HCP policy brief No. 2 : an urban perspective on food security in the Global South
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2018-10
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Hungry Cities Partnership
Abstract
By supporting urban wholesale infrastructure development, and providing technical assistance in intra-urban food transportation, national and regional planning and programming can enhance the competitiveness of domestic food distribution within cities while increasing farmers’ access to urban consumers. The policy brief addresses food insecurity challenges in the Global South that are changing due to rapid urbanization and the globalization of food supply chains. Four household food security surveys conducted by the Hungry Cities Partnership (HCP) were analyzed. The cities selected were Mexico City, Mexico; Kingston, Jamaica; Maputo, Mozambique; and Nairobi, Kenya.
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FOOD SECURITY, CITIES, URBANIZATION, LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS, URBAN PLANNING, SUPERMARKETS, VALUE CHAINS, INFORMAL SECTOR, STREET VENDORS, PRICING, TRANSPORTATION, FOOD PRODUCTION, GLOBAL SOUTH