Transforming Challenges into Opportunities for Qatar’s Food Industry: Self-Sufficiency Sustainability and Global Food Trade Diversification

dc.contributor.author Noora Al-Abdelmalek
dc.contributor.author Murat Küçükvar
dc.contributor.author Nuri Cihat Cihat Onat
dc.contributor.author Enas Fares
dc.contributor.author Hiba Anis Ayad
dc.contributor.author Muhammet Enis Bulak
dc.contributor.author Banu Yetkin Yetkin Ekren
dc.contributor.author Yigit Kazancoglu
dc.contributor.author Kadir Ertogral
dc.contributor.author Kucukvar, Murat
dc.contributor.author Onat, Nuri C.
dc.contributor.author Al-Abdelmalek, Noora
dc.contributor.author Fares, Enas
dc.contributor.author Bulak, Muhammet Enis
dc.contributor.author Ertogral, Kadir
dc.contributor.author Ayad, Hiba
dc.date.accessioned 2025-10-06T17:49:32Z
dc.date.issued 2023
dc.description.abstract Food trade restrictions pose a serious risk for countries that are heavily reliant on food imports potentially leading to food crises inequality and geopolitical conflicts on a global scale. However such restrictions may also have transformative effects in promoting food supply chain resilience security and self-sufficiency. In this study a novel econometric analysis is presented utilizing a data-driven analytical model to investigate the impact of a food embargo on the industry using Qatar as a case study. A structured and automated food trade database is created using Microsoft Management Server Studio and data visualization software is integrated for automated data discovery. By using a global trade-based sustainability assessment model which combines the multi-region input-output (MRIO) analysis with transportation mode-based (sea road and air) emissions the carbon footprint of the dairy food production sector could be estimated. The study shows that the trade embargo on Qatar’s food industry can lead to significant reductions in the annual import of food products promoting self-sufficiency and reducing the net carbon emissions of the dairy food sector by nearly 40%. This reduction is not only achieved through food supply chain changes such as transportation modes but also by restrictions pushing the country to increase domestic production. Overall the study demonstrates that a trade embargo with the support of a well-designed national food security strategy trade/import diversification and the use of different modes of transportation for food products can improve the resilience of global supply chains self-sufficiency and environmental sustainability. © 2023 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
dc.identifier.doi 10.3390/su15075755
dc.identifier.issn 20711050
dc.identifier.issn 2071-1050
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dc.identifier.uri https://gcris.yasar.edu.tr/handle/123456789/8464
dc.identifier.uri https://doi.org/10.3390/su15075755
dc.language.iso English
dc.publisher MDPI
dc.relation.ispartof Sustainability
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.source Sustainability (Switzerland)
dc.subject Data Visualization, Database Management System, Diversification, Food Security, Global Food Trade, Multi-region Input-output Analysis, Supply Chain Resilience, Sustainability, Database, Food Industry, Global Trade, Self Sufficiency, Supply Chain Management, Sustainability, Visualization, Qatar
dc.subject database, food industry, global trade, self sufficiency, supply chain management, sustainability, visualization, Qatar
dc.subject Database Management System
dc.subject Global Food Trade
dc.subject Multi-Region Input-Output Analysis
dc.subject Food Security
dc.subject Data Visualization
dc.subject Diversification
dc.subject Supply Chain Resilience
dc.subject Sustainability
dc.title Transforming Challenges into Opportunities for Qatar’s Food Industry: Self-Sufficiency Sustainability and Global Food Trade Diversification
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