Shifting Patterns of Agricultural Trade The Protectionism Outbreak and Food Security

This book is a pivotal publication that seeks to improve food security in the conditions of escalating protectionism in global agricultural trade. The authors argue that global trade systems have been increasingly distorted by emerging trade tensions between major actors such as the US, China, the EU, and Russia, as well as trade policies in many other countries. In view of the most recent disruption of global food supply chains due to the outbreak of the COVID-19, the book examines the effects of administrative restrictions, tariff escalations, and other forms of protectionism on food security.

Over the decades, food security concerns have been emerging, along with the growth of the world population. More than two billion most impoverished people in the world spent up to 70% of their disposable income on food. In 2020, the running pandemic has unraveled accumulated problems. As many countries rely on agricultural imports, lockdowns and disrupted food production and supply chains tremendously threaten food security of those nations. Agricultural trade was already slowing in 2019 before the virus struck, weighed down by trade tensions, and decelerating economic growth. The spread of the virus and strict quarantine measures trigger economic decline that results in food prices rises and volatilities. Due to the pandemic, nearly all regions will suffer double-digit decline in trade volumes 2020.

The virus will be defeated, but the effects of the protectionism outbreak would have a much longer-lasting impact on agricultural production, international supply chains, and food security worldwide. In this publication, the authors probe into many of the choices that link national, regional, and global policies extensively with the provision of food security for all in the new era of post-virus global trade. Since studying global agricultural trade has a multinational application, its outcomes might be shared with a broad international network of stakeholders, including research institutions, universities, and individual researches. The book is appropriate for government officials, policymakers, and businesses of many countries. Adaptation of research outcomes and solutions to the situation in particular countries and various collaboration formats will let to increase the visibility of the publication and to elaborate new practices and solutions in the sphere of establishing sustainable food security.

Chapter 1

AGRICULTURAL TRADE PATTERNS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ECONOMIC COMPLEXITY

Bistra Vassileva, University of Economics-Varna, Bulgaria

 

 

Chapter 2

INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL TRADE: EXPORTERS AND IMPORTERS

Vasilii Erokhin, Harbin Engineering University, China

Gao Tianming, Harbin Engineering University, China

Anna Ivolga, Stavropol State Agrarian University, Russia

 

 

Chapter 3

INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL TRADE: PRODUCTS

Vasilii Erokhin, Harbin Engineering University, China

Gao Tianming, Harbin Engineering University, China

Anna Ivolga, Stavropol State Agrarian University, Russia

 

 

 

 

Chapter 4

THE EVER CHANGING WORLD WHEAT MARKET

Andrew Schmitz, University of Florida, USA

Claudine Chegini, University of Florida, USA

 

 

Chapter 5

TRADE INTEGRATION AND LIBERALIZATION: POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO KEEP FOOD SUPPLY CHAINS ALIVE

Drago Cvijanovic, University of Kragujevac, Republic of Serbia

Ivan Milojevic, Ministry of Defence, Human Resources Sector, Republic of Serbia

Nemanja Pantic, University of Kragujevac, Republic of Serbia

 

 

Chapter 6

LAND GRABBING, LAND USE, AND FOOD EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS: BIBLIOMETRIC STUDY OF A PARADIGM SHIFT

Luminita Chivu, National Institute for Economic Research ‘Costin C. Kiritescu’, Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania

Marius Constantin, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania

Donatella Privitera, University of Catania, Italy

Jean-Vasile Andrei, Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, Romania; National Institute for Economic Research ‘Costin C. Kiritescu’, Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania

 

 

Chapter 7

WATER AS A SELF-ORGANIZING FORCE IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND TRADE: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE

Yuri Yegorov, University of Vienna, Austria

 

 

Chapter 8

CHANGES IN CONSUMER BEHAVIOR AND FOOD TRADE TRANSFORMATIONS

Ileana Georgiana Gheorghe, Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, Romania

Violeta Sima, Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, Romania

 

 

Chapter 9

DISCURSIVE FRAMEWORK OF FOOD SECURITY AND ITS IMPACT ON URBAN CONSUMERS’ COGNITION AND BEHAVIOR

Codrin Dinu Vasiliu, “Gh. Zane” Institute for Economic and Social Research, Romanian Academy, Ia?i Branch, Romania

Ioan Sebastian Bruma, “Gh. Zane” Institute for Economic and Social Research, Romanian Academy, Ia?i Branch, Romania

 

 

Chapter 10

ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL TRADE AND POSSIBLE THREATS TO FOOD SECURITY IN THE EU-27: A SYSTEMATIC STATISTICAL APPROACH

Jean-Vasile Andrei, Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, Romania; National Institute for Economic Research ‘Costin C. Kiritescu’, Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania

Luminita Chivu, National Institute for Economic Research ‘Costin C. Kiritescu’, Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania

