KATAR’IN GIDA GÜVENLİĞİNİ YENİDEN ELE ALMAK: ZORLUKLAR VE OLASILIKLAR

Year 2018, Volume: 10 Issue: 2, 68 - 90, 01.12.2018

Betül Doğan Akkaş

Abstract

2008 küresel gıda krizinden bu yana Körfez ülkelerinin gündeminde yer alan gıda güvenliği, 2017 Krizinin Katar’a uyguladığı ambargo ile yeni bir aşamaya geçmiştir. Bu çalışma, Körfez krizi sonrası gıda güvenliğinin zorluklarını ve bu zorluklar karşısında uygulanan muhtemel çözümleri tartışmayı hedeflemektedir. Çalışma, Katar’ın gıda güvenliği inşasını, 1996’da belirlenen Roma Deklarasyonu ilkeleri çerçevesinde ele almıştır. Katar’ın coğrafi ve ekolojik şartlarından kaynaklı olarak kronik bir gıda güvenliği sorunu her dönemde söz konusu olmuştur. Bu özel duruma karşı Katar’ın uyguladığı özenli politikalara ve stratejilere rağmen, Körfez Krizi gıda güvenliği açıklarını tetiklemiş ve derinleştirmiştir. Bu araştırma, hali hazırda uygulanan politikaları, zorlukları ve Körfez krizi ile gelen yeni sorunları muhtemel çözümler çerçevesinde detaylı olarak incelemiştir.

Keywords

Gıda Güvenliği, Körfez, Katar, Körfez Krizi, Ambargo

Re- Approaching Food Security of Qatar: Challenges and Possibilities

Abstract

Food security has been on the agenda of the Gulf Countries, especially after 2008 global food crisis, and has a newface with the current blockage imposed on Qatar sinceJune 2017. This study aims to discuss the challenges offood security in Qatar and the possible solutions in thecontext of/given the current Gulf Crisis. Challenges andpossibilities for the Qatari state in any condition of foodinsecurity are discussed in detail under the umbrella offood security literature and dimensions declared in RomeDeclaration on World Food Security of 1996. Qatar is quitevulnerable in terms of food security and this chronic problem requires multifaceted strategies and partners to eliminate it and ease the current situation rooted in theembargo conditions. The research elaborates underlyingimpact of the Gulf crisis on this relatively small oil monarchy’s food insecurity and emphasizes the need of furtherdevelopment, despite all achievements done so far by theQatari policy makers

Keywords

Food Security, Gulf, Qatar, Gulf Crisis, Blockade

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