Russia's invasion of Ukraine increased the synchronisation of global commodity prices

R Ihle, Z Bar‐Nahum, O Nivievskyi… - Australian Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Russian Federation's efforts to expand its regional political influence
culminated in launching a full‐scale war of aggression on Ukraine on 24 February 2022. As …

[HTML][HTML] Resilience–and collapse–of local food systems in conflict affected areas; reflections from Burkina Faso

C Béné, EM d'Hôtel, R Pelloquin, O Badaoui, F Garba… - World Development, 2024 - Elsevier
Armed conflicts are among the major disruptions affecting local food systems in low-and
middle-income countries, having devastating effects on populations' food security. The …

Food smuggling and trafficking: The key factors of influence

JM Soon, L Manning - Trends in food science & technology, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Food smuggling and food trafficking are terms not currently defined in the food
literature. This work sought to determine how such definitions could be developed in order to …

Consumer behavior and food prices during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Evidence from Chinese cities

B Yang, F Asche, T Li - Economic Inquiry, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We find that Chinese consumers responded strongly to government restrictions during the
COVID‐19 crisis. Our event‐study framework shows that emergency declarations raised …

Import vulnerability in the Middle East: effects of the Arab spring on Egyptian wheat trade

W Veninga, R Ihle - Food security, 2018 - Springer
Abstract The 'Arab Spring'spilled over to Egypt from neighbouring Arab countries in the first
half of 2011. General chaos during the political instabilities suddenly caused high …

Dynamics of food demand during political instability: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan

B Kimsanova, G Sanaev, T Herzfeld - Agricultural Economics, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This study assesses the impact of two revolutions—the Tulip Revolution in 2005 and the
Melon Revolution in 2010—on household food demand in Kyrgyzstan. Different categories …

Effects of violent political conflict on the supply, demand and fragmentation of fresh food markets

Z Bar-Nahum, I Finkelshtain, R Ihle, OD Rubin - Food Security, 2020 - Springer
Violent political conflict has been documented to have comprehensive adverse effects on
economic activity and, thus, substantially harm social welfare. As conflict escalations are …

War and food insecurity in Ukraine

I Rudolfsen, H Bartusevičius, F van Leeuwen… - World Development, 2024 - Elsevier
It is widely held that armed conflict is a central catalyst for food insecurity. However, existing
studies tend to use aggregate measures of both conflict and food insecurity to analyze the …

An analytical framework for household entitlement assessment in civil war

A Arya, R Ihle, W Heijman - Disasters, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Amartya Sen, the economist and philosopher, defines entitlement as command over
resources that permits a household to have access to essential goods and services to …

Testing vertical price transmission for Vietnam's Robusta coffee

TC Mai, S Shakur, S Cassells - Australian Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Vietnam has undergone market reforms over the last three decades; and as a consequence,
the coffee sector has become increasingly market‐driven. The success of the government's …