Rapid Urbanisation Urban Food Deserts And Food Security In Africa

Author : Jonathan Crush,Jane Battersby
Publisher : Springer
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319435671

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Rapid Urbanisation, Urban Food Deserts and Food Security in Africa by Jonathan Crush,Jane Battersby Pdf

This book investigates food security and the implications of hyper-urbanisation and rapid growth of urban populations in Africa. By means of a series of case studies involving African cities of various sizes, it argues that, while the concept of food security holds value, it needs to be reconfigured to fit the everyday realities and distinctive trajectory of urbanisation in the region. The book goes on to discuss the urban context, where food insecurity is more a problem of access and changing consumption patterns than of insufficient food production. In closing, it approaches food insecurity in Africa as an increasingly urban problem that requires different responses from those applied to rural populations.

Author : Liam Riley,Jonathan Crush
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030930721

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Transforming Urban Food Systems in Secondary Cities in Africa by Liam Riley,Jonathan Crush Pdf

Countries across Africa are rapidly transitioning from rural to urban societies. The UN projects that 60% of people living in Africa will be in urban areas by 2050, with the urban population on the continent tripling over the next 50 years. The challenge of building inclusive and sustainable cities in the context of rapid urbanization is arguably the critical development issue of the 21st Century and creating food secure cities is key to promoting health, prosperity, equity, and ecological sustainability. The expansion of Africa’s urban population is taking place largely in secondary cities: these are broadly defined as cities with fewer than half a million people that are not national political or economic centres. The implications of secondary urbanization have recently been described by the Cities Alliance as “a real knowledge gap”, requiring much additional research not least because it poses new intellectual challenges for academic researchers and governance challenges for policy-makers. International researchers coming from multiple points of view including food studies, urban studies, and sustainability studies, are starting to heed the call for further research into the implications for food security of rapidly growing secondary cities in Africa. This book will combine this research and feature comparable case studies, intersecting trends, and shed light on broad concepts including governance, sustainability, health, economic development, and inclusivity. This is an open access book.

Author : Jonathan Crush,Bruce Frayne,Gareth Haysom
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781786431516

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Handbook on Urban Food Security in the Global South by Jonathan Crush,Bruce Frayne,Gareth Haysom Pdf

The ways in which the rapid urbanization of the Global South is transforming food systems and food supply chains, and the food security of urban populations is an often neglected topic. This international group of authors addresses this profound transformation from a variety of different perspectives and disciplinary lenses, providing an important corrective to the dominant view that food insecurity is a rural problem requiring increases in agricultural production.

Author : Bruce Frayne,Jonathan Crush,Cameron McCordic
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-12-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351850773

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Food and Nutrition Security in Southern African Cities by Bruce Frayne,Jonathan Crush,Cameron McCordic Pdf

Urban population growth is extremely rapid across Africa and this book places urban food and nutrition security firmly on the development and policy agenda. It shows that current efforts to address food poverty in Africa that focus entirely on small-scale farmers, to the exclusion of broader socio-economic and infrastructural approaches, are misplaced and will remain largely ineffective in ameliorating food and nutrition insecurity for the majority of Africans. Using original data from the African Food Security Urban Network’s (AFSUN) extensive database it is demonstrated that the primary food security challenge for urban households is access to food. Already linked into global food systems and value chains, Africa’s supply of food is not necessarily in jeopardy. Rather, the widespread poverty and informal urban fabric that characterizes Africa’s emerging cities impinge directly on households’ capacity to access food that is readily available. Through the analysis of empirical data collected from 6,500 households in eleven cities in nine countries in Southern Africa, the authors identify the complexity of factors and dynamics that create the circumstances of widespread food and nutrition insecurity under which urban citizens live. They also provide useful policy approaches to address these conditions that currently thwart the latent development potential of Africa’s expanding urban population.

Author : Jane Battersby,Vanessa Watson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351751346

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Urban Food Systems Governance and Poverty in African Cities by Jane Battersby,Vanessa Watson Pdf

As Africa urbanises and the focus of poverty shifts to urban centres, there is an imperative to address poverty in African cities. This is particularly the case in smaller cities, which are often the most rapidly urbanising, but the least able to cope with this growth. This book argues that an examination of the food system and food security provides a valuable lens to interrogate urban poverty. Chapters examine the linkages between poverty, urban food systems and local governance with a focus on case studies from three smaller or secondary cities in Africa: Kisumu (Kenya), Kitwe (Zambia) and Epworth (Zimbabwe). The book makes a wider contribution to debates on urban studies and urban governance in Africa through analysis of the causes and consequences of the paucity of urban-scale data for decision makers, and by presenting potential methodological innovations to address this paucity. As the global development agenda is increasingly focusing on urban issues, most notably the urban goal of the new Sustainable Development Goals and the New Urban Agenda, the work is timely. The Open Access version of this book, available at: http://www.tandfebooks.com/doi/view/10.4324/9781315191195, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Author : Marc J. Cohen,James L. Garrett
Publisher : IIED
Page : 39 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Food prices
ISBN : 9781843697398

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The Food Price Crisis and Urban Food (in)security by Marc J. Cohen,James L. Garrett Pdf

