Accessing food insecurity in contemporary global conflicts: what role could the Atlantic Basin play? (Leonardo Neves)

Abstract: This paper explores aspects of food insecurity, such as price hikes and food shortages, and their relations with political unrest and violent conflicts. It focuses on analysing the literature that studies the binomial food insecurity-violent conflict to establish a standpoint on recent events and their impact on food security. The core argument of the article is that fostering international technical cooperation for development and focusing on food production could generate significant positive impacts towards food insecurity mitigation and, thus, its function as a conflict catalyst. The argument goes further in recognising that the Atlantic Basin countries could play a key role in countering such threats by sharing their expertise in cooperation for development and tropical agriculture. In addition, strategic and policy recommendations for addressing these challenges should be discussed.

Key words: Food Insecurity; Violent Conflicts; Cooperation for Development

 Accessing food insecurity in contemporary global conflicts: what role could the Atlantic Basin play?

About the author
Leonardo Paz Neves is Senior Reseacher at the International Intelligence Unit of Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV IIU) and Associate Professor at Ibmec College | leonardo.neves@fgv.br