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Food Supply Security

Commentary
Puerto Rico's Food Security Must Factor in Planning Energy Security
The tragedy of disaster recovery has unlocked substantial capital for Puerto Rico to rewrite its interdependent security in energy and food. Considering food security in this context could help to ensure the population has access to both power and food.
Feb 24, 2023
Commentary
The Intelligence Community Doesn't Warn About All Attacks Against the U.S. Homeland. Why Not?
Targets for foreign threats against the United States increasingly include entities that are not part of the U.S. government or military. But too many of these potential victims are unaware of threats against them, are not warned with intelligence reporting about such threats, and lack information about options to protect themselves.
Oct 21, 2022
Blog
Synthetic Opioids, Ukrainian Grain, the Metaverse: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on countering the illegal flow of synthetic opioids, freeing up Ukrainian grain to prevent famine, the importance of defining the metaverse, and more.
Jun 24, 2022
Commentary
Unblocking the Black Sea for Ukrainian Grain
As Russia has been blockading ports around Odesa, Ukrainian grain exports in May were more than 60 percent lower than a year ago. Global hunger has hit a new high while 22 million tons of grain in Ukraine could rot if not exported soon.
Jun 15, 2022
Commentary
Forgotten on the Frontlines of the Food Supply Chain
The working and living conditions of farmworkers make practicing social distancing, self-isolation, or quarantine impossible. In the food supply, farmworkers are the first responders who keep the supply chains going. FEMA, the CDC, and state governments should include farmworkers and agricultural communities in their emergency response plans.
Apr 3, 2020
Report
Insights into global food system risks and opportunities and their implications for the FSA
RAND Europe identified global food system risks and opportunities and drew out key implications to 2030 for the UK Food Standards Agency. The study is a test of an approach that the FSA could implement to enable ongoing horizon scanning capabilities.
Nov 15, 2019
Journal Article
National Trends in Food Insecurity and Congregation-Based Food Provision Between 1998 and 2012
The objective of this study is to investigate the extent to which congregation-based food provision fluctuated with national food insecurity prevalence for the overall population, and for subgroups vulnerable to this condition.
Oct 15, 2019
Report
Strategic Surveillance for Food Safety: Designing a surveillance approach and considerations for implementation
The Food Standards Agency engaged RAND Europe to design an approach to strategic surveillance for the UK food system. The study team produced an end-to-end approach, identified implementation steps and considered their impact and feasibility.
May 13, 2019
Journal Article
Food Security in the Gulf Cooperation Council
This report characterizes food security in GCC countries, documents the strategies they have taken to facilitate domestic food production and imports, and considers these strategies under scenarios with high versus low risk of supply disruption.
Nov 28, 2018
Journal Article
Examining the Food-Energy-Water and Conflict Nexus
This article provides an in-depth review of the interactions between insecurity and conflict within the component sectors of the FEW nexus.
Jan 30, 2018
Testimony
Federal Research and Development for Agricultural Biodefense: Addendum
Document submitted December 5, 2017, as an addendum to testimony presented before the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, Subcommittee on Research and Technology on November 2, 2017.
Dec 6, 2017
Testimony
Agriculture Security in America
The United States has made progress in developing systems to safeguard the nation's agriculture. But threats persist because of socioeconomic, environmental, and ecological factors.
Nov 2, 2017
Journal Article
Impact Assessment of Specific Measures Aimed at Increasing Transparency and Engagement in EFSA Risk Assessment Process
The main objective of the study was to assess the impact of a set of measures identified by EFSA to promote trust and confidence in EFSA's risk assessment process.
Aug 1, 2017
Commentary
What Street Food Vendors in Uganda Need to Succeed
Street vendors in Kampala, Uganda, would benefit from infrastructure development, food safety standards, rules of hygiene, and greater focus on healthy products. The city's growing population also would benefit from increased access to nutritious and affordable foods.
May 16, 2017
Commentary
A New Ugandan Cuisine: Showcasing Superfood Qualities of Millet and Sorghum
The results of a series of cooking contests in Uganda to promote the use of drought-tolerant, nutritious traditional grains—millet and sorghum—signal that a new food trend may be on the horizon.
May 9, 2017
Journal Article
Improving Logistics for Perishable Agricultural Products in the People's Republic of China
This report highlights several areas in which policy changes can promote efficiency improvements in agricultural logistics in the PRC.
Apr 11, 2017
Essay
The Hot Spots of the World
Scarcity of food, energy, and water endangers the lives of millions. So RAND created a tool with the potential to help make aid initiatives more effective.
Oct 13, 2016
Tool
Developing the Pardee RAND Food-Energy-Water Security Index: Toward a Global Standardized, Quantitative, and Transparent Resource Assessment
To provide information to agencies and efforts focused on food, water, and energy resources, the RAND Corporation developed the Pardee RAND Food-Energy-Water Security Index. This report serves as the technical documentation for the index.
Apr 28, 2016
Report
Attitudes Toward Local and National Government Expressed Over Chinese Social Media
How can social media provide perspective on how the Chinese public feels about domestic political issues, such as the environment, food safety, and local versus national government?
Mar 4, 2016
Journal Article
The U.S. Agricultural System: A Target for Al-Qaeda?
Discusses the Impact of a major act of agricultural bio-terrorism in the United States.
Jan 1, 2005

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Food Supply Security

Topic Synonyms:
Food Production and Distribution

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Patricia A. Stapleton

Associate Director, Infrastructure, Immigration, and Security Operations Program, RAND Homeland Security Research Division

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Associate Economist

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