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Food systems for resilient futures
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In this time of the pandemic, nothing is as it used to be. This change creates
space for new narratives towards resilience. The resilience perspective implies
preparing for shocks as well as various futures that might evolve. Thus, more
sustainable food systems cannot only be built to be pandemic proof. This
preparation can be facilitated by co-designing contrasting future narratives,
identifying means for developing capacity to adapt to those futures and
developing tools to enhance that capacity, such as demonstrated here. The
capacity of food systems to adapt and transform is enhanced by dialogue,
transparency and collective learning in food value chains and networks,
sovereignty over resources, and built-in diversity in response to change. In
market-led global food chains, supplier-buyer diversity is important, while in
public-led regions with some market protection, farm and crop diversity might
matter more in response to variability in weather, price and policies. During,
for example, an international conflict, or the time of a pandemic, diverse food
sourcing from local producer-consumer cooperatives to community-supported and
urban agriculture could secure food for citizens. Assessments of critical
diversity in response to shocks and volatility can help actors to tailor
effective diversity to manage resilience while avoiding the long-feared trade-off
between diversity and resource-use efficiency. The interdependence of humanity
deserves attention, as food systems are only as resilient as their weakest
actor. A truly resilient global food system implies not only preparedness for
coming shocks and changes but also a foundation that makes shocks less probable
and critical.