Sustainability and urban food supply in Africa

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This paper examines Agenda 21's Chapter 7 on sustainable human settlements and surveys the growing body of publications on food supply to urban areas in the less developed world, with a particular focus on fruit and vegetables, urban agriculture, and food marketing. It discusses the main aspects of Agenda 21's Chapter 7 relating to sustainable human settlements and the role emerging research on urban food systems can play in establishing sustainable development in cities of less developed countries, with particular attention paid to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.