Secure Food Supply Chain
UD’s Kyle Davis investigates how to make the global food supply more resilient
As the world grows increasingly globalized, one of the ways that countries have come to rely on one another is through a more intricate and interconnected food supply chain. Food produced in one country is often consumed in another country with technological advances allowing food to be shipped between countries that are increasingly distant from one another.
This interconnectedness has its benefits. For instance, if the United States imports food from multiple countries and one of those countries abruptly stops exporting food to the United States, there are still other countries that can be relied on to supply food. But, as the coronavirus COVID-19 global pandemic has made abundantly clear, it also leaves the food supply chain all the steps involved in bringing food from farms to people’s tables across the world exposed to potential shocks to the system.
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UD assistant professor Kyle Davis is part of a study that looked at how to ensure that food supply chains are still able to function under environmental shocks â such as droughts, disease or extreme heat among others â and highlighted key areas where future research should be focused.
Secure food supply chain
UDâs Kyle Davis investigates how to make the global food supply more resilient
As the world grows increasingly globalized, one of the ways that countries have come to rely on one another is through a more intricate and interconnected food supply chain. Food produced in one country is often consumed in another country â with technological advances allowing food to be shipped between countries that are increasingly distant from one another.