Analysis of 43 indicators of food sovereignty and 28 demographic, economic, social wellbeing, and environmental sustainability indicators in 150 countries identified 5 distinct world regions based on food sovereignty, with large contrasts in diet, food security, and environmental sustainability between groups; the results indicate an agri-food debt of some regions toward others and highlight a mismatch between countries' biocapacity and food security, and how the international agri-food trade can contribute to food security imbalances, according to the authors.
Article #19-12710: "A social-ecological analysis of the global agrifood system," by Elisa Oteros-Rozas, Adriana Ruiz-Almeida, Mateo Aguado, Jose A. Gonzalez, and Marta G. Rivera-Ferre.
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