Food Trade Dependency Index for EU28 Countries in the Context of Food Security
Food Trade Dependency Index for EU28 Countries in the Context of Food Security

Summary/Abstract: Food security is one of the most important issues in the contemporary world because nutrition is one of the basic needs of people. The changing climate and rising food prices affect negatively food security of the countries. The aim of this article was to determine the degree of food security in terms of food trade dependence for EU28 countries in the period 1999–2017. The method chosen was to calculate Food Trade Dependency Index (TDI) based on the Johnston’s formula (1992). According to the research results, only Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland and Spain have food security in the EU28 in the sense that their import dependence in food products is lower than export dependence.

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