When local crop failures in different regions occur simultaneously, the result can be an amplification of global food production shocks. Better understanding of the role of production synchronicity in historic food system stability is an important step towards anticipating possible future losses.
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Lewis, K. Synchronised crop failure. Nat Ecol Evol 3, 722–723 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0884-4
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