Food systems have become increasingly entangled with geopolitics and economic instability, yet many of the institutions responsible for managing those systems still operate through governance structures designed decades ago. According to a report, state-based armed conflict, misinformation, extreme weather, and economic fragmentation now rank among the world's most severe near-term risks, all of which carry direct consequences for food production, trade, and supply chains.
Dr. Stefanos Fotiou, founder of FoodDiplomacy Network and former Director at the UN Food Systems Coordination Hub, believes those overlapping pressures have exposed a widening gap between the complexity of modern food systems and the institutions tasked with governing them.
