Global Food Security Index’s Reflections to Balkan Countries

Abstract

Abstract Policies for ensuring food security have gained considerable importance in recent years. The policy success of the countries at this lower level is very important in ensuring food safety. It is also important to determine where the countries take place in food security. In determining the success of countries The Global Food Security Index (GFSI) takes on an important role. In order to prepare the index different subsections of food security such as food availability, food accessibility, food quality and safety are calculated using different weights. This index is re-prepared every year and allows the user to make changes using different weights and calculating rankings again. It will also include recommendations on agriculture and food policy that can be taken to improve their places in the food security index. In this study, an analysis of GFSI for 2017 will be made for Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria. It also includes recommendations on agriculture and food policy of countries for these countries to increase their rankings on the GFSI.