GINC 250 / Food waste

Trend · rank 223 of 250

Food waste

Production & InnovationConsumer, Food & Retailfood systemscircular

Reduction, redistribution and valorisation of the roughly one third of food production currently lost along supply chains.

Sensitivity and network position

Rank223 of 250
Sensitivity4.2 · rank 233
Breadth0 of 24 scenarios High or above
PageRank21.7 · rank 214
Eigenvector2.0
Betweenness14.5
Links8 trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite12.4

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. Scores are GINC desk judgements and will be replaced by the panel.

RelationScenarioFamily
3ModerateFood and water system shock S11C Energy, climate and resources
3ModerateAgricultural yield revolution S22 ↗C Energy, climate and resources
0Not relatedGeoeconomic confrontation S01A Economic and trade
0Not relatedSingle-supplier cut-off S02A Economic and trade
0Not relatedGlobal financial crisis S03A Economic and trade
0Not relatedSovereign funding crisis S04A Economic and trade
0Not relatedMaritime chokepoint closure S05B Geopolitical and security
0Not relatedHybrid campaign by a hostile state S06B Geopolitical and security
0Not relatedPolitical legitimacy crisis S07B Geopolitical and security
0Not relatedMass displacement shock S08B Geopolitical and security
0Not relatedEnergy supply shock S09C Energy, climate and resources
0Not relatedCatastrophic disaster in the core S10C Energy, climate and resources
0Not relatedCritical infrastructure collapse S12D Technology and infrastructure
0Not relatedRapid AI diffusion shock S13D Technology and infrastructure
0Not relatedPandemic with a novel pathogen S14E Health
0Not relatedSuperintelligence takeoff S15 ↗D Technology and infrastructure
0Not relatedEnergy abundance breakthrough S16 ↗C Energy, climate and resources
0Not relatedBiomedical breakthrough wave S17 ↗E Health
0Not relatedGreat-power détente and peace dividend S18 ↗B Geopolitical and security
0Not relatedCoordinated sovereign debt reset S19 ↗A Economic and trade
0Not relatedEmerging-market growth breakout S20 ↗A Economic and trade
0Not relatedMiddle East regional settlement S21 ↗B Geopolitical and security
0Not relatedDigital public infrastructure leapfrog S23 ↗D Technology and infrastructure
0Not relatedHundred-day pandemic defence S24 ↗E Health

Similarity = 0.3 × shared tags (Jaccard) + 0.3 × likeness of scenario profiles (cosine) + 0.25 × likeness of names and descriptions (TF-IDF cosine) + 0.1 if in the same capability domain + 0.05 if in the same theme, cut into seven levels at 0.12, 0.22, 0.33, 0.45, 0.58, 0.72. Shown at Moderate and above.

SimilarityTrendParadigmRank
4HighAgricultural technologyConsumer, Food & Retail138
4HighAlternative proteinsConsumer, Food & Retail194
4HighDiet & nutrition shiftsConsumer, Food & Retail236
3ModerateFertiliser dependenceConsumer, Food & Retail64
3ModerateBreadbasket & food export concentrationEnergy & Environment94
3ModerateMalnutritionSociety & Culture112
3ModerateSustainable consumptionConsumer, Food & Retail244
3ModerateRetail & food-service automationConsumer, Food & Retail245