Database research record2023·Africa
Urban Food Security and Resilience
Gareth Haysom, Jane Battersby
Palgrave studies in agricultural economics and food policy
Urban Farm DB summary
Based on findings from cities in five African countries, this study argues for a re-framing of urban food system resilience. It contends that the urban system, specifically infrastructure, shapes the functioning of the food system and consumers' ability to use it, and that the agency of urban food system users needs inclusion in understandings of, and efforts to increase, food systems resilience.