The future of food security: three main avenues for research on trade in food systems

Goedele Van den Broeck ()
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Goedele Van den Broeck: University of Louvain

Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, 2025, vol. 17, issue 5, No 2, 1077-1079

Abstract: Abstract While a rich literature has studied the impacts of trade on food security and nutrition, the debate is far from over. Both theoretical and empirical evidence show mixed effects, and several crucial research gaps remain. We outline three main avenues for further research to better understand how food trade influences food security and nutrition: 1) evaluation of distributional effects across and within countries, and across and within households, accounting for the nature of traded goods; 2) assessment of all forms of malnutrition, includingdietary quality and simultaneous effects; and 3) analysis of spill-overs between global and local food systems.

Keywords: Agri-food trade; Exports; Imports; Global value chains; Nutrition; Livelihoods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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