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Taken from part of the Palgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy book series (AEFP) by Patrick Caron, Ellie Daguet and Sandrine Dury. Open Access. First published online on 26 March 2023.
Access to food has never been so easy. The global food system has been resilient and able to adapt during the 20th century to many shocks and stressors, such as an unprecedented population growth. The huge increase in production has exceeded