Decoupling food insecurity from shocks: A global analysis of food system resilience
Christophe Béné, Alessandro Sasso, Abdul-Rahim Abdulai, Jane Battersby, Andrea Cattaneo, Greg Collins, Brice Even, Timothy Frankerberger, Jessica Fanzo, Alejandro Guarin, Jessica A. Gephart, Christopher D. Golden, Sheryl Hendriks, Mario Herrero, Tim Lang, Preetmoninder Lidder, Elodie Maitre d’Hotel, · 2026
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Floods, wars, pandemics, and price shocks keep hitting the world's food systems, yet hunger does not always follow the blow. A large research team analyzed data across many countries, joining shock severity with governance, wealth, social ties, and food-system traits. They asked what lets a country keep undernourishment from rising when shocks land.
Severe shocks alone did not doom a country; several hard-hit Asian nations did well anyway. Better government performance, backup food supplies, and higher income each blunted the damage within countries. Strong social capital helped over the longer term across countries. The 2026 analysis frames resilience as the power to uncouple hunger from shocks.
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| CREATOR | Christophe Béné, Alessandro Sasso, Abdul-Rahim Abdulai, Jane Battersby, Andrea Cattaneo, Greg Collins, Brice Even, Timothy Frankerberger, Jessica Fanzo, Alejandro Guarin, Jessica A. Gephart, Christopher D. Golden, Sheryl Hendriks, Mario Herrero, Tim Lang, Preetmoninder Lidder, Elodie Maitre d’Hotel, |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 69 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |