Ge, J. orcid.org/0000-0001-6491-3851, Polhill, J.G., Macdiarmid, J.I. et al. (5 more authors) (2021) Food and nutrition security under global trade: a relation-driven agent-based global trade model. Royal Society Open Science, 8 (1). 201587. ISSN 2054-5703
Abstract
This paper addresses the highly relevant and timely issues of global trade and food security by developing an empirically grounded, relation-driven agent-based global trade model. Contrary to most price-driven trade models in the literature, the relation-driven agent-based global trade model focuses on the role of relational factors such as trust, familiarity, trade history and conflicts in countries' trade behaviour. Moreover, the global trade model is linked to a comprehensive nutrition formula to investigate the impact of trade on food and nutrition security, including macro and micronutrients. Preliminary results show that global trade improves the food and nutrition security of countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Trade also promotes a healthier and more balanced diet, as countries have access to an increased variety of food. The effect of trade in enhancing nutrition security, with an adequate supply of macro and micronutrients, is universal across nutrients and countries. As researchers call for a holistic and multifactorial approach to food security and climate change (Hammond and Dubé 2012 Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 109, 12 356-12 363. (doi:10.1073/pnas.0913003109)), the paper is one of the first to develop an integrated framework that consists of socio-economic, geopolitical, nutrition, environmental and agri-food systems to tackle these global challenges. Given the ongoing events of Brexit, the US-China trade war and the global COVID-19 pandemic, the paper will provide valuable insights on the role of trade in improving the food and nutrition security across countries.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 The Authors. Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited. |
Keywords: | global trade, relation-driven trade, food security,micronutrients, agent-based model |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Geography (Leeds) > Centre for Spatial Analysis & Policy (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 24 Oct 2024 15:10 |
Last Modified: | 24 Oct 2024 15:10 |
Published Version: | https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rso... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | The Royal Society |
Identification Number: | 10.1098/rsos.201587 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:218827 |