Urban food systems governance and poverty in African cities / edited by Jane Battersby and Vanessa Watson.

Other author Battersby, Jane, 1975-
Other author Watson, Vanessa.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoAbingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2019.
Descriptionxix, 267 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
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SeriesRoutledge studies in food, society and the environment
Routledge studies in food, society and environment. ^A1258942
Contents Part I: Urbanization, poverty, food and measurement -- African urbanization and poverty / Muna Shifa and Jackie Borel-Saladin -- Rural bias and urban food security / Jonathan Crush and Liam Riley -- Linking urban food security, urban food systems, poverty and urbanization / Jane Battersby and Gareth Haysom -- 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 -- Historical urban food governance in Africa: the case of Kenya, c. 1900 to 1950 / James Duminy -- Urban food governance and planning in Africa / Warren Smit -- Contributing and yet excluded? Informal food retail in African cities / Caroline Skinner -- Planning and governance of food systems in Kisumu, Kenya / Patrick Odhiambo Hayombe, Fredrick Omondi Owino, and Frankline Awuor Otiende -- Planning and governance of food systems in Kitwe, Zambia: a case study of food retail space / Jane Battersby and Francis Muwowo -- Governance of food systems in Epworth, Zimbabwe / Easther Chigumira, Godfrey Tawodzera, Oliver Manjengwa, and Idah Mbengo -- Urban food production in Harare, Zimbabwe / Percy Toriro -- Part III: Understanding the urban food systems -- Food value chains in Kisumu, Kitwe and Epworth: environmental and social hotspots / Lesley Sibanda and Harro von Blottnitz -- The characteristics of the urban food system in Kisumu, Kenya / Paul Opiyo and Harun Ogindo -- The characteristics of the urban food system in Kitwe, Zambia: a focus on the retail sector / Issahaka Fuseini, Jane Battersby, and Niraj Jain -- 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 -- Food poverty in Kisumu, Kenya / George Godwin Wagah, Nelson Obange, and Harun Ogindo -- Food poverty in Kitwe, Zambia / Issahaka Fuseini and Owen Sichone -- Food poverty in Epworth, Zimbabwe / Godfrey Tawodzera and Easther Chigumira.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2018010500
ISBN9781138726758 (hardback)
ISBN9781315191195 (ebook)
ISBNebook

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