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Database research record2024·Global

Strengthening urban and peri-urban food systems to achieve food security and nutrition, in the context of urbanization and rural transformation

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE-FSN)

FAO Committee on World Food Security (CFS)

Urban Farm DB summary

FAO policy report (June-July 2024) highlighting that ~80% of global population lives in urban/peri-urban areas, and >75% of food-insecure population concentrated in urban regions. Provides guiding principles and policy recommendations for reorienting food systems toward nutrition, environmental sustainability, and citizen agency.