Multidimensional Food Security Nexus in Drylands under the Slow Onset Effects of Climate Change
Stavi, I., Paschalidou, A., Kyriazopoulos, AP., Halbac-Cotoara-Zamfir, R., Siad, SM., Suska-Malawska, M., Savic, D., Roque de Pinho, J., Thalheimer, L., Williams, DS., Hashimshony-Yaffe, N., van der Geest, K., de Cordovil, C. and Ficko, A., (2021). Multidimensional Food Security Nexus in Drylands under the Slow Onset Effects of Climate Change. Land, 10(12), 1-14
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Sub-type Journal article Author Stavi, I.
Paschalidou, A.
Kyriazopoulos, AP.
Halbac-Cotoara-Zamfir, R.
Siad, SM.
Suska-Malawska, M.
Savic, D.
Roque de Pinho, J.
Thalheimer, L.
Williams, DS.
Hashimshony-Yaffe, N.
van der Geest, K.
de Cordovil, C.
Ficko, A.Title Multidimensional Food Security Nexus in Drylands under the Slow Onset Effects of Climate Change Appearing in Land Volume 10 Issue No. 12 Publication Date 2021 Place of Publication Basel Publisher MDPI Start page 1 End page 14 Language eng Abstract Hyperarid, arid, semiarid, and dry subhumid areas cover approximately 41% of the global land area. The human population in drylands, currently estimated at 2.7 billion, faces limited access to sufficient, affordable, and nutritious food. We discuss the interlinkages among water security, environmental security, energy security, economic security, health security, and food security governance, and how they affect food security in drylands. Reliable and adequate water supply, and the prevention of water contamination, increase the potential for ample food, fodder, and fiber production. Protecting woodlands and rangelands increases food security by buffering the slow onset effects of climate change, including biodiversity loss, desertification, salinization, and land degradation. The protection of natural lands is expected to decrease environmental contamination, and simultaneously, reduce the transfer of diseases from wildlife to humans. Biofuel production and hydroelectric power plants increase energy security but generate land-use conflicts, deforestation, and ecosystem degradation. Economic security generally positively correlates with food security. However, economic growth often degrades the environment, changes tenure rights over natural resources, and stimulates migration to urban areas, resulting in lower food and health security. Moreover, civil unrest, political instability, and armed conflicts disrupt local economies in drylands. Maintaining food security is crucial for health security; conversely, malnourished populations and unresponsive health systems decrease economic security, and adversely affect environmental, energy, and food security. Climate change is expected to deteriorate health security by spreading vector-borne diseases. Effective governance and timely interventions can substantially shorten periods of food insecurity, lower their intensities, and accelerate recovery from inevitable crises, and are therefore crucial in preventing humanitarian crises. Since global drylands population will nearly double by 2050, and since drylands are among the most susceptible areas to climate change, integrated multi-hazard approaches to food security are needed. UNBIS Thesaurus CLIMATE CHANGE Keyword Land-use and management
Loss and damage
Natural vs. anthropogenic factors
Population growth and urbanization
Slow-onset eventsCopyright Holder The Authors Copyright Year 2021 Copyright type Creative commons DOI 10.3390/land10121350 -
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