Interplay of trade and food system resilience : Gains on supply diversity over time at the cost of trade independency

dc.contributorAalto-yliopistofi
dc.contributorAalto Universityen
dc.contributor.authorKummu, Mattien_US
dc.contributor.authorKinnunen, Pekkaen_US
dc.contributor.authorLehikoinen, Elinaen_US
dc.contributor.authorPorkka, Miinaen_US
dc.contributor.authorQueiroz, Cibeleen_US
dc.contributor.authorRöös, Elinen_US
dc.contributor.authorTroell, Maxen_US
dc.contributor.authorWeil, Charlotteen_US
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Built Environmenten
dc.contributor.groupauthorWater and Environmental Engineeringen
dc.contributor.organizationStockholm Universityen_US
dc.contributor.organizationSwedish University of Agricultural Sciencesen_US
dc.contributor.organizationStanford Universityen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-06T15:25:34Z
dc.date.available2020-03-06T15:25:34Z
dc.date.issued2020-03-01en_US
dc.description| openaire: EC/H2020/819202/EU//SOS.aquaterra
dc.description.abstractRapidly increasing international food trade has drastically altered the global food system over the past decades. Using national scale indicators, we assess two of the resilience principles that directly reflect the effects of global trade on food systems – namely, maintaining diversity and redundancy, and managing connectivity. We perform our analysis for four nutritional components: dietary energy, proteins, fat, and quantity of vegetables & pizza – the key pillars of the WHO dietary recommendations. Our results indicate that, between 1987 and 2013, food supply diversity increased significantly for most of the world's population at the cost of an elevated dependency upon food imports. Food production diversity, particularly in terms of dietary energy and vegetables & pizza, increased for a large proportion of the world population, with the exception being major exporting countries, where it decreased. Of particular note is our finding that, despite a growing number of people being heavily dependent upon imports, the number of import partners decreased more often than it increased, except for the case of vegetables & pizza. This combination of increased dependency on imports and a reduced number of import partners indicates a potential vulnerability to disruptions in linked food systems. Additionally, it is alarming that we found many countries where the studied resilience aspects systematically declined, elevating their exposure to future shocks in the food system.en
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dc.identifier.citationKummu, M, Kinnunen, P, Lehikoinen, E, Porkka, M, Queiroz, C, Röös, E, Troell, M & Weil, C 2020, ' Interplay of trade and food system resilience : Gains on supply diversity over time at the cost of trade independency ', Global Food Security, vol. 24, 100360 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100360en
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100360en_US
dc.identifier.issn2211-9124
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dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:aalto-202003062426
dc.language.isoenen
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/819202/EU//SOS.aquaterraen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesGLOBAL FOOD SECURITYen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVolume 24en
dc.rightsopenAccessen
dc.subject.keywordConnectivityen_US
dc.subject.keywordDiversityen_US
dc.subject.keywordFood tradeen_US
dc.subject.keywordGlobal food systemsen_US
dc.subject.keywordResilienceen_US
dc.titleInterplay of trade and food system resilience : Gains on supply diversity over time at the cost of trade independencyen
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