Urban Food Systems Governance : Current Context and Future Opportunities

Urban Food Systems Governance : Current Context and Future Opportunities

Ensuring adequate food for people is one of the most fundamental responsibilities of national governments. Historically, governments have invested considerable resources in increasing production of staple foodstuffs to meet national food demands wi...

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Main Authors: Tefft, James, Jonasova, Marketa, Zhang, Fang, Zhang, Yixin
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: FAO and the World Bank 2021
Subjects:
URBAN FOOD
FOOD SECURITY
CIVIL SOCIETY
GOVERNANCE
FOOD SYSTEM GOVERNANCE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/315301625139324137/Urban-Food-Systems-Governance-Current-Context-and-Future-Opportunities
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spelling okr-10986-359362021-07-17T05:10:46Z Urban Food Systems Governance : Current Context and Future Opportunities Tefft, James Jonasova, Marketa Zhang, Fang Zhang, Yixin URBAN FOOD FOOD SECURITY CIVIL SOCIETY GOVERNANCE FOOD SYSTEM GOVERNANCE Ensuring adequate food for people is one of the most fundamental responsibilities of national governments. Historically, governments have invested considerable resources in increasing production of staple foodstuffs to meet national food demands with a focus on the rural farmer. However, the way we live today reveals how the food system affects nutrition and health, livelihoods and jobs and the sustainability of the planet. Changing diets, technology, urbanization, and climate change are shifting how national governments address the food system. Pandemics like Coronavirus (COVID-19) are forcing nations to face food system issues in all their dimensions. This report presents insights and emerging lessons on food systems governance from the experience of nine cities that have developed urban food interventions. 2021-07-16T13:29:01Z 2021-07-16T13:29:01Z 2021 Book http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/315301625139324137/Urban-Food-Systems-Governance-Current-Context-and-Future-Opportunities 978-92-5-133551-2 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35936 English CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/igo World Bank FAO and the World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research Brazil Canada China Colombia Ecuador Kenya Korea, Republic of Peru United States
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FOOD SECURITY
CIVIL SOCIETY
GOVERNANCE
FOOD SYSTEM GOVERNANCE
spellingShingle URBAN FOOD
FOOD SECURITY
CIVIL SOCIETY
GOVERNANCE
FOOD SYSTEM GOVERNANCE
Tefft, James
Jonasova, Marketa
Zhang, Fang
Zhang, Yixin
Urban Food Systems Governance : Current Context and Future Opportunities
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China
Colombia
Ecuador
Kenya
Korea, Republic of
Peru
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description Ensuring adequate food for people is one of the most fundamental responsibilities of national governments. Historically, governments have invested considerable resources in increasing production of staple foodstuffs to meet national food demands with a focus on the rural farmer. However, the way we live today reveals how the food system affects nutrition and health, livelihoods and jobs and the sustainability of the planet. Changing diets, technology, urbanization, and climate change are shifting how national governments address the food system. Pandemics like Coronavirus (COVID-19) are forcing nations to face food system issues in all their dimensions. This report presents insights and emerging lessons on food systems governance from the experience of nine cities that have developed urban food interventions.
format Book
author Tefft, James
Jonasova, Marketa
Zhang, Fang
Zhang, Yixin
author_facet Tefft, James
Jonasova, Marketa
Zhang, Fang
Zhang, Yixin
author_sort Tefft, James
title Urban Food Systems Governance : Current Context and Future Opportunities
title_short Urban Food Systems Governance : Current Context and Future Opportunities
title_full Urban Food Systems Governance : Current Context and Future Opportunities
title_fullStr Urban Food Systems Governance : Current Context and Future Opportunities
title_full_unstemmed Urban Food Systems Governance : Current Context and Future Opportunities
title_sort urban food systems governance : current context and future opportunities
publisher FAO and the World Bank
publishDate 2021
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/315301625139324137/Urban-Food-Systems-Governance-Current-Context-and-Future-Opportunities
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