Food systems around the world are increasingly interwoven into a global network. The dominant productionist paradigm emphasizes aggregate production volumes, a focus on few key products, and the dominant role of large exporting countries and transnational corporations. This article proposes a new conceptualization of food systems that illuminates the unequal structure and the lock-ins of this network. The global network of national food systems manifests as a center–periphery constellation where the resilience of many food systems is fatefully undermined. This article also explores the reasons why the successes of the productionist paradigm are accompanied with severe problems, including the potential of global food crises. Increasing vulnerability to crises is an inherent feature of the tightly networked global food system. As a way forward, we propose a transformation pathway based on the notion of “next best transition steps.” A key idea is to afford agency and transformative resilience to those currently in the periphery of the global food system.

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世界各地的粮食系统日益交织成一个全球网络。占主导地位的生产主义范式强调总产量、关注少数关键产品以及大型出口国和跨国公司的主导作用。本文提出了粮食系统的新概念，阐明了该网络的不平等结构和锁定。国家粮食系统的全球网络表现为一个中心-边缘星座，许多粮食系统的弹性受到了致命的破坏。本文还探讨了生产主义范式的成功伴随着严重问题的原因，包括潜在的全球粮食危机。日益脆弱的危机是紧密网络化的全球粮食系统的一个固有特征。作为前进的方向，我们提出了一种基于“下一个最佳过渡步骤”概念的转型路径。一个关键想法是为目前处于全球粮食系统边缘的人们提供代理权和变革弹性。

《全球粮食系统成功所固有的危机》一文首次出现在《生态与社会》上。