Synergies and trade-offs in drought resilience within a multi-level UK food supply chain

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dc.contributor.authorRey Vicario, Dolores
dc.contributor.authorHolman, Ian P.
dc.contributor.authorSutcliffe, Chloe
dc.contributor.authorHess, Tim
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-17T15:19:02Z
dc.date.available2023-04-17T15:19:02Z
dc.date.issued2023-04-04
dc.description.abstractWeather extremes are the biggest challenge for supply chains worldwide, with food supply chains particularly exposed due to agriculture’s sensitivity to weather conditions. Whilst attention has been paid to farm-level impacts from, and adaptation to, weather extremes, there remains a need to better understand how different actors along the supply chain suffer, react and adapt to these natural hazards and how their resilience-building strategies affect other actors’ and the whole system’s resilience. Taking the UK potato supply chain as a case study, this paper analyses the synergies and trade-offs in drought resilience in a multi-level food supply chain. Data from an online survey (87) and interviews with key informants (27) representing potato supply-chain actors (growers, packers, processors, retailers) were used to analyse drought risk perceptions, impacts and coping strategies, long-term resilience measures and further actions to build system resilience. Results suggest that the potato supply chain has increased its resilience to weather extremes due to retailers and packers having a wider geographical spread of supply, an increasing reliance on forward contracts and favouring growers with water security. However, a conceptual framework of resilience-building strategies adopted by supply chain actors shows that these measures are largely designed to reduce their own risk without considering implications for other parts of the chain and the system as a whole. A more integrated approach to promote drought resilience in complex food supply chains that enables improved vertical collaboration and trust between actors is therefore needed.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationVicario DR, Holman I, Sutcliffe C, Hess T. (2023) Synergies and trade-offs in drought resilience within a multi-level UK food supply chain. Regional Environmental Change, Volume 23, April 2023, Article number 55en_UK
dc.identifier.issn1436-3798
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-023-02046-x
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/19490
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherSpringeren_UK
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectRisken_UK
dc.subjectfood supply chainsen_UK
dc.subjectgroweren_UK
dc.subjectRetaileren_UK
dc.subjectweather extreamesen_UK
dc.subjectirrigationen_UK
dc.subjectReservoiren_UK
dc.titleSynergies and trade-offs in drought resilience within a multi-level UK food supply chainen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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