Exploring resilience concepts and strategies within regional food systems: a systematic literature review

IF 5.6 1区农林科学 Q1 FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Food Security Pub Date : 2023-12-27 DOI:10.1007/s12571-023-01418-9

Sheriden Keegan, Kimberley Reis, Anne Roiko, Cheryl Desha

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Adaptive strategies that build resilience within food systems are urgently needed to address food supply chain disturbances. Increasingly severe and compounding natural disasters, conflict and the Covid-19 pandemic have led to recurrent food shortages, price spikes and increased food inequities in recent years, threatening food security. ‘Regional food systems’ (RFSs), that aim to scale up local food production and increase consumer access to food, present many opportunities for adaptive social and ecological developments. However, appreciation of food system resilience at the regional scale remains fragmented, therefore this research aimed to develop a cohesive synopsis of how resilience is conceptualised and enabled within RFSs. A systematic literature review of 688 articles identified 53 of relevance. Analysis revealed 3 ‘core constructs’ with 15 associated ‘key themes’. A total of 130 ‘regional food system resilience’ strategies were synthesised from the literature, along with their documented challenges, opportunities and recommendations. Findings revealed that RFS resilience strategies rely on: 1) robust supply chain networks and relationships that feature implicit and explicit values; and 2) access to infrastructure that supports scaling up. Strategic planning and policy-enabled infrastructure and network development will strengthen RFS resilience, and food policy councils are key facilitators of these developments. Greater policy integration related to land use is needed to ensure farmers can access productive agricultural land now and into the future. This research contributes to a greater understanding of how resilience can be optimised at the regional scale and support decision-making to address food security for acute disasters and long-term climatic changes.

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探索区域粮食系统中的复原力概念和战略：系统文献综述

亟需在粮食系统内建立复原力的适应性战略来应对粮食供应链的干扰。近年来，日益严重和复杂的自然灾害、冲突和 Covid-19 大流行病导致粮食短缺、价格飙升和粮食不平等加剧，威胁到粮食安全。区域粮食系统"（RFS）旨在扩大当地粮食生产，增加消费者获得粮食的机会，为适应性社会和生态发展提供了许多机会。然而，对区域范围内粮食系统复原力的认识仍然支离破碎，因此，本研究旨在就如何在区域粮食系统内实现复原力的概念化和功能化制定一个连贯的概要。对 688 篇文章进行了系统的文献综述，确定了 53 篇相关文章。分析发现了 3 个 "核心概念 "和 15 个相关的 "关键主题"。从文献中归纳出了 130 项 "地区粮食系统复原力 "战略，以及这些战略所面临的挑战、机遇和建议。研究结果表明，地区粮食系统复原力战略依赖于1) 以隐性和显性价值为特征的强大供应链网络和关系；以及 2) 获得支持扩大规模的基础设施。战略规划和政策支持下的基础设施与网络发展将加强 RFS 的复原力，而粮食政策委员会则是这些发展的关键推动者。需要加强与土地使用相关的政策整合，以确保农民现在和将来都能获得生产性农用地。这项研究有助于更好地理解如何在区域范围内优化抗灾能力，并支持应对严重灾害和长期气候变化的粮食安全决策。

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Food Security FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY-

CiteScore

14.00

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6.00%

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>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Food Security is a wide audience, interdisciplinary, international journal dedicated to the procurement, access (economic and physical), and quality of food, in all its dimensions. Scales range from the individual to communities, and to the world food system. We strive to publish high-quality scientific articles, where quality includes, but is not limited to, the quality and clarity of text, and the validity of methods and approaches. Food Security is the initiative of a distinguished international group of scientists from different disciplines who hold a deep concern for the challenge of global food security, together with a vision of the power of shared knowledge as a means of meeting that challenge. To address the challenge of global food security, the journal seeks to address the constraints - physical, biological and socio-economic - which not only limit food production but also the ability of people to access a healthy diet. From this perspective, the journal covers the following areas: Global food needs: the mismatch between population and the ability to provide adequate nutrition Global food potential and global food production Natural constraints to satisfying global food needs: § Climate, climate variability, and climate change § Desertification and flooding § Natural disasters § Soils, soil quality and threats to soils, edaphic and other abiotic constraints to production § Biotic constraints to production, pathogens, pests, and weeds in their effects on sustainable production The sociological contexts of food production, access, quality, and consumption. Nutrition, food quality and food safety. Socio-political factors that impinge on the ability to satisfy global food needs: § Land, agricultural and food policy § International relations and trade § Access to food § Financial policy § Wars and ethnic unrest Research policies and priorities to ensure food security in its various dimensions.