De Pinto, Alessandro ORCID: 0000-0003-0327-494X, Islam, Md Mofakkarul and Katic, Pamela ORCID: 0000-0001-7594-1081 (2023) Food Security Under a Changing Climate: Exploring the Integration of Resilience in Research and Practice. In: Bene, Christopher and Stephen, Devereux, (eds.) Resilience and Food Security in a Food Systems Context. Palgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy, 1 . Palgrave Macmillan Cham, pp. 207-237. ISBN 9783031235344 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23535-1)

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Abstract

Climate change poses significant risks to our food systems, thus jeopardising the food security of millions of people worldwide. The concept of resilience is increasingly being proposed as a framework to find solutions to these challenges. In this chapter, we assess how resilience has been integrated in discussions about climate change and food security by both academics and practitioners. We performed a targeted review of the academic literature on climate change, food security, and resilience and found that despite a growing body of literature on the subject, the pathways through which actions translate into resilience and then into food security remain unclear. An examination of a sample of projects implemented through the Adaptation Fund revealed that many good practices with potential for resilience-building are used but also that suitable indicators and methods to monitor and evaluate resilience and its outcomes are lacking. Based on our findings, we conclude that while the concept of resilience has accompanied and may have favoured a transition towards more integrated approaches and interventions in work related to climate change and food security, further efforts are needed to identify an efficient and rational sequence of interventions to improve food security in response to climate threats.

Item Type:	Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Climate Change; Food Security; Resilience
Subjects:	S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General)
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Engineering & Science > Natural Resources Institute > Livelihoods & Institutions Department Faculty of Engineering & Science Faculty of Engineering & Science > Natural Resources Institute
Last Modified:	29 Mar 2023 13:14
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/39114

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