INTERNATIONAL FOOD TRADE: FACTORS OF FOOD SYSTEMS RESILIENCE
Issue № 10, 2020, article № 19, pages 115-119
Section: Foreign news
Language: Russian
Original language title: МЕЖДУНАРОДНАЯ ТОРГОВЛЯ ПРОДОВОЛЬСТВИЕМ: ФАКТОРЫ ЖИЗНЕСПОСОБНОСТИ ПРОДОВОЛЬСТВЕННЫХ СИСТЕМ
Keywords: FOOD SYSTEM RESILIENCE, VULNERABILITY, INTERNATIONAL FOOD TRADE, DIVERSITY, CONNECTIVITY, SHOCKS
Abstract: Seven main factors of the national food systems resilience have been identified. Two of these factors - the diversity of agricultural production and the “smart management” of the connectivity (interdependency) of national food systems are used to assess the impact of international trade on their resilience. The diversity in the delivery of animal food, as well as vegetables and fruits, has increased for a significant part of the world's population, with the exception within the main exporting countries, where it has decreased. Increased import dependence and a reduction in the number of importers indicate a potential vulnerability to socio-economic and climate-natural shocks in globally closely interconnected and interdependent national food systems. The COVID-19 pandemic has already led to cascading shock changes in both the global food system and global food trade, resulting in malnutrition and hunger in several developing countries.
Authors: Volkov Sergei Gennadevich