Urban food systems governance and poverty in African cities /
[edited by] Jane Battersby and Vanessa Watson.
- xix, 267 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
- Routledge studies in food, society and the environment .
- Routledge studies in food, society and environment. .
This book presents the findings of an international collaborative research project that aimed to improve our understanding of the connections between urban poverty, food systems, household food security and governance, by focusing on three secondary cities in Anglophone sub-Saharan Africa.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
African urbanization and poverty / -- Rural bias and urban food security / -- Linking urban food security, urban food systems, poverty and urbanization / -- Understanding and addressing poverty, labour force and urbanization data gaps in Sub-Saharan Africa / -- Historical urban food governance in Africa: the case of Kenya, c. 1900 to 1950 / -- Urban food governance and planning in Africa / -- Contributing and yet excluded? Informal food retail in African cities / -- Planning and governance of food systems in Kisumu, Kenya / -- Planning and governance of food systems in Kitwe, Zambia: a case study of food retail space / -- Governance of food systems in Epworth, Zimbabwe / -- Urban food production in Harare, Zimbabwe / -- Food value chains in Kisumu, Kitwe and Epworth: environmental and social hotspots / -- The characteristics of the urban food system in Kisumu, Kenya / -- The characteristics of the urban food system in Kitwe, Zambia: a focus on the retail sector / -- The characteristics of the urban food system in Epworth, Zimbabwe / -- Food poverty in Kisumu, Kenya / -- Food poverty in Kitwe, Zambia / -- Food poverty in Epworth, Zimbabwe / -- Muna Shifa and Jackie Borel-Saladin -- Jonathan Crush and Liam Riley -- Jane Battersby and Gareth Haysom -- Jackie Borel-Saladin, Muna Shifa and Ann Donald -- James Duminy -- Warren Smit -- Caroline Skinner -- Patrick Odhiambo Hayombe, Fredrick Omondi Owino, and Frankline Awuor Otiende -- Jane Battersby and Francis Muwowo -- Easther Chigumira, Godfrey Tawodzera, Oliver Manjengwa, and Idah Mbengo -- Percy Toriro -- Lesley Sibanda and Harro von Blottnitz -- Paul Opiyo and Harun Ogindo -- Issahaka Fuseini, Jane Battersby, and Niraj Jain -- Godfrey Tawodzera, Easther Chigumira, Idah Mbengo and Samuel Kusangaya -- George Godwin Wagah, Nelson Obange, and Harun Ogindo -- Issahaka Fuseini and Owen Sichone -- Godfrey Tawodzera and Easther Chigumira. Part I: Urbanization, poverty, food and measurement -- Part II: Urban food governance and planning -- Part III: Understanding the urban food systems -- Part IV: The state of urban food poverty and its connections to the food system --