Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum)

Re: Strengthening urban and peri-urban food systems to achieve food security and nutrition in the context of urbanization and rural transformation – V0 draft of the HLPE-FSN report #19

Uma Koirala

My thought on the above matter:

Current food system is not addressing the need of general people as well as the vulnerable one. Six dimensions of food security are getting weak during these days in urban and peri urban areas. Agencies (players within food system) are more attracted to handsome profit so they are attracted toward ready to eat factory food. Available, accessible and stability is mostly dependent on easy factory product foods however sustainability, stability and utilization are matters of concern as these factors are depend upon the production, price and health of the consumers. Major challenges for strengthening urban and peri urban food system are:

  1. More attraction to ready to eat food due to easy availability, low cost/cheep, low time consuming on preparation and strong advertisements of the products.
  2. Busy urban life
  3. Increasing rate of urban poor
  4. Presence of multinational companies with aggressive marketing strategies.
  5. People have less attraction on labor intensive farm activities so are reluctant about nutritious food they used to produce.

  6. Food system is yet to be inclusive and gender friendly