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Webinar Recording: Cities and Covid-19 - food access for vulnerable communities in practice
28/05/2020
28/05/2020
How can cities maintain access to safe and nutritious food for vulnerable people during COVID-19? In this webinar FAO, UNEP, RUAF, ICLEI and Rikolto share the experience of 3 cities: New York City (USA), Kampala (Uganda) and Quito (Ecuador).
Webinar Slides and Q&A: Cities and Covid-19 - food access for vulnerable communities in practice
28/05/2020
28/05/2020
How can cities maintain access to safe and nutritious food for vulnerable people during COVID-19? FAO, UNEP, RUAF, ICLEI and Rikolto share the experience of 3 cities: New York City (USA), Kampala (Uganda) and Quito (Ecuador) in a webinar held on Friday 15 May.Jamie Morrison, Strategic Programme...
How can cities maintain access to safe and nutritious food for vulnerable people during COVID-19? In this webinar FAO, UNEP, RUAF, ICLEI and Rikolto share the experience of 3 cities: New York City (USA), Kampala (Uganda) and Quito (Ecuador).
Cities, with their high population density, are particularly vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic and many cities in developing countries do not have adequate capacity to address the disruptions caused by the response to the health emergency. The risk is particularly high for the 1.2 billion people living in the congested and overcrowded informal urban settlements where conditions are already unsafe and unhealthy for human living. The very poor and those living in slums have extremely limited access to essential health and sanitation facilities, nutritious food and adequate infrastructures such as piped clean water and electricity. The spread of the virus...
In this webinar, Dr. Jessica Vieira presents a new innovation introduced by Apeel Sciences (California, USA). This plant-derived solution doubles to triples the shelf life of many types of fresh produce. It can reduce reliance on refrigeration, plastic packaging, certain post-harvest fungicides, and controlled atmosphere throughout the supply chain. Made of materials found in every bite of fruit, Apeel creates an invisible, edible “peel” on the outside of produce that slows the rate of water loss and oxidation, the primary causes of spoilage. Many types of Apeel produce stay fresh two to three times longer, which can reduce food loss...
The Seminar held by Ms. Barbara Emanuel, Manager of the Toronto Food Strategy, presents a case-study from the city of Toronto, which leveraged on climate change action and a Food Systems approach to improving life of its communities.
De nombreux maires se sont engagés à développer des systèmes alimentaires durables et résilients, à garantir une alimentation saine et accessible pour tous, à préserver la biodiversité et à réduire les gaspillages alimentaires. 199 villes ont signé le Pacte de politique alimentaire urbaine de Milan (MUFPP) qui porte ces objectifs au travers de 6 axes et de 37 actions recommandées.
L’objectif de ce cadre de suivi est d’outiller les villes et les parties prenantes de l’alimentation territoriale afin de leur permettre d’identifier les politiques liées aux enjeux alimentaires ainsi que les programmes prioritaires à mettre en œuvre. Le cadre permet également...
S’appuyer sur l’action des collectivités territoriales et locales pour instaurer des systèmes alimentaires durables et une meilleure nutrition
This publication on SIDS highlights the current challenges, opportunities and FAO examples in action to catalyse change, including activities to help implement the Global Action Programme on Food Security and Nutrition in SIDS.
Integrating food into urban planning
13/12/2018
13/12/2018
While urbanisation worldwide sets up unprecedented challenges for feeding cities with accessible, afordable food and healthy diets, urban food security and food systems are receiving growing attention at an international level and in a growing number of cities of all sizes.