Trade Winds and Neural Currents: Predicting the Global Food Network with Dynamic Graphs
Opening — Why this matters now When the price of rice in one country spikes, the shock ripples through shipping routes, grain silos, and trade treaties across continents. The global food trade network is as vital as it is volatile—exposed to climate change, geopolitics, and policy oscillations. In 2025, with global food inflation and shipping disruptions returning to headlines, predictive modeling of trade flows has become not just an academic exercise but a policy imperative. ...