Links between food trade, climate change and food security in developed countries: A case study of Sweden.

ABSTRACT: Food security is a global concern affecting even highly developed countries. Ongoing globalisation of food systems, characterised by trading interdependencies, means that agricultural production can be disrupted by climate change, affecting food availability. This study investigated Sweden's food security by identifying major food import categories and associated trade partners (using the World Integrated Trade System database) and vulnerability to frictions in trade deriving from climate change. Vulnerability was assessed through three indicators: exposure based on diversity of sources, dominance and direct trade from supplying countries; sensitivity, assessed using the Climate Risk Index, and adaptive capacity, assessed using the Fragile State Index. The results revealed that Sweden's gr

SUBMITTER: Horn B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8847661 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature