Title

Food System Resilience: Concepts, Issues, and Challenges

Authors

Monika Zurek, University of Oxford
John Ingram, University of Oxford
Angelina Sanderson Bellamy, University of the West of England
Conor Goold, University of Leeds
Christopher Lyon, University of Leeds
Peter Alexander, The University of Edinburgh
Andrew Barnes, Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC)
Daniel P. Bebber, University of Exeter
Tom D. Breeze, University of Reading
Ann Bruce, The University of Edinburgh
Lisa M. Collins, University of Leeds
Jessica Davies, Lancaster Environment Centre
Bob Doherty, The York Management School
Jonathan Ensor, University of York
Sofia C. Franco, The Scottish Association for Marine Science
Andrea Gatto, Wenzhou-Kean University
Tim Hess, Cranfield University
Chrysa Lamprinopoulou, The University of Edinburgh
Lingxuan Liu, Department of Management Science, Lancaster University Management School
Magnus Merkle, The University of Edinburgh
Lisa Norton, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Tom Oliver, University of Reading
Jeff Ollerton, University of Northampton
Simon Potts, University of Reading
Mark S. Reed, Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC)
Chloe Sutcliffe, Cranfield University
Paul J.A. Withers, Lancaster Environment Centre

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2022

Abstract

Food system resilience has multiple dimensions. We draw on food system and resilience concepts and review resilience framings of different communities. We present four questions to frame food system resilience (Resilience of what? Resilience to what? Resilience from whose perspective? Resilience for how long?) and three approaches to enhancing resilience (robustness, recovery, and reorientation-the three "Rs"). We focus on enhancing resilience of food system outcomes and argue this will require food system actors adapting their activities, noting that activities do not change spontaneously but in response to a change in drivers: an opportunity or a threat. However, operationalizing resilience enhancement involves normative choices and will result in decisions having to be negotiated about trade-offs among food system outcomes for different stakeholders. New approaches to including different food system actors' perceptions and goals are needed to build food systems that are better positioned to address challenges of the future.

Publication Title

Annual Review of Environment and Resources

First Page Number

511

Last Page Number

534

DOI

10.1146/annurev-environ-112320-050744

Recommended Citation

Zurek, Monika; Ingram, John; Sanderson Bellamy, Angelina; Goold, Conor; Lyon, Christopher; Alexander, Peter; Barnes, Andrew; Bebber, Daniel P.; Breeze, Tom D.; Bruce, Ann; Collins, Lisa M.; Davies, Jessica; Doherty, Bob; Ensor, Jonathan; Franco, Sofia C.; Gatto, Andrea; Hess, Tim; Lamprinopoulou, Chrysa; Liu, Lingxuan; Merkle, Magnus; Norton, Lisa; Oliver, Tom; Ollerton, Jeff; Potts, Simon; Reed, Mark S.; Sutcliffe, Chloe; and Withers, Paul J.A., "Food System Resilience: Concepts, Issues, and Challenges" (2022). Kean Publications. 780.
https://digitalcommons.kean.edu/keanpublications/780