Conflict and food insecurity: How do we break the links?

Clemens Breisinger (), Olivier Ecker and Jean-François Trinh Tan

Chapter 7 in 2014-2015 Global food policy report, 2015, pp 51-60 from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: Food and nutrition insecurity are becoming increasingly concentrated in conflict-affected countries, affecting millions of people. Policies and interventions that build resilience to these shocks have the power to not only limit the breadth and depth of conflict and violence around the world, but also strengthen national-level governance systems and institutions.

Keywords: gender; refugees; exports; infectious diseases; economic development; agricultural policies; agricultural research; volatility; stunting; smallholders; land use; children; hygiene; land rights; conflicts; water use; diet; poverty; rural areas; obesity; climate change; undernutrition; nutrition policies; food policies; land tenure; indicators; sustainability; hunger; food safety; malnutrition; aquaculture; nutrition; markets; trade; epidemics; drought; agricultural development; food security; migration; risk; fisheries; food prices; public expenditure; women; governance; capacity building (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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