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How does armed conflict impact food access?

November 05, 2021

Media coverage of armed conflicts tends to focus on the international geopolitical perspective. On today’s episode we hope to raise awareness around the human impact perspective, especially food insecurity. Amit Sharma is joined by Justin George Kappiaruparampil, assistant teaching professor of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, whose article Armed conflicts and food insecurity: Evidence from Boko Haram’s Attacks was published in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics.