Research priorities for global food security under extreme events

Mehrabi, Zia; Delzeit, Ruth; Ignaciuk, Adriana; Levers, Christian; Braich, Ginni; Bajaj, Kushank; Amo-Aidoo, Araba; Anderson, Weston; Balgah, Roland Azibo; Benton, Tim G.; Chari, Martin Munashe; Ellis, Erle C.; Gahi, Narcisse Z.; Gaupp, Franziska; Garibaldi, Lucas A.; Gerber, James; Godde, Cécile; Graß, Ingo; Heimann, Tobias; Hirons, Mark; Hoogenboom, Gerrit; Jain, Meha; James, D. G. L.; Makowski, David; Masamha, Blessing; Meng, Sisi; Monprapussorn, Sathaporn; Müller, Daniel; Nelson, Andrew; Newlands, Nathaniel K.; Noack, Frederik; Oronje, MaryLucy; Raymond, Colin; Reichstein, Markus; Rodriguez-Llanes, José Manuel; Rosenstock, Todd S.; Rowhani, Pedram; Sarhadi, Ali; Seppelt, Ralf; Sidhu, Balsher Singh; Snapp, Sieglinde S.; Soma, Tammara; Sparks, Adam H.; Teh, Louise; Tigchelaar, Michelle; Vogel, Martha M.; West, Paul; Wittman, Hannah; You, Liangzhi

doi:10.1016/j.oneear.2022.06.008

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“…The novelty of this research is in leveraging the behavioural preference of decision makers towards changing importance of perspectives, thereby enabling concerned authorities to effectively address involved operational risks. Despite a lot of earlier studies on food security issues, their prioritization, and possible solutions by Mehrabi et al, ( 2022 ), Reichstein et al, ( 2021 ), Flage ( 2019 ) and many others as already detailed in earlier sections; none of the studies, to the best of our knowledge, have emphasized on classification of impediments as perspective independent (robust) and perspective dependent (sensitive) factors and on risk categorization with low, moderate, and high intensity. The changing dynamics of severity is governed by varying importance of perspectives assigned by decision makers on the basis of their behavioural preference (inclination).…”

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“…They fall under Classification Scheme 1 (Table 7 ) for the social perspective. Natural disasters retain its severity to be high despite all variations in assigned importance of social perspective, as it directly impacts the millions of livelihoods and creates operational disruptions by destroying arable lands, crops, fisheries, dairies, warehouses and distribution networks (Mehrabi et al, 2022 ; Reichstein et al, 2021 ). Similarly, inappropriate conduct such as diversion, theft, or hoarding disrupts the supply of available food reaching the needy sections of society (Gupta & Shankar, 2016 ; Uchendu & Abolarin, 2015 ) and impacts consumer confidence of exiting food industry and regulatory mechanisms (Kendall et al, 2019 ).…”

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Risk profiling of food security impediments using decision maker’s behavioural preference towards operational risk management

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For different decision makers, their approach towards management of operational risks differs due to difference in background and behavioural preferences. For such reasons, they attach different importance to various perspectives to manage operational risks. Present study conducts and analyses risk profiling of food security impediments, in which operational risk has come up as an important impediment. Based on three perspectives namely, social, economic, and operational, the research first evaluates severity of impediments in food security. Risk profiling is then conducted on the basis of decision makers’ preferences towards different perspectives. Integration of fuzzy set theory and evidential reasoning algorithm along with decision makers’ behavioural preferences have been used for the analysis. The proposed model generates a continuum of scenarios towards relative importance of three perspectives. It is observed that despite changing the importance of perspectives, a few risks show robustness in their severity, while other ones are sensitive to small changes. Based on these dynamic changes in risk-percept, insightful risk profiling is presented in this research. The risk profiling approach uniquely helps decision makers to adequately plan their course of actions to deal with operational risks associated with food security.

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Risk profiling of food security impediments using decision maker’s behavioural preference towards operational risk management

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“…At the smallholder farmers' level, the efficiency and productivity of production and processing markets for food crops, including indigenous fruit trees, could be improved by creating platforms for farmers to distribute their fresh harvest directly to consumers. Food system experts indicate that food resilience research should focus on prediction tools and high-quality, local-scale on-the-ground data collection to determine the impact of extreme events on food security (Mehrabi et al, 2022). Within the context of long-term food crop trials, practical implementation via participatory onfarm research using real-time farming challenges could provide solutions for NGOs, consumers, academia, policymakers, and value chain experts (Riar and Bhullar, 2020).…”

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Diversifying agrifood systems to ensure global food security following the Russia–Ukraine crisis

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The recent Russia–Ukraine conflict has raised significant concerns about global food security, leaving many countries with restricted access to imported staple food crops, particularly wheat and sunflower oil, sending food prices soaring with other adverse consequences in the food supply chain. This detrimental effect is particularly prominent for low-income countries relying on grain imports, with record-high food prices and inflation affecting their livelihoods. This review discusses the role of Russia and Ukraine in the global food system and the impact of the Russia–Ukraine conflict on food security. It also highlights how diversifying four areas of agrifood systems—markets, production, crops, and technology can contribute to achieving food supply chain resilience for future food security and sustainability.

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“…Poor diet is a major contributor to disease burden and is the leading cause of global mortality. This is a multifaceted issue, with several contributing factors 2 , including demand for water, drought and heat waves, and income inequality (Figure 1) 3 .…”

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Research priorities for global food security under extreme events

Cited by 48 publications

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Risk profiling of food security impediments using decision maker’s behavioural preference towards operational risk management

Risk profiling of food security impediments using decision maker’s behavioural preference towards operational risk management

Diversifying agrifood systems to ensure global food security following the Russia–Ukraine crisis

Are all ultra‐processed foods created equal?

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