Marius Constantin, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania

Jonel Subic, Institute of Agricultural Economics, Republic of Serbia

 

 

Chapter 11

IMPACT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL TRADE IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

Adrian Stancu, Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, Romania

 

 

Chapter 12

SHORT FOOD SUPPLY CHAINS AS A RESPONSE TO FOOD SUPPLY DISRUPTIONS: THE CASE OF THE EU’S COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY

Mihaela Cristina Dragoi, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania

Aleksandar Grubor, University of Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia

 

 

Chapter 13

FOOD CONSUMPTION AND WAYS TO ENSURE FOOD SECURITY IN ROMANIA

Andrea Feher, Banat University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine ”King Michael I of Romania”, Romania

Tiberiu Iancu, Banat University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine ”King Michael I of Romania”, Romania

Miroslav Raicov, Romanian Academy, Branch of Timisoara, Research Center for Sustainable Rural Development of Romania, Romania

Adrian Banes, Romanian Academy, Branch of Timisoara, Research Center for Sustainable Rural Development of Romania, Romania

 

 

Chapter 14

IMPROVING FOOD SECURITY THROUGH ORGANIC AGRICULTURE: EVIDENCE FROM SERBIA

Gordana Radovic, Dnevnik Poljoprivrednik A.D., Republic of Serbia

Marko Jelocnik, Institute of Agricultural Economics, Republic of Serbia

 

 

 

 

Chapter 15

INCENTIVES IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AS A WAY TO IMPROVE FOOD SECURITY: THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS FOR SERBIA

Jovan Zubovic, Institute of Economic Sciences, Republic of Serbia

Olivera Jovanovic, Institute of Economic Sciences, Republic of Serbia

 

 

Chapter 16

IMPROVEMENT OF THE FOOD SECURITY STATUS OF THE EURASIAN ECONOMIC UNION COUNTRIES THROUGH CUSTOMS REGULATION OF MEAT AND DAIRY TRADE

Aleksandr Arskiy, Moscow State University of Food Production, Russia

Mikail Khudzhatov, RUDN University, Russia

 

 

Chapter 17

FOOD SECURITY PRIORITIES IN RUSSIA

Stanislav Lipski, State University of Land Use Planning, Russia

Olga Storozhenko, Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Russia

 

 

Chapter 18

RUSSIA’S AGRICULTURAL IMPORT BAN: WINNERS AND LOSERS

Mikhail Krivko, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic

Wim Heijman, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic; Wageningen University and Research, Netherlands

Luboš Smutka, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic

 

 

Chapter 19

EXPORT POTENTIAL AND REGULATION OF SHEEP BREEDING IN BORDER AREAS OF RUSSIA, MONGOLIA, AND CHINA: EVIDENCE FROM ZABAIKALSK TERRITORY, RUSSIA

Viktoria Tsyngyeva, Novosibirsk State Agrarian University, Russia

Sergey Ryumkin, Novosibirsk State Agrarian University, Russia

Inga Ryumkina, Novosibirsk State Agrarian University, Russia

 

 

Chapter 20

COVID-19 AND FOOD SECURITY – THE WAY AHEAD FOR INDIA-AFRICA AGRO-TRADE PARTNERSHIP

Ishita Ghosh, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), India

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Vasilii Erokhin is an associate professor, School of Economics and Management, Harbin Engineering University, China. Dr. Erokhin is an author of over 190 scientific works in the areas of international trade, globalization, sustainable development, and food security. Dr. Erokhin is an editor and a board member in several peer-reviewed journals, and a holder of the honorary awards from the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia. In 2018 and 2019, Dr. Erokhin was named among the Publons top peer reviewers in cross-field studies and environment and ecology.

Gao Tianming is a professor, School of Economics and Management, Harbin Engineering University, China. He is a director and chief expert of the Center for Russian and Ukrainian Studies (CRUS) and Arctic Blue Economy Research Center (ABERC) at Harbin Engineering University, Deputy Head of the Heilongjiang International Economic and Trade Association, leading consultant of governmental bodies and commercial organizations in the sphere of economic collaboration between China, Russia, and the Republic of Korea.

Jean Vasile Andrei is a full professor at the Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, Department of Business Administration, and scientific researcher at National Institute for Economic Research ‘Costin C. Kiritescu’, Romanian Academy. He is an editor-in-chief at International Journal of Sustainable Economies Management (USA), a founder of the Research Network on Resources Economics and Bioeconomy (RebResNet), and a member of the Balkan Scientific Association of Agrarian Economists, Danube Adria Association for Automation and Manufacturing—DAAAM International Vienna and Information Resources Management Association-USA. Issues like: agricultural economics and rural development, energy and resource economics, business economics, and sustainable development are among his research and scientific interests, where he has published articles (over 70), scientific books (11), and numerous conferences presentations.