Journal
GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY-AGRICULTURE POLICY ECONOMICS AND ENVIRONMENT
Volume 6, Issue -, Pages 17-23Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2015.08.001
Keywords
Resilience; Food system; Food security; Indicator; Participatory; Uncertainty
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- Swiss Federal Office for Agriculture FOAG
- ETH Zurich chair of Sustainable Agroecosystems
- ETH Zurich World Food System Center
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In a world of growing complexity and uncertainty, the security of food supplies is threatened by many factors. These include multiple processes of global change (e.g. climate change, rapid urbanization, population ageing), unexpected shocks (e.g. natural disasters, finazncial and political crises), and unexpected responses of food systems themselves to these processes and events. In this paper, we develop a conceptual framework for food system resilience, and consider how this could be implemented through stakeholder participation to ensure food security for everyone. Resilience is conceptualized from a holistic perspective, as encompassing the complexity of whole food systems, including social, economic and biophysical processes operating at many scales. It presents the opportunity to eradicate weaknesses and build capacities in the food system while dealing with future uncertainty. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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