Belgium relief fund, post war food shortages and the “True” cost of living

Fleissig, Adrian R.; Whitney, Gerald A.

doi:10.1016/j.eeh.2015.05.001

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“…In addition, the failure of policies and the market system in certain economies played a major role in igniting the war in these countries, leading to destruction and further economic suffering [63]. On the other hand, armed conflict always has a devastating impact on the economy; all aspects of national production are affected, including agriculture [50], and as a result, many people within the population lack the essential food components for sufficient nutrition, in part due to the high prices that accompany food shortages [64,65].…”

Section: Food Security In Times Of Warmentioning

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How the War in Ukraine Affects Food Security

Leal Filho,

Fedoruk,

Paulino Pires Eustachio

et al. 2023

Foods

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The war in Ukraine has caused severe disruption to national and worldwide food supplies. Ukraine is a major exporter of wheat, maize, and oilseeds, staples that are now suffering a war-triggered supply risk. This paper describes the background of the problem and illustrates current trends by outlining some of the measures that may be deployed to mitigate the conflict’s impacts on achieving SDG 2 (Zero hunger), especially focusing on ending hunger, achieving food security, improving nutrition, and promoting sustainable agriculture. In order to understand the main research strands in the literature that are related to food security in the context of wars, the authors adopted a bibliometric literature review based on the co-occurrence of terms technique, conducted with 631 peer-reviewed documents extracted from the Scopus database. To complement the bibliometric assessment, ten case studies were selected to narrow down the food insecurity aspects caused by the war in Ukraine. The co-occurrence analysis indicated four different thematic clusters. In the next stage, an assessment of the current situation on how war affects food security was carried out for each one of the clusters, and the reasons and possible solutions to food security were identified. Policy recommendations and theoretical implications for food security in the conflict context in Ukraine were also addressed.

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Section: Food Security In Times Of Warmentioning

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How the War in Ukraine Affects Food Security

Leal Filho,

Fedoruk,

Paulino Pires Eustachio

et al. 2023

Foods

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“…This can be seen as an income strategy for landowners. At the same time, the central government believed that the enlargement of the agricultural acreage would benefit the output volume of the Belgian primary sector in a time of food shortages (Fleissig and Whitney, 2015).…”

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The importance of the Great War compared to long-term developments in restructuring the rural landscape in Flanders (Belgium)

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The centenary of the Great War has amplified the voices that advocate the preservation of remaining war traces in the Belgian landscape. Modern technologies, such as Lidar, have recently highlighted that much war heritage is still preserved either at or below the surface, including mine craters, shell holes and trenches. However, these traces are largely hidden from the human eye. Less is known about the impact of the Great War on the overall landscape properties and the changing experience of the rural landscape. In this study, changes in land use and landscape structure since the mid-19 th century were reconstructed for four study sites in Flanders that experienced the Great War differently. Historical maps and aerial photography were combined to produce time series of landscape properties, time depth maps and landscape fragmentation and diversity metrics. The interpretation of changes in land use and landscape patterns reveals that the Great War and postwar land recovery did only mark a break for some landscape elements. For two study sites along the Belgian front that were intensively degraded by the war activities, no significant difference in landscape evolution could be identified compared to two study sites that hardly suffered during the Great War. For the most part, long-term socioeconomic developments eroded the significance of the war as a short-term cataclysmic event.

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Belgium relief fund, post war food shortages and the “True” cost of living

Cited by 2 publications

References 29 publications

How the War in Ukraine Affects Food Security

How the War in Ukraine Affects Food Security

The importance of the Great War compared to long-term developments in restructuring the rural landscape in Flanders (Belgium)

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