Chokepoints on global food routes are found at sea, on coasts and inland. They are relatively small bits of terrain or infrastructure -- canals, ports, routes -- which handle large volumes of traded commodities and finished foods. If they were disrupted or threatened, the consequences for the world's supply of foods could be swift and severe. Chatham House has mapped the chokepoints, and proposes some remedies, which include integrating 'chokepoint analysis' into mainstream risk assessment of the food system, and improving infrastructure to spread the risk. Read the report, Chokepoints and Vulnerabilities in Global Food Trade, here.
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