Open AccessAgri-food trade and climate change
Author(s) -
Fabio Gaetano Santeramo,
Dragan Miljković,
Emilia Lamonaca
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
economia agro-alimentare
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 1972-4802
pISSN - 1126-1668
DOI - 10.3280/ecag1-2021oa11676
Subject(s) - climate change , food systems , natural resource economics , international trade , adaptation (eye) , political economy of climate change , business , value (mathematics) , trade barrier , economics , food security , international economics , agriculture , geography , ecology , archaeology , machine learning , computer science , biology , physics , optics
Climate change, the agri-food sector and trade are closely related. This contribution aims at presenting issues related to the economic impacts of climate changes on international trade. The agri-food sector is one of the most hit by changes in climate, and it is also responsible of substantial environmentalimpacts. In a globalised world, these effects do not alter only the agri-food domestic markets but propagate across countries.While climate change may trigger changes in trade patterns by altering food availability and access as well as comparative advantages across countries, trade itself may constitute an adaptation strategy. Our note provides elements to be considered in the future debate that will likely be focused on the interrelations between, climate change, trade and global value chains of agri-food products.