Climate Change and Food Resilience in Africa and the Middle East

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Climate Change and Food Resilience in Africa and the Middle East

Original language description

The Russian war in Ukraine destabilized supply chain and put under stress African and Middle Eastern food systems, emphasizing their vulnerability and the need to improve their resilience. Climate change represents an even more ominous challenge in this regard, adding pressure on land and water and reducing yield growth. In a globalized world, this issue cannot be relegated to humanitarian assistance or development partnerships. The European Green Deal and agriculture policies affect food systems in the Global South. Conversely, current, and future food crises threaten economic and political stability of African and Middle Eastern countries, and consequently economic interests and geopolitical security of the European continent (food shortage, migrations, collapsed states becoming a haven for terrorist organizations). Visegrad countries (V4) have been affected by the war and the rerouting of Ukrainian grains. Due to the repercussions of the solidarity lanes on their own agricultural production, food resilience in the Southern neighbourhood and Sub-Saharan Africa should become a priority for them. They have the capacity to play a role in the collective European effort in this matter. This policy paper is based on half a dozen semi-structured interviews with European Union (EU) officials, lobbyists, and scientists conducted in Brussels in July 2023, thanks to a Think Visegrad Fellowship. These interviews have been realized under condition of anonymity in order to create a climate of trust, conducive to fruitful exchanges. This policy paper was produced within the Think Visegrad in Brussels Fellowship programme.

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Czech description

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Type

O - Miscellaneous

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50601 - Political science

Project

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Continuities

N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů