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

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

9781446294550

Food Security
5.8.25

English

3 pp.

338 Br08

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, including dietary quality and simultaneous effects; and 3) analysis of spill-overs between global and local food systems

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