TY - JOUR AU - Metta, Kyle AU - Olabisi, Laura AU - Wallace, Renee PY - 2021/03/31 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - A system dynamics approach to examining household food insecurity JF - Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development JA - J. Agric. Food Syst. Community Dev. VL - 10 IS - 2 SE - Open Call Paper DO - 10.5304/jafscd.2021.102.028 UR - https://foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/view/953 SP - 455–472 AB - <p>Household food security is influenced by the socio-political environment, resource access, and experiential factors, but the systemic interactions of these drivers are rarely considered in the same study. In collaboration with stakeholders, we built a system dynamics model to examine the drivers of food insecurity in Detroit and how community-led interventions could promote food security. We found that single interventions were not as effective as multiple interventions in combination, due to the complex limits on a households’ ability to purchase healthy foods. The iterative modeling process allowed stakeholders to jointly understand and generate insights into the cross-scale limits that households must navigate in order to achieve food security. Furthermore, our modeling effort demonstrates how time is a fundamental resource stock that limits the efficacy of behavioral and structural interventions.</p> ER -