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How vulnerable is the UK’s food system?

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By Christopher Lyon, Aled Jones, Elta Smith
| economicsobservatory.com
Food systems around the world face a variety of risks. It is in this context that the UK government launched its much anticipated food strategy in July 2025, with a vision of ensuring ‘improved resilience of the supply chain, with reduced impact of shocks and chronic risks on access to healthy and sustainable food’. But what risks does the food system face and how vulnerable is the UK?
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Beyond Party Promises: What the UK Really Needs for Food Policy

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By Elta Smith
| Food Ethics Council
Written by Elta Smith With an election fast approaching, what are UK parties promising when it comes to food and farming? Perhaps more importantly, what’s missing? The urgency for action is undeniable. Our food systems face unprecedented challenges. Escalating climate and nature crises threaten food production, while the COVID-19 pandemic and global conflicts have exposed vulnerabilities in supply chains and impacted commodity flows.
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Insights into global food system risks and opportunities and their implications for the FSA

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By Elta Smith, Gordon R. McInroy, Pamina Smith, Camilla d'Angelo
| RAND Corporation
The research described in this report was prepared for the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) and conducted by RAND Europe. This report is part of the RAND Corporation Research report series. RAND reports present research findings and objective analysis that address the challenges facing the public and private sectors. All RAND reports undergo rigorous peer review to ensure high standards for research quality and objectivity. This document and trademark(s) contained herein are protected by law.
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New Perils for Global Health Security

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By Kathryn E. Bouskill, Elta Smith
| RAND Corporation
The spread of infectious disease can be deadlier than world wars — the Spanish flu, for instance, killed millions more people than World War I, one of the deadliest conflicts in human history. Yet present threats to public health, though less overt, could be considered more insidious than a deadly pandemic.
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Can Open Science Help to Make Research More Accessible?

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By Elta Smith, Catherine Lichten, Sarah Parks, Anna Knack
| RAND Corporation
Today's connected society presents new and exciting opportunities to share and use information that supports research and innovation. Recent scientific advances, such as the discovery of the Higgs boson and gravitational waves, have been the result of idea and data collaborations between thousands of scientists, facilitated by digital technologies.
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Evaluating the EC Action Plan Against Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)

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By Adam Martin, Jirka Taylor, Elta Smith, Catherine Lichten
| RAND Corporation
The Action Plan played an important role in galvanising action on AMR issues within the EU. The European Commission and agencies should continue providing support to encourage good practice in public health services and surveillance in Member States, and focus more attention on the development of alternative treatments in addition to new antimicrobials.
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