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

Congratulations on this great V0 draft! I am very much looking forward to following this team through the process and to the final report. Just two comments:

3/Are there any other issues concerning urban and peri-urban food systems that have not been sufficiently covered in the draft report?

- I was surprised to see "Agroecology" only mentioned a few times in the draft. I would encourage more engagement with the literature on urban agroecology if possible.

- I would also like to see more engagement with the literature on urban food movements. For a conceptual framing that might be useful, consider the concept of "urban agrarianism" https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03066150.2020.1803842

All the best,

Evan Bowness, PhD

Assistant Professor of Community Food Systems, Trent School of the Environment