This paper discusses the issue of food security by making explicit reference to the duties of States to guarantee the right to adequate food. The different gradient layers of protection to be fulfilled by nations to ensure food security to their citizens are enumerated. The article aims to...

The international economy is already being severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, both directly and indirectly as a result of the required controls put in place to stop the disease's spread. The food and agriculture industry is likewise being affected by these effects. While the food supply...

On the basis of recent theories and empirical work on vulnerability, risk management and safety nets, this article examines the approach of the World Food Programme (WFP) in conceptualizing the role that food aid can play at the level of a food-based safety net. The WFP strategic priorities...

This paper presents the results of a report on the state and prospects of negotiations of the World Trade Organization (WTO), in terms of specific issues relevant to the food security of the poorest countries. The possible consequences for policies to reduce food insecurity in emergency situations, ...

This article first provides an overview of the characteristics of food assistance system in Italy, and then presents findings from a literature review and from in-depth interviews with workshop participants, who are considered key players in the food assistance system in Tuscany. The aim was to...

The paper tries to clarify some aspects of the use of the concept of resilience for the analysis of food safety and food insecurity. It answers the following questions: why should we deal with the resilience to food insecurity; how does resilience differ from other concepts already used in the...

It must be recognized that in the most developed part of the earth, including China, the food chain, although complex and linked to supplies from every continent, did not suffer from malfunctions during the COVID-19 pandemic. As the market is globalized, the pandemic has caused dysfunctions in...

This paper addresses areas by which international trade can directly influence prices and quantities and thus, indirectly, food safety. The impact that trade policies play towards the agroindustrial sector, and subsequently on food security is emphasized. Results of an empirical analysis carried...

Eight years of steady increases in hunger and malnutrition have reversed decades of advancement. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that in 2020, between 720 and 811 million people worldwide would experience chronic hunger, the highest number since 2014. The difficulties...

This paper summarizes the methodology and the main results of 2 recent empirical studies on the role that economic reforms, political and institutional played in determining the state of food insecurity and malnutrition. It analysed the role played by the processes of trade liberalization and the...