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<p>Trade in agricultural products is one of the most dynamically developing segments of the global market. The feature of the contemporary stage of world food trade development is that the leading exporters are also the largest food importers, combining the benefits of the international division of labor with the development of domestic agricultural production. In the paper, the role of foreign trade in ensuring food security has been evaluated by comparing the global index of food security and the share of imported food in the domestic market. As a result, the countries of the world have been divided into 4 groups. The first two groups include countries that ensure their citizens a high level of food security through imports, as well as or through their own efficient agricultural production. The third and fourth groups include countries which are not agrarian developed. The problems of hunger and malnutrition in these countries can potentially be solved with the help of foreign trade and increased efforts of the international community.</p>
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Trade in agricultural products is one of the most dynamically developing segments of the global market. The feature of the contemporary stage of world food trade development is that the leading exporters are also the largest food importers, combining the benefits of the international division of labor with the development of domestic agricultural production. In the paper, the role of foreign trade in ensuring food security has been evaluated by comparing the global index of food security and the share of imported food in the domestic market. As a result, the countries of the world have been divided into 4 groups. The first two groups include countries that ensure their citizens a high level of food security through imports, as well as or through their own efficient agricultural production. The third and fourth groups include countries which are not agrarian developed. The problems of hunger and malnutrition in these countries can potentially be solved with the help of foreign trade and increased efforts of the international community.

The Role of the Foreign Trade in Ensuring Food Sacurity in the Countries of the World: An Empirical Analysis

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Trade in agricultural products is one of the most dynamically developing segments of the global market. The feature of the contemporary stage of world food...

The Role of the Foreign Trade in Ensuring Food Sacurity in the Countries of the World: An Empirical Analysis

Publié en ligne: 28 mars 2019

Pages: 867 - 874

Reçu: 02 déc. 2018

Accepté: 25 janv. 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/czoto-2019-0111

Mots clés
Global Food Security Index, foreign trade, export, import, international trade

© 2019 Natalia Baryshnikova et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

The Role of the Foreign Trade in Ensuring Food Sacurity in the Countries of the World: An Empirical Analysis

Publié en ligne: 28 mars 2019

Pages: 867 - 874

Reçu: 02 déc. 2018

Accepté: 25 janv. 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/czoto-2019-0111

Mots clésGlobal Food Security Index, foreign trade, export, import, international trade

© 2019 Natalia Baryshnikova et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
Global Food Security Index, foreign trade, export, import, international trade