TY - JOUR
T1 - Structural chokepoints determine the resilience of agri-food supply chains in the United States
AU - Karakoc, Deniz Berfin
AU - Konar, Megan
AU - Puma, Michael J.
AU - Varshney, Lav R.
N1 - This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation grant no. CBET-1844773 (‘CAREER: A National Strategy for a Resilient Food Supply Chain’), DEB-1924309 (‘CNH2-L: Feedbacks between Urban Food Security and Rural Agricultural Systems’), BCS-2032065 (‘RAPID: Spatial Resilience of Food Production, Supply Chains, and Security to COVID-19’) and CBET-2115405 (‘SRS RN: Multiscale RECIPES (Resilient, Equitable, and Circular Innovations with Partnership and Education Synergies) for Sustainable Food Systems’). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
PY - 2023/7
Y1 - 2023/7
N2 - The agricultural and food systems of the United States are critical for ensuring the stability of both domestic and global food systems. Thus, it is essential to understand the structural resilience of the country’s agri-food supply chains to a suite of threats. Here we employ complex network statistics to identify the spatially resolved structural chokepoints in the agri-food supply chains of the United States. We identify seven chokepoints at county scale: Riverside CA, San Bernardino CA, Los Angeles CA, Shelby TN, Maricopa AZ, San Diego CA and Cook IL; as well as seven chokepoints at freight analysis framework scale: Los Angeles–Long Beach CA, Chicago–Naperville IL, New York–New Jersey NJ, New York–New Jersey NY, Remainder of Texas, Remainder of Pennsylvania, and San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland CA. These structural chokepoints are generally consistent through time (2007, 2012, 2017), particularly for processed food commodities. This study improves our understanding of agri-food supply-chain security and may aid policies aimed at enhancing its resilience.
AB - The agricultural and food systems of the United States are critical for ensuring the stability of both domestic and global food systems. Thus, it is essential to understand the structural resilience of the country’s agri-food supply chains to a suite of threats. Here we employ complex network statistics to identify the spatially resolved structural chokepoints in the agri-food supply chains of the United States. We identify seven chokepoints at county scale: Riverside CA, San Bernardino CA, Los Angeles CA, Shelby TN, Maricopa AZ, San Diego CA and Cook IL; as well as seven chokepoints at freight analysis framework scale: Los Angeles–Long Beach CA, Chicago–Naperville IL, New York–New Jersey NJ, New York–New Jersey NY, Remainder of Texas, Remainder of Pennsylvania, and San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland CA. These structural chokepoints are generally consistent through time (2007, 2012, 2017), particularly for processed food commodities. This study improves our understanding of agri-food supply-chain security and may aid policies aimed at enhancing its resilience.
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U2 - 10.1038/s43016-023-00793-y
DO - 10.1038/s43016-023-00793-y
M3 - Article
C2 - 37474801
AN - SCOPUS:85165294091
SN - 2662-1355
VL - 4
SP - 607
EP - 615
JO - Nature Food
JF - Nature Food
IS - 7
ER -