Food Nutrition Safety and Conflict Struggle

By ELIAS ODULA BARASA

During the previous decade there has been an increased focus on the role of food security in conflict processes, both in the academic and policy communities. While the policy community has pushed forward with new programs, the academic debate about the causal linkages between food security and conflict remains debated. This review book emphasizes the endogeneity that characterizes the coupling between food (in)security and violent conflict.Define conflict and food security using the standard Uppsala Conflict Data Program and the FAO databases, and illustrate how intervening factors influence the relationship between conflict and food security at the micro and macro levels. provides a comprehensive review on linkages between food security and conflict, focusing on findings that account for endogeneity issues and have a causal interpretation.Finally, book highlight policy-affecting data gaps beyond endogeneity and chart ways forward to improve the existing bodies of data and support new data collection to fill the academic gaps and support policy making. The review book article supports to the ongoing debate around the causal relationship between food security and conflict, challenges and opportunities for innovation in food security and peacebuildin

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 620053165X
• ISBN13: 9786200531650
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Length: 56 Pages
• Weight: 0.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"