Systemic risk and food security. Emerging trends and future avenues for research

Bernard de Raymond Antoine, Alpha Arlène, Ben-Ari Tamara, Daviron Benoit, Nesme Thomas, Tétart Gilles. 2021. Systemic risk and food security. Emerging trends and future avenues for research. Global Food Security, 29:100547, 9 p.

Quartile : Q1, Sujet : FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Résumé : The unanticipated international food price spike of 2008 has raised concerns about global food security. Might food systems lastingly fail to supply, trade, and distribute food? Might widespread unsustainable agricultural practices irreversibly alter ecosystems? Or might large scale food shortages trigger political unrest? To answer these questions, we reflect upon the concept of systemic risk and conduct a review of the literature on systemic risks and food security. First, we present the concept of systemic risk and current trends in systemic risk research. We then analyze contributions on systemic risk and food security. We first show that the literature has so far focused on a) agricultural production and correlated yield-losses, and on ways of pooling risk at regional or global-level, and b) the role of international trade in increasing or decreasing systemic risk. We then identify avenues for further research, highlighting the impact of intensive farming on ecosystems. Finally, we discuss the concept of systemic risk: we show that scholars need to be careful when assuming that there exists just one global food system; we show that systemic risk can be understood in various ways, beyond the domino effect paradigm.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : sécurité alimentaire

Mots-clés libres : Systemic risk, Food Security, Networks, Ecosystems, Trade, System diversification

Classification Agris : E10 - Économie et politique agricoles
U70 - Sciences humaines et sociales

Champ stratégique Cirad : CTS 3 (2019-) - Systèmes alimentaires

Agences de financement hors UE : Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement, Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement

Auteurs et affiliations

• Bernard de Raymond Antoine, INRAE (FRA) - auteur correspondant
• Alpha Arlène, CIRAD-ES-UMR MOISA (ZAF)
• Ben-Ari Tamara, INRAE (FRA)
• Daviron Benoit, CIRAD-ES-UMR MOISA (FRA)
• Nesme Thomas, Bordeaux Sciences Agro (FRA)
• Tétart Gilles, CNRS (FRA)

Source : Cirad-Agritrop (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/605881/)

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