UK Food Security Review 2024

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Abstract

This report assesses the state of UK Food security using publicly available data. The period of 2021 to 2024 began with continuing societal responses to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic alongside adjusting to a new relationship with European Union (EU) and European Economic Area trade (EEA) partners following the UK leaving the EU. Global supply chains dealt with consecutive declines and then surges in demand, in many cases driven by government infection and control measures followed by economic stimulus. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 transformed the world’s economic and geopolitical situation and was particularly disruptive to energy and grain supplies. This had significant consequences for global and UK food security, including widespread increase in food prices. Conflict in the Middle East further disrupted the system by altering supply routes and the navigational safety of the Red Sea, but with more limited consequences, demonstrating the ability of the global trade system to adjust to localised disruption. Extreme weather conditions in the UK and across the globe made more likely by climate change have caused further food chain disruptions but often with more localised impacts.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationLondon
PublisherDepartment for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
Number of pages400
Volume2
Publication statusPublished - 11 Dec 2024

Keywords

  • Food security
  • Food systems
  • Resilience
  • Nutrition

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