AGGRAVATING EFFECTS OF FOOD EXPORT RESTRICTIONS UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE ON FOOD SECURITY: AN ANALYSIS OF RICE ECONOMY BASED ON ALTERNATIVE INDICATORS

Yawen Liu, Lingyu Yang, Jinzhu Zhang, Qi Cui, Yu Liu, Fengying Nie and Yumeng Hu
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Yawen Liu: Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China†School of Public Policy and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
Lingyu Yang: Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China†School of Public Policy and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
Jinzhu Zhang: ��School of Economics and Management, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, P. R. China
Qi Cui: �Beijing Key Lab of Study on Sci-Tech Strategy for Urban Green Development School of Economics and Resource Management, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, P. R. China
Yu Liu: Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China†School of Public Policy and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
Fengying Nie: �Agricultural Information Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, P. R. China∥Center for International Agricultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, P. R. China
Yumeng Hu: *College of Economics and Management, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, P. R. China

Climate Change Economics (CCE), 2022, vol. 13, issue 02, 1-30

Abstract: The impact of climate change (CC) on food security has been widely discussed in the literature. However, the role of food export restrictions induced by CC is poorly understood. In this study, we take rice as an example and apply a global economic model to investigate the food security implications of CC and food export restrictions based on both self-sufficiency rate (SSR) and household rice consumption indicators. We find that for capturing the impacts of CC and export restrictions on food security, the household rice consumption indicator is much more suitable than the SSR indicator. The impacts of the export restrictions on food security vastly exceed CC effects in over half of the regions. Regarding household rice consumption indicators, the sign of the impact of rice export restriction for each country depends on its position in the global rice market and whether it enforces the restriction policy. The magnitude of impacts depends on the changes in consumer prices of rice and the affluence level of each region. Facing CC, household rice consumption in regions without export restrictions will be negatively affected. Interestingly, not all the regions enforcing export restrictions would benefit from the restrictive policy. Only the net rice exporters benefit slightly, while net importers are adversely affected. The export restriction policy would make the harmful effects of CC transmit from South Asia to Africa and the Middle East. For adaptation/mitigation policies, more attention should be paid to the leading exporters imposing export restrictions where the adverse effects are originated and the more impoverished regions with close trade connections with such regions.

Keywords: Climate change; export restrictions; household consumption; self-sufficiency rate; CGE model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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