Global Politics of Food Security

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Genç, Barış Emre

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Food is one of the most basic needs of humanity and is a central issue in national and international policies. As food is essential in International Relations, history has witnessed numerous food-related problems. In particular, food crises, hunger, rising food prices, and environmental deterioration, which have come to the fore since the 1970s, have shaped the issue of food security. Thus, the multi-dimensional, multilevel, and complex nature of food security has become more critical while facing numerous global challenges. In this respect, the primary purpose of the thesis is to argue that the existing mechanisms and international institutions for ensuring food security are not capable of coping with the emerging global challenges to food security. Specifically, the ups and downs of the global economic system, climate change impacts, production techniques such as GM and organic, pandemics such as COVID19, and regional conflicts such as the Ukraine-Russia War create new global challenges that require global solutions and joint responses. Therefore, this study shows that such international mechanisms are not yet developed.

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Food Security, International Relations, FAO, Sustainability, Development

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/98766

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B. E. Genç, “Global Politics of Food Security,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2022.