Analysis and vulnerability of the international wheat trade network.

ABSTRACT: Wheat is one of the three basic cereals providing the necessary calorific intake for most of the world's population. For this reason, its trade is critical to many countries in order to fulfil their internal demand and strategic stocks. In this paper, we use complex network analysis tools to study the international wheat trade network and its evolving characteristics for the period 2009-2013. To understand the vulnerability of each country's dependence on the imports of this crop we have performed different analyses, simulating shocks of varying intensities for the main wheat producers, and observed the population affected by the production drop. As a result, we conclude that globally the network is slightly more resilient than four years previously, although at the same time some developi

SUBMITTER: Gutierrez-Moya E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7668007 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature