Detecting the exposure of the Italian regional food systems to climate shocks

Working Paper 9/2024

This work provides a configuration of interregional-international value chains activated by Italian domestic food consumption and shows how some countries and regions produce most of the agricultural goods necessary to supply final demand. Second, it provides a conceptual framework to assess the vulnerability of the Italian food regional systems, based on food products criticality. Finally, a spatial- and product-based disaggregation of agricultural production in Italian regions which well captures the exposure of the Italian food system to the flood that hit Emilia-Romagna in May 2023 will be presented.

JEL codes: Q12, Q18, Q54, R15

Keywords: regional food systems, climate shocks, input output analysis, food value chains

This paper provides a configuration of the interregional-international value chains activated by Italian domestic food consumption and shows how some countries and regions produce most of the agricultural goods needed to finalize their production. Second, it provides a conceptual framework for assessing the vulnerability of Italian regional food systems, based on the concept of food criticality. Finally, it provides a spatial and product disaggregation of agricultural production in Italian regions that well captures the exposure of the Italian food system to the flood that hit Emilia-Romagna in May 2023.