FOOD SECURITY IN NEW EUROPEAN UNION MEMBER STATES – A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW APPROACH

Abstract

Although Europe is not associated with the problem of food security, in some countries it may occur at the household level. There is not much research on this problem, especially in the EU-10 countries. Therefore, the aim of the article was to conduct a systematic literature review on the food security in the EU-10 countries and to answer the question of what picture of food security emerges from reviewed articles and whether the issue of food security in EU-10 countries has been sufficiently researched. Following the PRISMA (preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses) methodology, we have identified 58 scientific articles in the Web of Science database devoted to this problem. Results of the review suggest that food security in the EU-10 countries is analyzed mainly at the national level and with the use of secondary data. At the household level it has not been sufficiently studied and existing research is insufficient and not adequately disseminated.

Keywords

• food security
• systematic review
• PRISMA
• food availability
• new member states