Author : Riley, Liam,Chilanga, Emmanuel
Publisher : Southern African Migration Programme
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781920597337

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Food Security in Africa's Secondary cities by Riley, Liam,Chilanga, Emmanuel Pdf

This report marks the first stage of AFSUN’s goal of expanding knowledge about urban food systems and experiences of household food insecurity in secondary African cities. It contributes to an understanding of poverty and sustainability in Mzuzu, Malawi, through the lens of household food security. The focus on food as an urban issue not only speaks to the development challenges presented by urbanization, but it also brings a fresh perspective to debates about food security in Malawi. The urban setting highlights the changing food system in Malawi where people in rural and urban areas are increasingly reliant on cash income to buy food. The report’s key findings include that the most vulnerable households are those without a formal wage income, households headed by older people, especially older women, and households that are not able to produce food in the rural areas. The research also shows that the food system is dynamic and diverse, with households accessing food from a variety of formal and informal food sources and relying on rural-urban linkages for urban survival. Urban and rural agriculture are important features of the food system, but there is little evidence that these are the “self-help” responses to poverty that advocates for urban agriculture in Africa sometimes imply.

Author : Nickanor, Ndeyapo,Kazembe, Lawrence
Publisher : Southern African Migration Programme
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-12-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781920597283

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The Supermarket Revolution and Food Security in Namibia by Nickanor, Ndeyapo,Kazembe, Lawrence Pdf

The surprisingly high rate of supermarket patronage in low-income areas of Windhoek, Namibia’s capital and largest city, is at odds with conventional wisdom that supermarkets in African cities are primarily patronized by middle and high-income residents and therefore target their neighbourhoods. What is happening in Namibia and other Southern African countries that make supermarkets so much more accessible to the urban poor? What are they buying at supermarkets and how frequently do they shop there? Further, what is the impact of supermarket expansion on informal food vendors? This report, which presents the findings from the South African Supermarkets in Growing African Cities project research in 2016-2017 in Windhoek, looks at the evidence and tries to answer these questions and others. The research and policy debate on the relationship between the supermarket revolution and food security is also discussed. Here, the issues include whether supermarket supply chains and procurement practices mitigate rural food insecurity through providing new market opportunities for smallholder farmers; the impact of supermarkets on the food security and consumption patterns of residents of African cities; and the relationship between supermarket expansion and governance of the food system, particularly at the local level.

Author : Felix Kwabena Donkor,Mulala Danny Simatele,Henry Bikwibili Tantoh
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2023-06-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782832526538

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Cross-cutting issues in the water, land, energy and food security nexus: Perspectives from sub-saharan africa by Felix Kwabena Donkor,Mulala Danny Simatele,Henry Bikwibili Tantoh Pdf

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,World Bank Group
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789251301272

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Food systems for an urbanizing world by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,World Bank Group Pdf

Food Systems for an Urbanizing World is a joint report prepared by the World Bank and FAO. It aims to stimulate discussion and suggest pathways to support local and national governments, and civil society and private sector actors in their efforts to improve the performance and capacity of food systems. The report describes the diversity and ever-changing nature of food systems, with interlinked traditional, modern and informal channels that respond to different market segments and different consumer preferences. It also underscores the importance of targeting support to the type of city and food system. The task is not an easy one. Data are weak and empirical analysis is weaker. As cities’ engagement in urban food issues is relatively new, the institutions, governance mechanisms and capacities needed for effective design, implementation and delivery of this agenda must be strengthened. Finding effective ways to prioritize, mobilize and coordinate contributions from multiple sectors will be essential for achieving food system goals.

Author : Gaëlle Balineau,Arthur Bauer,Martin Kessler,Nicole Madariaga
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781464815898

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Food Systems in Africa by Gaëlle Balineau,Arthur Bauer,Martin Kessler,Nicole Madariaga Pdf

Rapid population growth, poorly planned urbanization, and evolving agricultural production and distribution practices are changing foodways in African cities and creating challenges: Africans are increasingly facing hunger, undernutrition, and malnutrition. Yet change also creates new opportunities. The food economy currently is the main source of jobs on the continent, promising more employment in the near future in farming, food processing, and food product distribution. These opportunities are undermined, however, by inefficient links among farmers, intermediaries, and consumers, leading to the loss of one-third of all food produced. This volume is an in-depth analysis of food system shortcomings in three West African cities: Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire; Rabat, Morocco; and Niamey, Niger. Using the lens of geographical economics and sociology, the authors draw on quantitative and qualitative field surveys and case studies to offer insightful analyses of political institutions. They show the importance of “hard†? physical infrastructure, such as transport, storage, and wholesale and retail market facilities. They also describe the “soft†? infrastructure of institutions that facilitate trade, such as interpersonal trust, market information systems, and business climates. The authors find that the vague mandates and limited capacities of national trade and agriculture ministries, regional and urban authorities, neighborhood councils, and market cooperatives often hamper policy interventions. This volume comes to a simple conclusion: international development policy makers and their financial and technical partners have neglected urban markets for far too long, and now is the time to rethink and reinvest in this complex yet crucial subject.

