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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"food governance"”.
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Conundrums of food governance in South African metropoles
… reflects on the discourse and practice of urban food governance in the city of Cape Town, considered from the point of view of a Foucauldian analysis of deliberative statecraft. The focus is on the ways in which metropolitan governments have tried to make food systems visible and galvanise …
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Putting Food onto the Urban Agenda: How the City of Cape Town can increase access to sustainable and healthy diets through urban food governance
… fundamentally changed how we produce and consume food. The majority of urban diets are now dominated by low intakes of fruit and vegetables and high intakes of highly processed, energy-dense and nutritionally poor foods. In Cape Town, South Africa, the impacts of this nutritional transition …
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Urban informality and food environments: Obesogenicity, business operations, and governance in Cape Town’s informal food retail sector
Informal food retail is a central yet understudied component of urban food environments in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). While its role in enhancing food access and food security is well documented, less attention has been paid to the types of food sold in these outlets and their …
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Food system governance for urban sustainability in the global South
Food security remains a persistent global challenge. Food security is defined as a situation where all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food which meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life. The …
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Impact of urbanisation on vegetable cultivation and supply for the traditional markets in Zambia: a case study of selected markets in Lusaka District
… that have threatened the sustainability of urban food security as less attention has been paid to aspects of food security in planning processes. However, in recent years, some International organisations and consortiums of city governors from across the world have pointed out the need to …
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Scarcity, government, population: The problem of food in colonial Kenya, c. 1900-1952
Food security in Africa is a foremost development challenge. Dominant approaches to addressing food security concentrate on availability and increasing production. This 'productionist' focus arguably limits the capacity of government policies to address contemporary food problems. It does so by …
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Η συνεισφορά της εκπαίδευσης σε ζητήματα διατροφής στο πλαίσιο κοινωνικοεπιστημονικής προσέγγισης
… διακυβέρνηση των συστημάτων τροφίμων (global food governance) καθίσταται πλέον αδιαμφισβήτητη. Η βιολογική παιδεία, πέρα από την εκπαίδευση των μελλοντικών επιστημόνων, αναδεικνύεται σε κρίσιμο παράγοντα για την αντίληψη των βιοπολιτικών διαστάσεων της διατροφής, συμβάλλοντας στην αντιμετώπιση …