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ONLY IN FRENCH Based on the reflections and analyses of ATD Quart Monde activists, this study proposes to deepen the social role of food, its function of social inclusion, and then to develop the effects of precarious life on these dynamics (Title 1). The understanding of these situations allows us to...

In our urbanizing society, urban horticulture is gaining relevance due to its potential to increase resource efficiency, contribute to city food security and enhance associated ecosystem and social services. In cities, however, spaces available for cultivation are limited, thus leading to the need to explore innovative growing solutions, for instance,...

How innovations in market institutions encourage sustainable agriculture in developing countries? Between 2013 and 2015, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) undertook a survey of innovative approaches that enable markets to act as incentives in the transition...

ONLY IN FRENCH Our food systems are already facing the challenge of providing sufficient, safe, affordable and nutritious food to a growing world population. Climate change coupled with an increasing share of the population living in cities will exacerbate this challenge. For this reason, and following the Paris Agreement which sets...

Productive Regions for Inclusive Societies The OECD Regional Outlook 2016 examines the widening productivity gap across regions within countries, and the implications of these trends for the well-being of people living in different places.