Extreme events, such as those caused by climate change, economic or geopolitical shocks, and pest or disease epidemics, threaten global food security. The complexity of causation, as well as the myriad ways that an event, or a sequence of events, creates cascading and systemic impacts, poses significant challenges to food systems research and policy alike. To identify priority food security risks and research opportunities, we asked experts from a range of fields and geographies to describe key threats to global food security over the next two decades and to suggest key research questions and gaps on this topic. Here, we present a prioritization of threats to global food security from extreme events, as well as emerging research questions that highlight the conceptual and practical challenges that exist in designing, adopting, and governing resilient food systems. We hope that these findings help in directing research funding and resources toward food system transformations needed to help society tackle major food system risks and food insecurity under extreme events.
MEHRABI Zia;
DELZEIT Ruth;
IGNACIUK Adriana;
LEVERS Christian;
BRAICH Ginni;
BAJAJ Kushank;
AMO-AIDOO Araba;
ANDERSON Weston;
BALGAH Roland A.;
BENTON Tim;
MARTIN M. Chari;
ELLIS Erle C.;
GAHI Narcisse Z.;
GAUPP Franziska;
GARIBALDI Lucas A.;
GERBER James;
GODDE Cecile M.;
GRASS Ingo;
HEIMANN Tobias;
HIRONS Mark;
HOOGENBOOM Gerrit;
JAIN Meha;
JAMES Dana;
MAKOWSKI David;
MASAMHA Blessing;
MENG Sisi;
MONPRAPUSSORN Sathaporn;
MULLER Daniel;
NELSON Andrew;
NEWLANDS Nathaniel K.;
NOACK Frederik;
ORONJE Marylucy;
RAYMOND Colin;
REICHSTEIN Markus;
RIESEBERG Loren H.;
RODRIGUEZ LLANES Jose Manuel;
ROSENSTOCK Todd;
ROWHANI Pedram;
SARHADI Ali;
SEPPELT Ralf;
SIDHU Balsher S.;
SNAPP Sieglinde;
SOMA Tammara;
SPARKS Adam H.;
TEH Louise;
TIGCHELAAR Michelle;
VOGEL Martha M.;
WEST Paul C.;
WITTMAN Hannah;
YOU Liangzhi;
2022-09-12
ELSEVIER
JRC130302
2590-3330 (online),
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590332222003293?via%3Dihub,
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC130302,
10.1016/j.oneear.2022.06.008 (online),
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