GLOBAL FOOD SITUATION: SPATIAL ASPECTS
https://doi.org/10.7868/S0373244417050024
Abstract
Shifts in global food situation in the beginning of 21st century are described. The author marks the extension of problem field of the food situation, which comprises the necessity to consider quality issues and excessive food consumption along with the food shortage. The method of assessment of the food situation based on the calculation of the integral index of food consumption is described. Factors of formation of the food situation are revealed. The systematization of factors based on their spatial influence with the release of three groups is proposed: factors of total influence; factors of differentiated influence and factors of focal distribution. Typology of countries by current food situation is carried out based on the food consumption index and taking into account the role of countries in the global food system. Six types of countries are defined, which represent stages taken by countries in process of food situation development. Analyzing types in pair with place and role of countries in the global food supply system 13 subtypes of countries are defined.
About the Author
N. A. Starikov
Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Starikov N.A. GLOBAL FOOD SITUATION: SPATIAL ASPECTS. Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk. Seriya Geograficheskaya. 2017;(5):19-30. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.7868/S0373244417050024
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