Food and Nutrition Security in Southern African Cities

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Bruce Frayne (University of Waterloo, Canada) Jonathan Crush (Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada)

Food and Nutrition Security in Southern African Cities

Bruce Frayne (University of Waterloo, Canada), Jonathan Crush (Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada), Cameron McCordic (Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada)

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English

Routledge
29 July 2019

Development studies; Agriculture & related industries

Series: Routledge Studies in Food, Society and the Environment

Urban population growth is extremely rapid across Africa and this book places urban food and nutrition security firmly on the development and policy agenda. It shows that current efforts to address food poverty in Africa that focus entirely on small-scale farmers, to the exclusion of broader socio-economic and infrastructural approaches, are misplaced and will remain largely ineffective in ameliorating food and nutrition insecurity for the majority of Africans.

Using original data from the African Food Security Urban Network’s (AFSUN) extensive database it is demonstrated that the primary food security challenge for urban households is access to food. Already linked into global food systems and value chains, Africa’s supply of food is not necessarily in jeopardy. Rather, the widespread poverty and informal urban fabric that characterizes Africa’s emerging cities impinge directly on households’ capacity to access food that is readily available. Through the analysis of empirical data collected from 6,500 households in eleven cities in nine countries in Southern Africa, the authors identify the complexity of factors and dynamics that create the circumstances of widespread food and nutrition insecurity under which urban citizens live. They also provide useful policy approaches to address these conditions that currently thwart the latent development potential of Africa’s expanding urban population.

Edited by: Bruce Frayne (University of Waterloo Canada), Jonathan Crush (Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada), Cameron McCordic (Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 322g
ISBN: 9780367403737
ISBN 10: 0367403730
Series: Routledge Studies in Food, Society and the Environment
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 29 July 2019
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Bruce Frayne is Associate Professor of International Development and currently serves as the Director of the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development (SEED) in the University of Waterloo’s Faculty of Environment, Canada. Jonathan Crush holds the CIGI Chair in Global Migration and Development at the Balsillie School of International Affairs in Waterloo, Canada, and is an Honorary Professor at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Cameron McCordic is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Balsillie School of International Affairs at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Canada.