Food insecurity and conflict dynamics - Causal linkages and Complex feedbacks*

By Cullen S. Hendrix, H. Brinkman. 2013

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This paper addresses two related topics: 1) the circular link between food insecurity and conflict, with particular emphasis on the Sahel, and 2) the potential role of food security interventions in reducing the risk of violent conflicts. While we eschew mono-causal expla nations of conflict, acute food insecurity can be a factor in popular mobilization and a risk multiplier. Moreover, violent conflict itself is a major driver of acute food insecurity. If food insecurity is a threat multiplier for conflict, improving food security can reduce ten sions and contribute to more stable environments. If these interventions are done right, the vicious cycle of food insecurity and conflict can be transformed into a virtuous cycle of food security and stability that provides peace dividends, reduces conflict drivers, enhances social cohesion, rebuilds social trust, and builds the legitimacy and capacity of governments.

Subfields: General Health Professions, Soil Science

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1. Halvard Buhaug
2. T. Benjaminsen

Citations in the corpus

• Climate variability, food production shocks, and violent conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa (2015, background): “In the wake of acute food shortages, maldistribution or embezzlement of aid may further contribute to violent conflict (Benjaminsen 2008, Hendrix and Brinkman 2013, Nunn and Qian 2014).”