Himanen, Sari

Järvelä, Marja

Kahiluoto, Helena

Kuisma, Miia

Miettinen, Reijo

Mäkinen, Hanna

Paavola, Sami

Paloviita, Ari

Puupponen, Antti

Rimhanen, Karoliina

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Tools to enhance resilience Uncertainty posed by climatic and socio-economic variation and change raises a need to enhance resilience and adaptive capacity of agri-food systems. We propose a new approach and practical  tools for actors to build more resilient farms and food systems through dialogue in the networks and through utilizing response diversity.                              FICCA midway seminar, Academy of Finland's Research Programme on Climate Change 16.04.2013 ‘Don’t put all eggs in one basket’  According to a Delphoi study retail has  most voice in European food supply chains and other actors perceived the situation vulnerable due to little say. Dialogue within  a supply network  identified in a case  region will be facilitated to secure access to affordable food in face of global losses,  price volatility or conflicts beyond the  borders. Response diversity of marketing channels identifies and communicates options to enhance resilience (Fig. 2).   Fig 2. Which food web is more resilient? Does diversity of food suppliers stabilise food prices to consumers? Does diversity of market channels stabilise product prices to farmers?              From theory to practice – two cases    ‘One cultivar from each basket’  The set of barley cultivars available in Finland was clustered according to their response to weather that is critical for yield. MTT Official Variety trials (112 barley cultivars 1980-2009), weather data of the Finnish Meteorological Institute and farm data for validation were used. The weather response model was discussed and further developed in interaction with breeders. Its value is in opening a new perspective to yield and income stability with not more, but more efficient, diversity (Fig. 1), and it is tested in communication among breeders, farmers, industry and retail.   Fig 1. Yields can be secured throught selecting cultivars which respond to weather different ways.  Management for resilience through response diversity  Diversity in responses to critical change, variation and shocks has the potential to push the limits to adaptation further away and create safe space to act. This novel strategy creates efficiency in diversity and offers a tool to manage for resilience. Response diversity reduces sensitivity and provides a broader selection of means to cope with volatility and various plausible futures. But: How to identify the efficient diversity?       Adaptive capacity through dialogue Dialogue in food supply networks is perceived to create flexibility through facilitating joint actions when facing change. Such change may concern weather and climate close or far in the globalised food system, their indirect consequences such as input or product prices, or migration which induces new demand. Whether cascading energy to buffer against price volatility or introducing diversity in marketing channels, new networks are needed. But: How to communicate across borders?   MTT Agrifood Researh Finland                 University of Helsinki, Institute of Behavioural Sciences                  University of Jyväskylä Helena Kahiluoto, Hanna Mäkinen*          Reijo Miettinen & Sami Paavola                                                       Marja Järvelä, Ari Paloviita & Sari Himanen, Karoliina Rimhanen &                       Antti Puupponen            Miia Kuisma                                           *featured in the creation of the poster   

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