date:Jun 09, 2012
e centrality of countries on the network.
Using UN databases, here we show that the international agro-food trade network (IFTN) has evolved into a highly heterogeneous, complex supply-chain network,say the researchers, led by senior author Dr Jzsef Baranyi from the Institute of Food Research in the U.K.
Graph theoretical analysis and a dynamic food flux model show that the IFTN provides a vehicle suitable for the fast distribution of potential contaminants but unsuitable for tracing their o