Urban Food Security and Food Marketing. A Challenge to City and Local Authorities

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Food Supply and Distribution to Cities a component of FAO Special Programme for Food Security

Food into Cities Collection - DT/40-99E

Revised and adapted version for electronic distribution of the document:

Urban Food Security and Food Marketing.
A Challenge to City and Local Authorities

Food into Cities Collection, DT/40-99E

Document prepared by:

Olivio Argenti
Food Marketing Expert
Marketing and Rural Finance Service
Agricultural Support Systems Division
FAO
E-mail: [email protected]

© FAO, 1999

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To Mayors, City Managers and Urban Planners

Urban Food Security and the Future of Cities

City and Local Authorities and Food Supply and Distribution

Major Food Supply and Distribution Problems

Investing in a New Urban Market

Buying Food in Cities

What Mayors, City Managers and Urban Planners Need to do?

FAO’s Main Activities and Results in Food Supply and Distribution to Cities

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