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Food Supply Security

Commentary

Feeding the Needy and Protecting Workers on the Front Lines of the Pandemic

Access to food could be critical to getting through the COVID-19 pandemic. Local leaders and policymakers may find themselves having to devote new resources to make sure all citizens have access to food and to protect those on the front lines.

Apr 30, 2020
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
Report

Report

Hitting America's Soft Underbelly: The Potential Threat of Deliberate Biological Attacks Against the U.S. Agricultural and Food Industry

Assesses the vulnerabilities of the agricultural sector and the food chain to a deliberate act of biological terrorism and explores the likely outcomes of a successful attack

May 2, 2004
Research Brief

How to Address the Threat of Agroterrorism

The U.S. agriculture sector and the food industry in general have received little attention with respect to protection against terrorist incidents. How are livestock and produce vulnerable? What would the consequences of an agroterrorism attack be?

Jan 1, 2004
Report

Report

The Food and Drug Administration Confronts Homeland and National Security: Report on a Workshop of the RAND Center for Domestic and International Health Security

Reviews a December 2002 RAND workshop on challenges the U.S. Food and Drug Administration faces, particularly in its potential responses to increased national and homeland security needs for drugs and vaccines.

Jan 1, 2003

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RAND Topic:
Food Supply Security

Topic Synonyms:
Food Production and Distribution