Urban Food Systems Governance and Poverty in African Cities - (Open Access) / edited by Jane Battersby and Vanessa Watson.

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TextLanguage: English Series: Routledge Studies in Food, Society and the EnvironmentPublisher: Boca Raton, FL : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, [2018]Copyright date: ©2019Edition: 1st editionDescription: 1 online resource (290 pages) : 82 illustrations, text file, PDFContent type:

text

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9781315191195

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HD9017.A3572 U73 2018

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Contents:

Foreword by --Carole Rakodi -- Introduction -- PART I: URBANIZATION, POVERTY, FOOD AND MEASUREMENT -- 1. African urbanization and poverty --Muna Shifa and Jackie Borel-Saladin -- --2. Rural bias and urban food security -- Jonathan Crush and Liam Riley -- --3. Linking urban food security, urban food systems, poverty and urbanization --Jane Battersby and Gareth Haysom -- --4. Understanding and addressing poverty, labour force and urbanization data gaps in Sub-Saharan Africa --Jackie Borel-Saladin, Muna Shifa and Ann Donald -- --PART II: URBAN FOOD GOVERNANCE AND PLANNING -- --5. Historical Urban Food Governance in Africa: The Case of Kenya, c. 1900 to 1950 --James Duminy -- --6. Urban food governance and planning in Africa --Warren Smit -- --7. Contributing and yet excluded? Informal food retail in African cities --Caroline Skinner -- 8. Planning and Governance of Food Systems in Kisumu, Kenya --Patrick Odhiambo Hayombe, Fredrick Omondi Owino, and Frankline Awuor Otiende -- --9. Planning and Governance of Food Systems in Kitwe, Zambia: a case study of food retail space -- Jane Battersby and Francis Muwowo -- --10. Governance of Food Systems in Epworth, Zimbabwe -- Easther Chigumira, Godfrey Tawodzera, Oliver Manjengwa, and Idah Mbengo -- --11. Urban food production in Harare, Zimbabwe -- Percy Toriro -- --PART III: UNDERSTANDING THE URBAN FOOD SYSTEMS -- --12. Food value chains in Kisumu, Kitwe and Epworth: Environmental and Social Hotspots --Lesley Sibanda and Harro von Blottnitz -- --13. The characteristics of the urban food system in Kisumu, Kenya --Paul Opiyo and Harun Ogindo -- --14. The characteristics of the urban food system in Kitwe, Zambia: A focus on the retail sector --Issahaka Fuseini, Jane Battersby, and Niraj Jain -- --15. The characteristics of the urban food system in Epworth, Zimbabwe --Godfrey Tawodzera, Easther Chigumira, Idah Mbengo and Samuel Kusangaya -- --PART IV: THE STATE OF URBAN FOOD POVERTY AND ITS CONNECTIONS TO THE FOOD SYSTEM -- --16. Food poverty in Kisumu, Kenya --George Godwin Wagah, Nelson Obange, and Harun Ogindo -- --17. Food poverty in Kitwe, Zambia --Issahaka Fuseini and Owen Sichone -- --18. Food poverty in Epworth, Zimbabwe --Godfrey Tawodzera and Easther Chigumira.

Abstract: 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.

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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.