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64 RISK REPORT 2024/25
Scenario:

What it can look like if it happens now

Food supply chains to a large metropolitan area break down due to severe weather events. Cold storage facilities
are interrupted due to power interruptions. Toxic food is unwittingly distributed/consumed in large amounts.
Shelves are empty and hospitals and clinics struggle to cope. Crime and unrest break out.

Immediate resilience/emergency

preparedness: Medium impact in the

short term

Redundancy Subsistence Farming
Build a food supply redundancy network with Enable and encourage urban and rural
alternative suppliers, locations, service providers households to participate in subsistence farming
to activate in multi-pronged approach pending on available land (from urban gardens to small
areas of food insecurity. plots, to farms), e.g. fruits, vegetables, and
poultry.

Enabling Policies Opportunity Exploitation

Enhancing a conducive policy environment to Identify and exploit opportunities for expansion,
promote increased agricultural production and job creation, and bolstering domestic and
job opportunities from farm to fork. regional food production.