Mapping hazards to the global food system
David F. Willer, Samuel Short, Diana Khripko, Silviu O. Petrovan, Alec P. Christie, Julie Bremner, William J. Sutherland, David C. Aldridge · 2024
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Description
Threats to the world food system, from drought to algae blooms, get uneven attention across research, policy, and news. David Willer and co-authors map that attention in a 2024 paper. They mined global databases of all three kinds to see which hazards are rising, where they are studied, and what gets ignored.
Attention to food hazards has grown over time, often spiking with major world events. Coverage skews by geography, and news focus does not match the evidence in research and policy. Climate change and water scarcity dominate everywhere. Biodiversity loss, genetic erosion, and harmful algal blooms get far less, a neglect the authors warn could cost food security later.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | David F. Willer, Samuel Short, Diana Khripko, Silviu O. Petrovan, Alec P. Christie, Julie Bremner, William J. Sutherland, David C. Aldridge |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 32 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |