Careful observation of where food is produced and distributed reveals a mismatch between what is given, what is demanded and what is received. All this becomes an argument for structuring a coherent concept for harmonising food policy, as well as an issue calling for the integration of food...

This section consists of eight papers that address food security from various perspectives. Among the specific topics covered are: the relationships between agriculture, food security and climate change; Romania's position in Europe according to the Global Food Security Index; the measurement of ...

In Romania, the immediate effects of the pandemic have revealed a strain on food supply chains due to the limitations related to social distancing between producers/deliverers/consumers. The paper aims to identify and analyze the resilience of small farmers in southern Romania (i.e., Bucharest...

The analysis of food security in Romania was carried out in view of the four dimensions of food security, respectively: (i) availability of agricultural production; (ii) access to food; (iii) supply stability and (iv) food safety and quality, adapted to the macroeconomic (national) and...

An increasing number of scientific papers has been written on the topic of resilience. It explains the way individuals and regions face to shocks and stressors. It focuses on farmers' resilience and food security. The main shocks related to food insecurity are weather variability, volatility, and...

Food policies are focused on ensuring the consumption needs of the existing population in a given territory. In general, food policies are built on food continuity and production based on a pool of natural resources available at a given time. Critical food security incidents, particularly the...

The paper makes an assessment of the food security situation in Romania, several years after the accession to the European Union. The approach focuses on certain problems regarding food security assurance at national level, as well as aspects linked to the access to food and the population's...

Although the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on food security is difficult to predict on the medium and long term, governments need to address the short-term food shock. The current Covid-19 pandemic is already directly affecting food systems and states must take immediate actions to mitigate food...

Like most economic sectors, agriculture has been significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. This study was designed to understand the impact of the initial stages of the pandemic on the agricultural sector in Romania. A web-based research study of farmers was conducted using an online...

Famine is a global situation in which a large number of individuals in a country or region have no acces to appropriate food in order to survive. The majority of the countrie saffected by famine are located in Africa but famine occurs all around the world, even in Europe and in another developed...