Author : Chilanga, Emmanuel,Riley, Liam
Publisher : Southern African Migration Programme
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781920597245

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Food Insecurity in Informal Settlements in Lilongwe Malawi by Chilanga, Emmanuel,Riley, Liam Pdf

Although there is widespread food availability in urban areas across the Global South, it is not correlated with universal access to adequate amounts of nutritious foods. This report is based on a household survey conducted in 2015 in six low-income informal areas in Malawi’s capital city, where three-quarters of the population live in informal settlements. Understanding the dimensions of household food insecurity in these neighbourhoods is critical to sustainable and inclusive growth in Lilongwe. The survey findings provide a complementary perspective to the 2008 AFSUN survey conducted in Blantyre, which suggested a level of food security in urban Malawi that was probably more typical of peri-urban areas where many people farm. Given that informal settlements house most of Malawi’s urban residents, the Lilongwe research presents a serious public policy challenge for the country’s leaders. Poverty is a profound problem in Malawi’s rapidly expanding cities. Of particular concern is the poor quality of diets among residents of informal settlements. Precarity of income, reflected in the survey findings of frequent purchasing of staple foods and the need for food sellers to extend credit, appears to be a key driver of food insecurity in these communities. Economically inclusive growth, with better prospects for stable employment and protection for informal-sector workers, appears to be the surest route to improved urban food security in Malawi.

Author : Olaf Kühne,Julia Deborah Fischer,Timo Sedelmeier,Volker Hochschild,Barbara Staniscia,Cesare Manetti,Liliana Dumitrache,Ana-Maria Talos,Angel Menéndez Rexach,Ana de Marcos Fernández
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2023-09-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783658414993

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Foodscapes by Olaf Kühne,Julia Deborah Fischer,Timo Sedelmeier,Volker Hochschild,Barbara Staniscia,Cesare Manetti,Liliana Dumitrache,Ana-Maria Talos,Angel Menéndez Rexach,Ana de Marcos Fernández Pdf

Since the mid-1990s, the term 'foodscapes' has been used. Its reference to landscape opens it up to a wide theoretical variety and numerous methodological approaches. Through the large 'semantic yard' of the concept of landscape it becomes clear that the approach of foodscapes aims less at the description or pure positivistic analysis of the production, distribution and consumption of food, but is rather open to aesthetic approaches, normative questions, aspects of the connection of food and space with meaning. In this respect, research on foodscapes is not simply a part of food geography but reaches beyond it. With this anthology we contribute to the development of the research field on foodscapes and combine diverse perspectives from different disciplines, locations and theoretical as well as methodological backgrounds on the diversity of what foodscapes can be. Our anthology 'Foodscapes - Theory, History, and Current European Examples' is the result of the collaboration of lecturers and students from the universities of Bucharest, Madrid, Rome and Tübingen.

Author : Olubukola Oluranti Babalola
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 926 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030506728

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Food Security and Safety by Olubukola Oluranti Babalola Pdf

This book focuses on food security and safety issues in Africa, a continent presently challenged with malnutrition and food insecurity. The continuous increase in the human population of Africa will lead to higher food demands, and climate change has already affected food production in most parts of Africa, resulting in drought, reduced crop yields, and loss of livestock and income. For Africa to be food-secure, safe and nutritious food has to be available, well-distributed, and sufficient to meet people’s food requirements. Contributors to Food Security and Safety: African Perspectives offer solutions to the lack of adequate safe and nutritious food in sub-Saharan Africa, as well as highlight the positive efforts being made to address this lack through a holistic approach. The book discusses the various methods used to enhance food security, such as food fortification, fermentation, genetic modification, and plant breeding for improved yield and resistance to diseases. Authors emphasize the importance of hygiene and food safety in food preparation and preservation, and address how the constraints of climate change could be overcome using smart crops. As a comprehensive reference text, Food Security and Safety: African Perspectives seeks to address challenges specific to the African continent while enhancing the global knowledge base around food security, food safety, and food production in an era of rapid climate change.

Author : Susan Parham,Matthew Hardy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-09
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781000440751

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Exploring Food and Urbanism by Susan Parham,Matthew Hardy Pdf

Exploring Food and Urbanism looks at the ways food and cities interconnect in a diversity of places across the globe. The book’s focus moves from transformations in feeding the city and its hinterland in Istanbul, Turkey, through neighbourhoods struggling with food access in Blantyre, Malawi, to the challenges in making convivial public food spaces in Cairo. It explores everyday buying practices in Islamabad food markets that reflect wider changes in food cultures in Pakistan. The possibilities for growing food in suburban Cape Town in South Africa are tested, while possibilities for sharing meals using online methods to bring cooks and eaters together are considered across the Netherlands. This edited volume makes clear that globally food is critical to sustainable urbanism everywhere across cities from kitchens to gardens, food markets, food shops, streets, squares, neighbourhoods, cities, suburbs, and hinterlands. It shows how food cultures, practices, and economics are closely intertwined with how places are planned and designed even if this is not always fully recognised. The editors of the book conclude that food can and should contribute to responding to the challenges presented by the worsening climate emergency through a focus on sustainable urbanism. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Urbanism.