Resilient Food Systems Index: Global Report

Key Takeaways

A new index reveals widespread resilience gaps in global food systems across 60 countries.

• No country scores 100 on food resilience
• Gaps in resilience are globally prevalent
• Clear agriculture targets are essential
• Public and private coordination is vital
• Resilience is multi-faceted, not a single policy

Why It Matters

This report translates resilience into measurable factors, aiding policymakers in targeted interventions.

What to Do Next

Review your local food system for resilience weaknesses.

Permaculture Context

The findings of this index should land as both a validation and a call to action for anyone already working outside conventional food systems. When no country on earth achieves full food resilience, it confirms what permaculture designers have argued for decades: that centralised, monoculture-dependent supply chains carry structural fragility that no amount of policy tinkering fully resolves. For practitioners, this is the moment to recognise that your kitchen garden, community seed library, or local food cooperative is not a hobby — it is active infrastructure filling a documented gap. The report's emphasis on public-private coordination also signals an opening: regenerative farmers and community land projects are increasingly positioned to engage procurement systems and contract arrangements that were once the exclusive domain of industrial agriculture. Concretely, this means now is the time to formalise what you grow, document your yields, and connect with local institutions — schools, hospitals, councils — that need reliable, climate-adapted supply. Resilience built at the household and neighbourhood scale is precisely what this index shows national systems cannot yet guarantee.