An efficient urban food policy needs a broad involvement of stakeholders, allowing horizontal (at the local level), vertical (with other territorial levels), and multisectorial coordinations. Such governance mechanisms are not easy to set.
That is why this section shares examples of participatory multi-level food governance, multi-stakeholder platforms or food councils, education and awareness raising campaigns, open data of food policies, internal organizations of local governments, partnerships with civil society, the private sector, universities and international organizations.
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The Zambia Food Change Lab aims to create a collective understanding of Zambia’s current food system and challenges for the future. In the process, it strengthens collaboration among consumers, farmers, entrepreneurs, civil society and government to foster long-term engagement, collective leadership and joint initiatives. Lab participants – from smallholder farmers...
Zambia (Africa)
2018 - Felia Boerwinkel, William Chilufya
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This webpage provides access to various FAO publications on Urban and Peri-Urban Forestry.
Some publications are available in French or in Spanish.[Urban Forestry]
(Global coverage)
2018 - FAO
Governance and planning, Food production and ecosystem management, Food supply and distribution - Methodology and Training Materials
This online course is open to all. It will be of particular interest to agents of local authorities, project territories and support structures leading or participating in food dynamics on their territory. Whether you work in the economic, health, social or environmental fields, this online course will provide you with...
France (Europe)
2018 - Dominique BERNIER, Stéphanie CABANTOUS, Damien CONARE, Maëlle RANOUX
Governance and planning, Sustainable diets and nutrition, Social and economic equity, Food production and ecosystem management, Food supply and distribution, Food loss and waste - Directories
This website presents inspiring initiatives in the world encouraging cities transition towards sustainable food systems. These initiatives can be driven by NGOs, the private sector or local governnemts.
(Global coverage)
2018 - Coll.
Governance and planning - Reports & Case Studies
In the past year we have seen the development of various assessment and indicator frameworks to help cities to map the current status and performance of their city region food system. With this urban agriculture magazine we explore how such assessment frameworks have concretely supported planning and policy, and have...
Australia, Canada, Ecuador, Netherlands (Kingdom of the), United States of America (Global coverage)
2018 - Coll.