Developing an analytical framework for estimating food security indicators in the United Arab Emirates: A review.

ABSTRACT: Rapid population growth, climate change, limited natural resources, and the COVID-19 pandemic contribute to increased global hunger, necessitating intensive efforts to ensure food security and nutrition (FSN). Previous FSN approaches covered some dimensions, but not all, resulting in significant gaps in food security indicators. The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) regions have received less attention in food security studies, thus far necessitating considerable effort to develop an appropriate analytical framework. This study reviewed articles and international reports of FSN indicators, drivers and policies, methods, and models and extracted the challenges and gaps from the global and UAE contexts. The UAE and the world have gaps in FSN drivers,

SUBMITTER: Ammar KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9943759 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature