Analysing food security at european level

Abstract

The population of the planet is constantly growing, the economy is growing very fast, the resources are limited, and the consequences are seen in the degradation of nature, implicitly in the food sector. For this reason, nowadays, more and more emphasis is placed on food security. Food security is defined by physical, social and economic access to sufficient and nutritious food to meet dietary needs for a healthy and active life. Previous studies have highlighted the link between food security and climate, social and economic factors. This study examines food security and economic and social factors in Europe in 2016, using cluster analysis and factorial analysis. For this, were analyzed the variables: the cultivated agricultural area, the agricultural unit income per unit of annual work, the number of emigrants, the number of people at risk of poverty and the Food Safety Index. At European level, countries are homogeneous regarding food security, with high scores, existing a link between number of emigrants and cultivated agricultural area, Food Security Index and agricultural sector productivity, and productivity of the agricultural sector and the number of people at risk of poverty.