Predicting the differences in food security with and without the Russia–Ukraine conflict scenarios over different regions of the world

Xu, Yuan; Chou, Jieming; Wang, Zhongxiu; Dong, Wenjie

doi:10.1186/s40100-024-00296-9

Agricultural and Food Economics

Table 2 Food security indicator description

From: Predicting the differences in food security with and without the Russia–Ukraine conflict scenarios over different regions of the world

Indicator	Unit	Description	Data resource
${X}_{11}:$ Cereal production per capita	Tons/1000 persons	Cereal production/total population number	FAOSTAT
${X}_{12}:$ Domestic cereal supply quantity	1000 tons	Cereal production + cereal imports—cereal exports + changes in cereal stocks (decrease or increase)	FAOSTAT; UNCTSD
${X}_{13}:$ Net cereal imports	Tons	Cereal imports—cereal exports	FAOSTAT; UNCTSD
${X}_{14}:$ Food loss	Tons	Amount of the commodity in question lost through wastage (waste) during the year at all stages between the level at which production is recorded and the household, i.e., storage and transportation	FAOSTAT
${X}_{15}:$ Per capita food production value variability	Dimensionless	Standard deviation of the per capita food production value / average per capita food production value	FAOSTAT
${X}_{21}:$ Gross domestic product per capita, PPP	$(constant 2017 international $)	Gross domestic product converted by purchasing power parity/total population number	FAOSTAT; DataBank
${X}_{22}:$ The agriculture orientation index for government expenditures	Dimensionless	Share of agriculture in government expenditures/share of agriculture in GDP	FAOSTAT
${X}_{23}:$ Food consumer price index (CPI)	Dimensionless	A measure of the monthly change in international prices of a basket of food commodities (2015 = 100)	FAOSTAT; UNdata; AMIS
${X}_{24}:$ Food price inflation	%	Fluctuation of food commodity price series in a certain period	FAOSTAT
${X}_{31}:$ Percentage of arable land area	%	Arable land area/ land area	FAOSTAT
${X}_{32}$: Rail line density	km/(100km²)	The total length of railway routes/ land area	FAOSTAT
${X}_{33}:$ Port container traffic	TEU: 20-foot equivalent	Port container traffic measures the flow of containers from land to sea transport modes	DataBank; UNCTSD
${X}_{34}:$ Political stability and absence of violence index	Dimensionless	One of the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI)	DataBank
${X}_{35}$: Control of corruption index	Dimensionless	One of the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI)	FAOSTAT
${X}_{36}:$ Percentage of agricultural freshwater	%	Annual agricultural freshwater of total freshwater	FAOSTAT; DataBank

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Indicator	Unit	Description	Data resource
\({X}_{11}:\) Cereal production per capita	Tons/1000 persons	Cereal production/total population number	FAOSTAT
\({X}_{12}:\) Domestic cereal supply quantity	1000 tons	Cereal production + cereal imports—cereal exports + changes in cereal stocks (decrease or increase)	FAOSTAT; UNCTSD
\({X}_{13}:\) Net cereal imports	Tons	Cereal imports—cereal exports	FAOSTAT; UNCTSD
\({X}_{14}:\) Food loss	Tons	Amount of the commodity in question lost through wastage (waste) during the year at all stages between the level at which production is recorded and the household, i.e., storage and transportation	FAOSTAT
\({X}_{15}:\) Per capita food production value variability	Dimensionless	Standard deviation of the per capita food production value / average per capita food production value	FAOSTAT
\({X}_{21}:\) Gross domestic product per capita, PPP	$(constant 2017 international $)	Gross domestic product converted by purchasing power parity/total population number	FAOSTAT; DataBank
\({X}_{22}:\) The agriculture orientation index for government expenditures	Dimensionless	Share of agriculture in government expenditures/share of agriculture in GDP	FAOSTAT
\({X}_{23}:\) Food consumer price index (CPI)	Dimensionless	A measure of the monthly change in international prices of a basket of food commodities (2015 = 100)	FAOSTAT; UNdata; AMIS
\({X}_{24}:\) Food price inflation	%	Fluctuation of food commodity price series in a certain period	FAOSTAT
\({X}_{31}:\) Percentage of arable land area	%	Arable land area/ land area	FAOSTAT
\({X}_{32}\): Rail line density	km/(100km²)	The total length of railway routes/ land area	FAOSTAT
\({X}_{33}:\) Port container traffic	TEU: 20-foot equivalent	Port container traffic measures the flow of containers from land to sea transport modes	DataBank; UNCTSD
\({X}_{34}:\) Political stability and absence of violence index	Dimensionless	One of the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI)	DataBank
\({X}_{35}\): Control of corruption index	Dimensionless	One of the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI)	FAOSTAT
\({X}_{36}:\) Percentage of agricultural freshwater	%	Annual agricultural freshwater of total freshwater	FAOSTAT; DataBank