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War, Conflict, and Food Insecurity

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  • Olga Shemyakina

    (School of Economics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA)

Abstract

This article reviews the literature at the intersection of war, armed conflict, and food security, focusing on intergroup violent conflicts such as interstate conflict, civil war, insurgencies, state violence toward civilians, riots, and nonstate conflict. We briefly discuss recent trends in conflict and food security and note the channels through which conflict may impact food security in developing countries. Next, we review the quantitative literature, studying the pathways between conflict and food security and their effects on child health and household coping strategies, displacement, changes in factors of production, market and travel restrictions, and insurgent predation. The effect of food insecurity on conflict, related to limited access to land and shocks to commodity prices, is discussed. We briefly survey the effects of aid and assistance programs and then discuss the connection between climate change, conflict, and food security. The review concludes by identifying topics in this field that are ripe for future research.

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  • Olga Shemyakina, 2022. "War, Conflict, and Food Insecurity," Annual Review of Resource Economics, Annual Reviews, vol. 14(1), pages 313-332, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:anr:reseco:v:14:y:2022:p:313-332
    DOI: 10.1146/annurev-resource-111920-021918
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    1. Paola Vesco & Ghassan Baliki & Tilman Brück & Debarati Guha-Sapir & Jonathan Hall & Stefan Döring & Anneli Eriksson & Hanne Fjelde & Carl Henrik Knutsen & Maxine R. Leis & Hannes Mueller & Christopher, 2024. "The impacts of armed conflict on human development: a review of the literature," HiCN Working Papers 414, Households in Conflict Network.
    2. Rudolfsen, Ida & Bartusevičius, Henrikas & van Leeuwen, Florian & Østby, Gudrun, 2024. "War and food insecurity in Ukraine," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 180(C).
    3. Raymond Elikplim Kofinti & Isaac Koomson & Josephine Baako-Amponsah, 2024. "Can health financing programmes reduce food insecurity in a developing country?," International Journal of Health Economics and Management, Springer, vol. 24(4), pages 595-621, December.
    4. Wolfgang Stojetz & Piero Ronzani & Tilman Brück & Jeanne Pinay & Marco d'Errico, 2024. "Building Resilience in Conflict Areas: Quasi-experimental Evidence from Borno State in North-east Nigeria," HiCN Working Papers 419, Households in Conflict Network.
    5. Koppenberg, Maximilian & Mishra, Ashok K. & Hirsch, Stefan, 2023. "Food aid and violent conflict: A review and Empiricist’s companion," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 121(C).
    6. Abay, Kibrom A. & Tafere, Kibrom & Berhane, Guush & Chamberlin, Jordan & Abay, Mehari H., 2023. "Near-real-time welfare and livelihood impacts of an active war: Evidence from Ethiopia," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 119(C).
    7. Caitriona Dowd & Samuel S. Polzin & Kelsey Gleason & Rebecca Yang & Pranay Narang & Ronak Patel, 2024. "Conflict's impacts on food systems: Mapping available evidence of interactions," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 36(4), pages 2152-2171, May.
    8. Koppenberg, Maximilian & Mishra, Ashok K. & Hirsch, Stefan, 2023. "Food Aid and Violent Conflict: A Review of Literature," IZA Discussion Papers 16574, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).

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    Keywords

    armed conflict; civil war; civilians; food security; poverty; violence;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • I3 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty
    • O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development

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