United Kingdom Food Security Report 2021: Contents
Updated 22 October 2024
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ISBN 978-1-5286-3111-2
Introduction
Theme 1: Global Food Availability
Indicator 1.1.1 Global output per capita
Indicator 1.1.2 Cereal yield growth rates by region
Case study 1.1 Plant diseases and pests
Indicator 1.1.3 Real agricultural commodity prices
Indicator 1.1.4 Stock to consumption ratios
Indicator 1.1.5 Global livestock and dairy production
Case study 1.2 African Swine Fever
Indicator 1.1.6 Global fish stocks
Indicator 1.1.7 Global land use change
Indicator 1.1.8 Phosphate rock reserves
Indicator 1.1.9 Water withdrawn for agriculture
Indicator 1.2.1 Global agricultural labour force capacity
Indicator 1.2.2 Components of global food demand growth
Indicator 1.2.3 Share of global production internationally traded
Indicator 1.2.4 Concentration in world agricultural commodity markets
Theme 2: UK Food Supply Sources
Indicator 2.1.1 UK Production Capability
Indicator 2.1.2 Current land area in production
Indicator 2.1.3 UK food imports and exports
Indicator 2.1.4 EU share of UK imports
Indicator 2.1.5 Overall diversity of supply
Indicator 2.1.6 Domestic grain production
Indicator 2.1.8 Other domestic crops
Indicator 2.1.9 Supply sources of UK fresh fruit and vegetable imports
Indicator 2.2.1 Essential inputs
Indicator 2.2.2 Agriculture and supply chain waste
Indicator 2.2.3 Household food waste
Indicator 2.3.1 Sustainable agriculture
Indicator 2.3.2 UK soil health
Indicator 2.3.3 Climate change impacts on yields
Case study 2.1 Climate change: farming impacts and risks
Indicator 2.3.4 Environmental impacts of agriculture
Theme 3: Food Supply Chain Resilience
Indicator 3.1.1 Business resilience and response
Case study 3.1 COVID-19 response
Indicator 3.1.2 Energy dependency in the food sector
Case study 3.2 9 August 2019 Power Outage: Food Sector Impact
Indicator 3.1.3 Transport dependency in the UK
Indicator 3.1.4 Points of entry in the UK
Indicator 3.1.5 Food imports via Short Strait
Indicator 3.1.6 Border closures
Case study 3.3 French Border Closure, December 2020
Case study 3.4 UK-Imposed Border Closures (southern Africa; South America), January 2021
Indicator 3.1.7 Key inputs to the food supply chain resilience
Case study 3.5 Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Shortage 2018
Indicator 3.1.8 Consumer behaviour
Case study 3.6 Consumer behaviour in the 2020 lockdown
Indicator 3.1.9 Labour and skills dependency
Indicator 3.2.1 Cyber threat in the food supply chain
Case study 3.7 Cyber threat to USA meat company
Indicator 3.2.2 Diversity of food retailers
Indicator 3.2.3 Economic resilience in the food supply chain
Case study 3.8 COVID-19 impacts upon the Wholesale sector
Theme 4: Food Security at Household Level
Indicator 4.1.1 Food expenditure growth compared to other household spending growth
Indicator 4.1.2 Low-income households’ share of spending on food
Indicator 4.1.3 Price changes of main food groups
Indicator 4.1.4 Household food security
Indicator 4.1.5 Access to food shops in England
Indicator 4.2.1 Eligibility for Free School Meals
Indicator 4.2.2 Take-up of Healthy Start voucher scheme
Case Study 4.2 Public Sector Food Procurement in England
Theme 5: Food Safety & Consumer Confidence
Indicator 5.1.1 Consumer confidence in the food system and its regulation
Indicator 5.1.2 Consumer concerns
Case Study 5.1 Allergen information on Food Pre-packed for Direct Sale
Indicator 5.1.3 Food business compliance with food safety regulation
Indicator 5.1.4 Food safety incidents, alerts and recalls
Case Study 5.3 Product recalls instigated by malicious tampering with retail consumer products
Indicator 5.1.5 Prevalence of foodborne pathogens
Indicator 5.1.6 Foodborne disease outbreak surveillance
Case Study 5.5 Unlawful processing in the red meat sector
Case Study 5.6 Operation OPSON and the Food Industry Intelligence Network
Case Study 5.7 Activities of the Food Authenticity Network and Centres of Expertise
Appendix
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