La faim à l'ère de l'abondance. Causes naturelles et anthropiques de la crise alimentaire en Méditerranée

Eugenia Ferragina and Désirée A.L. Quagliarotti

Revue Tiers-Monde, 2012, vol. n°210, issue 2, 161-181

Abstract: This article aims to explore the natural and anthropogenic causes of the food crisis in the Mediterranean and its impact on the development of the Region. Faced with a very modern European agriculture, the agricultural systems of southern Mediterranean maintain a structural weakness, partly due to natural constraints. This weakness is compounded by climate change which determines a decrease in water availability and penalizes agriculture. In the SEMC, the food crisis is the result of various local factors such as population dynamics which generate a sustained demand for food ; agro-climatic constraints that limit agricultural production and increase dependency on imports in order to achieve food security ; and rapid changes in consumption patterns.

Keywords: Mediterranean Countries; climate change; water resources; agriculture; food crisis; growing poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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