The rapid growth of African cities is increasing food
insecurity for urban households, especially for the poor ones. The challenge
confronting cities consists in ensuring an adequate supply of food to
satisfy their nutritional needs in terms of quantity, variety and taste,
at accessible/affordable prices. Food supply and distribution systems
(FSDs), whether formal or informal, are a key element in this challenge.
They are a link between the production areas (mostly rural and peri-urban)
and the consumption areas (urban). An FSD can, in effect, increase the
availability of food to the urban consumer, and at the same time increase
the revenues of both traders and producers. However, a number of different
constraints impede the necessary efficiency and dynamism of FSDs to ensure
the food security of urban households. These constraints affect both the
urban and non-urban areas and are discussed in the various papers in this
Bulletin. The papers are a selection of those originally published in
the French version of AGS Bulletins 132-133 Aliments dans les villes and
cover the major issues affecting urban food supply and distribution systems
and their role in increasing urban food security. They are addressed towards
urban managers and planners together with professionals and researchers
concerned with urban food security. |
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