Research shows how wheat trade disruption affects food security

US research has shed light on how trade and the centrality of the global wheat trade network, affects food security. The study shows that many nations depend on trade to fulfil their food needs and that the global wheat trade is concentrated in a handful of countries whereby disruption in only a few countries would have global impacts. Focus on local feed systems Led by researchers at the University of California, Davis, in conjunction with the International Food Policy Research, the study ca