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Karakoc et al. 2023

Karakoc, D.B., M. Konar, M.J. Puma, and L.R. Varshney, 2023: Structural chokepoints determine the resilience of agri-food supply chains in the United States. Nat. Food, 4, no. 7, 607-615, doi:10.1038/s43016-023-00793-y.

The agricultural and food systems of the United States are critical for ensuring the stability of both domestic and global food systems. Thus, it is essential to understand the structural resilience of the country's agri-food supply chains to a suite of threats. Here we employ complex network statistics to identify the spatially resolved structural chokepoints in the agri-food supply chains of the United States. We identify seven chokepoints at county scale: Riverside CA, San Bernardino CA, Los Angeles CA, Shelby TN, Maricopa AZ, San Diego CA and Cook IL; as well as seven chokepoints at freight analysis framework scale: Los Angeles-Long Beach CA, Chicago-Naperville IL, New York-New Jersey NJ, New York-New Jersey NY, Remainder of Texas, Remainder of Pennsylvania, and San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland CA. These structural chokepoints are generally consistent through time (2007, 2012, 2017), particularly for processed food commodities. This study improves our understanding of agri-food supply-chain security and may aid policies aimed at enhancing its resilience.

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@article{ka01500z,
  author={Karakoc, D. B. and Konar, M. and Puma, M. J. and Varshney, L. R.},
  title={Structural chokepoints determine the resilience of agri-food supply chains in the United States},
  year={2023},
  journal={Nature Food},
  volume={4},
  number={7},
  pages={607--615},
  doi={10.1038/s43016-023-00793-y},
}

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TY  - JOUR
ID  - ka01500z
AU  - Karakoc, D. B.
AU  - Konar, M.
AU  - Puma, M. J.
AU  - Varshney, L. R.
PY  - 2023
TI  - Structural chokepoints determine the resilience of agri-food supply chains in the United States
JA  - Nat. Food
JO  - Nature Food
VL  - 4
IS  - 7
SP  - 607
EP  - 615
DO  - 10.1038/s43016-023-00793-y
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