Impact of the Trade Openness on Food Security in Oil-Based Economies (OPEC Countries)

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Assistant Pfofessor, Faculty of Economics Department, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran

2 Master of Economics, Economics Dept, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran

Abstract

Food and nutrition is one of the basic needs of human society and its provision lies in the comprehensive category and concept of food security. It is important to study the food security situation of countries in the present era because of its prominent role in the flourishing of human capital. Food security has an undeniable impact on the physical, social and psychological well-being of society, and this has led to the issue of food security going beyond the literal concept of "food security". On the other hand, international trade, as one of the effective mechanisms in ensuring food security of countries, plays a decisive and key role. International trade links food production and consumption with trade Openness and thus plays an important and effective role. Trade Openness minimizes restrictions on food imports and exports and motivates food-producing countries. Among all the rights given to individual’s community in the basic household needs, food security is one of the most important individual needs that governments are responsible for providing and has a broad and complex concept that is determined by the interaction of a set of biological, economic and social factors. The importance of food security is such that the eradication of poverty and hunger has been considered as one of the development goals in the third millennium. The World Bank has also identified food security as one of the important indicators of development and equated it with per capita income, equitable income distribution, employment rate, environmental protection and respect for human rights.

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Iranian Journal of Agricultural Economics and Development Research
Volume 52, Issue 3
August 2021
Pages 541-552

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