FOOD CRISIS OVERLAPPING THE ECONOMIC CRISIS

• Published in: Challenges of the Knowledge Society
• Main Authors: CARMEN RADU, LIVIU RADU
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Nicolae Titulescu University Publishing House 2013-05-01
• Subjects: food crisis; obesity; malnutrition; subnutrition; aging population; sustainable development; economic growth.
• Online Access: http://cks.univnt.ro/uploads/cks_2013_articles/index.php?dir=3_Administrative_and_Political_Sciences%2F&download=cks_2013_administration_015.pdf

The present paper seeks to find some answers regarding the existent causality between the economic, financial, demographic and food crises. Crises are interrelated, thus one crisis cannot be analyzed without the other, as the effects of one crisis are or may represent causes for another crisis. The current food crisis translates today in food price increases, in the health of the population that does not have enough resources for a balanced diet and in obesity problems of the young generation (Romania ranks third among European countries). All these issues with immediate and direct effects over the population in our country determined us to conduct a rigorous and careful observation on the development of the phenomenon of food crisis. Food crisis, its causes and consequences – aging population, the migration of the active population to other countries (especially from the rural areas) and the agglomeration of the disadvantaged population in certain geographical areas, can cause social and economic imbalances.