Food and nutrition security under global trade: a relation-driven agent-based global trade model

Adaptive Agent-Based Simulations of Global Trade

To examine the strategies of nations participating in the global economy, an agent-based mathematical model was developed and implemented as a parallel algorithm using communicating processes. Each process represents a nation and contains five sub-processes which model the negotiations between nations. Based on Ricardian comparative advantage theory, a series of equations were derived determini...

Global trade, food production and ecosystem support:

Nutrition in the trade and food security nexus

Goal 2 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2015 is end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture, with Target 2.2 being to “end all forms of malnutrition.” The World Health Organization also has adopted voluntary global targets on nutrition and non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Though progress towards meeti...

“Trade And Global Integration”

This paper focuses on the post-war process of creation of a global trading system and integration of world trade. As the former came into being, multilateral trade liberalization became an on-going feature of the global economy facilitating international trade, consequently importance of international trade in the global economy increased dramatically. Since the mid-1980s, mindset of policy mak...

Mycotoxins, a Major Challenge in Global Food Security