion people who go hungry to bed every day. The report also warns that basic food prices could increase substantially in the next 20 years, especially given that population growth is also expected to rise and generate new and pressing demands for food. It is predicted that by 2050, there will be another 2 billion people to feed, on top of the nearly 7 billion today. The growing mismatch between demand and supply for food is simply not sustainable and will exacerbate food insecurity throughout the world. Noting that the price of food is inextricably linked to the critical questions of food insecurity, hunger and poverty, especially in terms of availability, accessibility and affordability, this paper, therefore, not only critically contextualizes and analyses the recent Food Price Increases, but also, complements the challenges of Food Security, which was comprehensively articulated in Kalliston's recent Policy Document entitled "Food Security in South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa" 3. In the context of the above, the introductory section of the paper provides a synopsis of the recent global food price increases and its relevance to the future of human sustainability. The next section outlines and analyses the possible causes of the recent food price hikes and provides a prognosis of the future danger that unabated increases pose to human sustainability. Given the importance that the South African State Security Agency attaches to the issue of human and food security, the third section deals with the political economy of food price increases and the conflicts that have generated, thereof. The paper then presents a critical review of global policy responses with a view to draw insights on what is needed to tackle the recurring food price threat in South Africa. No country is exempt from the ravages of the food price crisis, especially our neighbouring countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. The final section, therefore, concludes by advocating for urgent Smart Power Policy interventions within the Sub-Saharan African continent, with specific reference to the universal iss...

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The Food Crisis and Food Security: Towards a New World Food Order?

Cited by 18 publications

References 3 publications

Food crisis: how to define it statistically?

Food crisis: how to define it statistically?

On the challenges of making a sustainable kitchen: experimenting with sustainable food principles for restaurants

The Coming Crisis of Food Price Hikes : A Threat to South Africa's National State Security ?

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