Hirth, S., Morgan, E., Crastes dit Sourd, R. orcid.org/0000-0003-4506-2910 et al. (3 more authors) (2025) Leverage points to improve resilience in supply chains: Civil food resilience and food sovereignty. Journal of Rural Studies, 119. 103720. ISSN: 0743-0167
Abstract
Adverse impacts of various interrelated socio-environmental crises reveal food systems as increasingly vulnerable and call for action. To improve food system resilience, we review adaptations of agri-food supply chains and suggest leverage points for change. We distinguish shallow from deep leverage points. Shallow ones merely aim at recovering the established supply chain after a shock, whereas deep leverage lies in changing the design or intent of the system. Findings suggest that responses to COVID-19, which dominate the sample, are biased towards short-term recovery, and neither did justice to calls for “building back better” nor to the long-term impacts of relatively neglected causes of disturbance such as climate change, biodiversity decline, and economic crises. We outline contradictions in resilience discourse between the drive towards short-term system recovery and the need to address long-term stressors caused by an unsustainable food and economic system. Given the need for deep, systemic change, we advocate for civil food resilience and food sovereignty as frameworks for resilience research and food systems transformation.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2025 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Keywords: | Supply chain resilience; Food systems transformation; COVID-19; Climate change; Economic crises; Biodiversity decline |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > Management Division (LUBS) (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > Analytics, Technology & Ops Department |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 04 Jul 2025 12:05 |
Last Modified: | 20 Aug 2025 14:08 |
Published Version: | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2025.103720 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:228702 |
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