Executive summary Malnutrition in all its forms, including obesity, undernutrition, and other
dietary risks, is the leading cause of poor health globally. In the near future, the health effects …

Urban food systems have increasingly been recognised as a topic that needs to be better
understood, in order to address issues of urban food security and urban poverty. This is …

The integration of food into urban planning is a crucial and emerging topic. Urban planners,
alongside the local and regional authorities that have traditionally been less engaged in …

This book presents the findings of an international collaborative research project that aimed
to improve our understanding of the connections between urban poverty, food systems …

What can US urban agriculture (UA) planners and scholars learn from the Global South? For
many urban growers in low and middle income countries, UA is a lifeline–a vital source of …

Drawing disparate literatures together, this chapter interrogates the urban food security–
informal sector nexus. Data analysis shows that informal retail is not only an important …

This article analyses wild food consumption in urban areas of Cameroon. Building upon
findings from Cameroon's Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis …

Kenya is rapidly urbanising. In the growing cities and towns, there is an increasing need for
food supplies, creating demand for agricultural products. High unemployment rates, urban …

This paper contributes to the urban food security literature by presenting the results of 600
household surveys conducted in Ghana and Cameroon. In this, we show how dietary …

Ibadan, Nigeria, has been an outlier in the ranking of world‐class cities. But in the past
seven years, amidst the circulating Africa Rising narrative, Ibadan has embarked on what I …