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Resilience of the global food system

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The world’s food system is complex, highly interconnected and rapidly evolving. Attendant risks are poorly understood. A new study reveals important insight into how interconnectedness, structure and modularity of the global food network impact system resilience.

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Fig. 1: Complexity of the global food system as demonstrated by the major bilateral cereal trade flows for 2014.

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Puma, M.J. Resilience of the global food system. Nat Sustain 2, 260–261 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-019-0274-6

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