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Pathways to food insecurity in the context of conflict: the case of the occupied Palestinian territory
| Title: | Pathways to food insecurity in the context of conflict: the case of the occupied Palestinian territory |
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| Authors: | Tracy Kuo Lin, Rawan Kafri, Weeam Hammoudeh, Suzan Mitwalli, Zeina Jamaluddine, Hala Ghattas, Rita Giacaman, Tiziana Leone |
| Source: | Conflict and Health, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 1-19 (2022) |
| Publisher Information: | BMC, 2022. |
| Publication Year: | 2022 |
| Collection: | LCC:Special situations and conditions LCC:Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid |
| Subject Terms: | Food security, Food insecurity, Food insecurity experience scale, Dietary diversity, Food consumption score, Conflict, Special situations and conditions, RC952-1245, Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid, RC86-88.9 |
| More Details: | Abstract Background Conflict reduces availability of production input and income, increases the number of days households had to rely on less preferred foods, and limits the variety of foods eaten and the portion size of meals consumed. While existing studies examine the impact of conflict on different food security measures (e.g., Food Consumption Score, Food Insecurity Experience Scale), the relationship between these measures as well as their relationship with political, economic, and agricultural factors remain under explored. Food insecurity may not only be an externality of conflict but also food deprivation may be utilized as a weapon to discourage residency in contested territories or to incentivize rebellions. Methodology This paper examines the association between political factors (e.g., violence, policies that require permit for passage in one’s own hometown), economic factors (e.g., loss of assets, unemployment), agricultural factors (e.g., shortage of water, poor weather conditions), and food insecurity experience and dietary diversity in a conflict setting—that of the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt). The study employs generalized structural equation models to analyze the ‘Survey on socio-economic conditions for Palestinian households 2014’ dataset compiled by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics—which contains a representative sample of the population in the oPt at governorate and locality levels. Results We find that in the West Bank, residence in Area C—administered by Israel in both civil and security issues and contains illegal Israeli settlements and outposts—is associated with a higher level of agricultural hardship (p |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 1752-1505 |
| Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/1752-1505 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s13031-022-00470-0 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/c43ddff049944bcc95c4aa3cc2b2843e |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.43ddff049944bcc95c4aa3cc2b2843e |
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| ISSN: | 17521505 |
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| DOI: | 10.1186/s13031-022-00470-0 |
| Published in: | Conflict and Health |
| Language: | English |