Open AccessFood Security as Correlate of Interstate Conflict: A Case Study of the State of Qatar
Author(s) -
Farukh Mohammad Azad,
Tim Frazier,
Erik Wood
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
global journal of human social science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2249-460X
DOI - 10.34257/gjhsshvol21is4pg1
Subject(s) - food security , food insecurity , politics , state (computer science) , political science , blockade , government (linguistics) , development economics , political economy , economics , economic growth , geography , medicine , law , linguistics , philosophy , receptor , archaeology , algorithm , computer science , agriculture
The literature indicates that conflict can result in food insecurity due to economic or political crisis. However, few studies have investigated the effects that nonviolent interstate conflict has on food security in the Middle East. Evidence from this study, based in Qatar, indicates that conflict can result in food insecurity due to economic or political crisis. This research critically examines the lingering political and economic blockade of the State of Qatar and the extent to which this blockade has impacted food security of residents. The study employed a sequential mixed methods approach to gain better insight into the nature of food security in Qatar. A focused qualitative review of the relevant literature was followed by a quantitative analysis which revealed that there was no significant effect of interstate conflict on food security, while the economic and political blockade correlated significantly with food security. Three groups were sampled, including government officials, regulatory agencies, and food suppliers.