Trend · rank 159 of 250

Staple food export concentration

World trade in wheat, rice, maize and soya comes from a small number of exporting regions that restrict shipments when harvests fail, leaving food-importing nations exposed to shortages and sharp price rises.

Trade & InvestmentFood, water & naturefood systemstraderesilience

Second pass: Carried forward from the first pass, where it was Breadbasket & food export concentration. Held by all three panel models.

Sensitivity and network position

Rank
159of 250
Sensitivity
9.2rank 132
Breadth
2of 20 scenarios High or above, 1 Critical
PageRank
26.7rank 172
Eigenvector
0.1
Betweenness
10.2
Links
8trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite
17.1

Attention over three years

How much this trend is read about on Wikipedia and searched for on Google, week by week, set against the typical trend in the list so that what moves every trend at once is taken out. 100 is this trend's own three-year average. The score measures public attention, which is not the same as the strength of the force: a trend can deepen unnoticed, and a news event can lift attention for a fortnight.

Now
115
Over a year
+22%Rising
Over three years
+9%
Peak
16824 Dec 2023
Sources
Bothagreement -0.21
Coverage
9languages · 55 nations

Trailing 4-week average. 100 is this trend’s three-year average.

By language

Wikipedia reading in each language edition where the trend’s pages are read enough to measure (9 of 28). Share is of all the readers counted.

LanguageShareNowOver a yearThree years
English68%99+11%
Russian10%110+36%
Spanish7%73−5%
Chinese5%152+103%
French5%96+13%
Bengali2%98−8%
Ukrainian1%168+68%
German1%118+28%
Turkish1%102+48%

By country

Google search interest over the three years, as a share of each country’s searching. 100 is the nation where interest is highest. The search terms are English, which favours countries that search in English.

Ethiopia

Kenya

Singapore

Uganda

Nigeria

India

South Africa

United States

Australia

Ghana

Philippines

Nepal

100

59

53

52

44

42

42

41

37

37

37

36

The 12 highest of 55 nations with a reading.

By region and G20 member

Attention to this trend inside each place, from Google searches made in its countries and Wikipedia reading in the languages mostly read there, averaged where both exist. Each line compares the trend with its own past in that place; the lines do not compare places.

Regions

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
North AmericaGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in English101−17%+5%−9%
EuropeGoogle in 4 countries + Wikipedia in German, French107+2%+15%+4%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 8 countries + Wikipedia in Chinese130−1%+45%+16%
South AsiaGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in Bengali87+5%−20%−30%
Gulf and Middle EastWikipedia in Turkish102+21%+48%−30%
AfricaGoogle in 4 countries69−14%−13%−48%
Latin America and CaribbeanGoogle in 5 countries + Wikipedia in Spanish75−15%−19%−31%
Russia and EurasiaWikipedia in Russian, Ukrainian124+20%+45%−2%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
ArgentinaGoogle81−13%−33%−36%
AustraliaGoogle98−3%−9%−2%
BrazilGoogle99−26%+3%+1%
CanadaGoogle104−16%+24%−1%
FranceGoogle + Wikipedia in French98−13%+7%+2%
GermanyWikipedia in German118+22%+28%−4%
IndiaGoogle + Wikipedia in Bengali85+15%−24%−33%
IndonesiaGoogle89+27%−45%−14%
ItalyGoogle105−19%+12%+29%
JapanGoogle123−65%+490%+532%
South KoreaGoogle220−18%+1690%+385%
MexicoGoogle65−14%−45%−42%
RussiaWikipedia in Russian110+28%+36%−16%
South AfricaGoogle62−44%−21%−40%
TürkiyeWikipedia in Turkish102+21%+48%−30%
United KingdomGoogle139+22%+38%+53%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English100−20%+1%−7%

Relation to each scenario

A trend relates to a scenario when it changes how likely the scenario is, how hard it lands, or is itself sharply changed by it. Each score is the median of three scores given separately by the members of the model panel.

RelationScenarioFamily
6 · CriticalTwo breadbasket failures trigger a food availability crisis S06Energy, climate and resources
5 · Very highA validated farming package raises water-efficient output S16 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedCritical trade divides into rival blocs S01Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA global funding seizure reaches sovereign balance sheets S02Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA regional war closes a globally important sea route S03Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedHybrid coercion ends in an infrastructure blackout S04Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA disputed transfer of power breaks effective government S05Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA major disaster disables the national economic core S07Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAn AI deployment step causes abrupt labour displacement S08Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA cryptographic breakthrough invalidates digital trust S09Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA novel respiratory pathogen exceeds health surge capacity S10Health
0 · Not relatedA creditor agreement releases fiscal capacity S11 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA cross-regional market access compact redirects investment S12 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA great-power agreement lowers economic security barriers S13 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA verified Middle East settlement restores access S14 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedCheap firm clean power becomes available at scale S15 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAI-directed research produces a reproducible discovery step S17 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA public service platform reaches inclusive operation S18 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedAffordable preventive treatments reduce chronic illness S19 ↗Health
0 · Not relatedA live outbreak proves rapid distributed pandemic defence S20 ↗Health

Similarity = 0.3 × shared tags (Jaccard) + 0.3 × likeness of scenario profiles (cosine) + 0.3 × likeness of names and descriptions (TF-IDF cosine) + 0.1 if in the same capability domain, cut into seven levels at 0.12, 0.22, 0.33, 0.45, 0.58, 0.72. Shown at Moderate and above.

SimilarityTrendThemeRank
4 · HighFertiliser supply dependenceFood, water & nature143
3 · ModerateCommodity dependence & price volatilityTrade, industry & supply chains54
3 · ModeratePersistent nutritional deprivationFood, water & nature71
3 · ModerateFood storage & cold chainsFood, water & nature110
3 · ModerateAgricultural soil degradationFood, water & nature148
3 · ModerateAgricultural technologyFood, water & nature171
3 · ModerateAfrica's demographic & economic riseTrade, industry & supply chains172
3 · ModerateFood loss & wasteFood, water & nature191