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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Battersby, Jane, 1975- editor.

Watson, Vanessa, editor.

Series:

Routledge studies in food, society and environment.

Routledge studies in food, society and the environment

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food security--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Food security.

Food supply--Government policy--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Food supply.

Poverty--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Poverty.

Urbanization--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Urbanization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 267 pages) : illustrations, maps, tables; digital file(s).

Edition:

1st edition.

Place of Publication:

2018.

Boca Raton, FL : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, [2018].

Summary:

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.

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.

Notes:

"Earthscan from Routledge" -- title page.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781315191195

OCLC:

1050340214

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access