Strengthening urban and peri-urban food systems to achieve food security and nutrition, in the context of urbanization and rural transformation
Year: 2024
Type: book
Abstract: Over 60 percent of the world’s population lives in urban areas and rapid urbanization is causing shifting geographies. Currently, 1.7 billion of the world’s 2.2 billion people experiencing moderate or severe food insecurity live in urban and peri‑urban (U‑PU) areas (Figure 1). Although urban areas have a lower prevalence of stunting compared to rural areas, further disaggregation of urban areas by poverty shows that urban poor have very high stunting rates, as high as those in rural areas. The ability of U‑PU residents to realize their right to food is a critical challenge, particularly in the context of climate change, political instability, increased inequality, internal conflicts and rapidly increasing urban populations. National food security and food system policies have neglected U‑PU food security and nutrition (FSN) and largely ignored the role of local governments in shaping food systems and FSN outcomes. There is an urgent need to redirect food security and food system policy and investment to address this growing challenge.
Authors: Battersby, Jane, Hatab, Assem Abu, Ambikapathi, Ramya, Chicoma, José Luis, Shulang, Fei, Kimani‑Murage, Elizabeth, Minaker, Leia, Moragues‑Faus, Ana, Resnick, Danielle
Language: English
Subfield: Urban Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7024713748