Food self-sufficiency: Making sense of it, and when it makes sense
| dc.contributor.author | Clapp, Jennifer | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-03-15T17:06:20Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-03-15T17:06:20Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-01 | |
| dc.description | © 2016 The Author. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2016.12.001 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | Food self-sufficiency gained increased attention in a number of countries in the wake of the 2007–08 international food crisis, as countries sought to buffer themselves from volatility on world food markets. Food self-sufficiency is often presented in policy circles as the direct opposite of international trade in food, and is widely critiqued by economists as a misguided approach to food security that places political priorities ahead of economic efficiency. This paper takes a closer look at the concept of food self-sufficiency and makes the case that policy choice on this issue is far from a straightforward binary choice between the extremes of relying solely on homegrown food and a fully open trade policy for foodstuffs. It shows that in practice, food self-sufficiency is defined and measured in a number of different ways, and argues that a broader understanding of the concept opens up space for considering food self-sufficiency policy in relative terms, rather than as an either/or policy choice. Conceptualizing food self-sufficiency along a continuum may help to move the debate in a more productive direction, allowing for greater consideration of instances when the pursuit of policies to increase domestic food production may make sense both politically and economically. | en |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Research support for this article was provided by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada || Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation. | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2016.12.001 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10012/11494 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Elsevier | en |
| dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | * |
| dc.subject | Food self-sufficiency | en |
| dc.subject | Food security | en |
| dc.subject | Trade | en |
| dc.subject | Food imports | en |
| dc.subject | Food exports | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | food security | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | business | en |
| dc.title | Food self-sufficiency: Making sense of it, and when it makes sense | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |
| dcterms.bibliographicCitation | Clapp, J. (2017). Food self-sufficiency: Making sense of it, and when it makes sense. Food Policy, 66, 88–96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2016.12.001 | en |
| uws.contributor.affiliation1 | Faculty of Environment | en |
| uws.contributor.affiliation2 | School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability | en |
| uws.peerReviewStatus | Reviewed | en |
| uws.scholarLevel | Faculty | en |
| uws.typeOfResource | Text | en |
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