Improving famine early warning systems

A Conflict-Sensitive Approach

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5680829
AutoresAlba Linares Quero (0000-0003-4966-9322, Hegoa Institute, University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain, autor de correspondencia), Karlos Pérez De Armiño (0000-0003-2422-700X, International Relations at the University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain), Manuel Sánchez Montero (Advocacy Work, Acción contra el Hambre, Madrid, Spain)
Año2023
Volumen23
Número1
Páginas23-42
Fecha de publicación2023-01-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaConflict Security and Development (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1467-8802 • E-ISSN: 1478-1174
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14678802.2023.2188570
OpenAlexW4328021767
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas15

The existing information mechanisms on food insecurity are not ‘conflict sensitive’, that is, they do not sufficiently incorporate the causal relation between conflict and hunger. This generates a lack of detailed information in this respect, which hinders implementation of Security Council Resolution 2417. It is therefore necessary to advance towards an early warning system that considers the impact of the use of hunger as a weapon of war on the different dimensions of food security, and is capable of collecting empirical evidence at the local level in a regular and agile form. To that end, in this article we reflect on the existing difficulties in collecting and analysing such information, and propose theoretical and operational inputs for constructing conflict-sensitive early warning systems in contexts of acute food insecurity

Agile software development · Business · Computer security · Conflict resolution · Famine · Food insecurity · Food security · Geography · Political science · Warning system · Agricultural risk and resilience · Computer Science · Global Security and Public Health · Health and Conflict Studies · Law