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Abstract:
This research sought to investigate the impact of conflict on various elements of the food system to identify those with the biggest influence on food and nutrition security amongst people experiencing extreme poverty. Drawing on evidence from Somalia, Haiti and Sudan, this cross-country research systematically mapped components of local, national and international food systems; identified specific pressure points where conflict interacts with them; and proposed operational, policy and research actions tailored to supporting and strengthening food systems disrupted and transformed by conflict.
The research finds that across all three country contexts, conflict has a negative impact on the food system in ways that are Connected - complex interconnections between different nodes in the food system; Cumulative - successive, repeated exposure to specific distortions and disruptions in the food system that intensify impacts; and Compounding - combined impacts of co-occurring effects on the food system that act together to multiply impacts.