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Near- to long-term measures to stabilize global wheat supplies and food security

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The Ukraine–Russia war will impact global food security over months if not years. In the wake of COVID-19 and in the face of increasing climate change, we propose responses to a multi-layered global food crisis that mitigate near-term food security risks, stabilize wheat supplies and transition towards long-term agri-food system resilience.

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Fig. 1: Dynamics of the global wheat trade.

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  1. International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Texcoco, Mexico

    Alison R. Bentley, Jason Donovan, Kai Sonder, Janet M. Lewis, David Hodson, Maria Itria Ibba, Sieglinde Snapp & Bram Govaerts

  2. International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Harare, Zimbabwe

    Frédéric Baudron

  3. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

    Frédéric Baudron

  4. International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Nairobi, Kenya

    Rachel Voss & Pieter Rutsaert

  5. SOAS University of London, London, UK

    Nigel Poole

  6. The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich, UK

    Sophien Kamoun

  7. John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK

    Diane G. O. Saunders

  8. Current and Emerging Threats to Crops Innovation Lab, The Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, PA, USA

    David P. Hughes

  9. Versant Vision LLC, New York City, NY, USA

    Christine Negra

  10. International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    Tesfaye Shiferaw Sida, Moti Jaleta & Kindie Tesfaye

  11. Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA

    Inbal Becker-Reshef

  12. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

    Bram Govaerts

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A.R.B., J.D., K.S., F.B., R.V., P.R., N.P. and B.G. conceived and designed the work. A.R.B., J.D., K.S. and F.B. produced the primary content and analysed the data presented. J.D., K.S., F.B., D.P.H., I.B.-R. and B.G. contributed materials and analysis tools. All authors wrote and reviewed the paper.

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S.K. receives funding from the agricultural biotechnology and seed industry, and has filed patents in the area of plant health. All other authors declare no competing interests.

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Bentley, A.R., Donovan, J., Sonder, K. et al. Near- to long-term measures to stabilize global wheat supplies and food security. Nat Food 3, 483–486 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-022-00559-y

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