HOW DID COVID-19 IMPACT ON FOOD SECURITY OF KAZAKHSTAN?

Abstract

We live in a world of abundant resources, but we also realize that nearly one billion people worldwide suffer from chronic hunger. Food security remains an elusive objective throughout many developing countries. Each state's economic policy framework places a premium on solving the issue of food security. This issue threatens not just socio-economic stability, but also societal peace on the political and ethnic fronts. Moreover, it is recently affected by a worldwide pandemic. The focus of this study is to shed light on the subject of whether or not Kazakhstan's food security was negatively impacted by the crisis related to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Each of the four aspects of food security as availability (is there enough food stock for everyone), access (can citizens have the food they need?), utilization (can people get enough food to meet their nutritional requirements?), and stability (is there always a way for individuals to have something to eat?)—has been impacted by the world pandemic. An overall analysis reveals that Kazakhstan was able to enhance its performance throughout the COVID period, demonstrating the efficiency of government initiatives to expand agricultural production by preventing food shortages and improving food security.