Publications
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Building sustainable and resilient city region food systems
05/2023
The CRFS Assessment and Planning Handbook provides comprehensive guidance to local food system stakeholders on building resilience to multiple shocks and stresses. It specifically targets technical staff in local and national institutions and practitioners involved in the implementation of the city region food system approach.
Milan Urban Food Policy Pact Monitoring Framework
07/2021
The purpose of this handbook is to provide practical guidance for any city wishing to adopt and implement a monitoring framework of its urban food policy, tailored to its own context and reflecting recommendations from the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact (MUFPP).
Urban and peri-urban agriculture – Case studies
06/2022
The sourcebook comes with an annex publication with 6 in-depth case studies in six cities around the world: Quito (Ecuador), Leuven (Belgium), Dakar (Senegal), Arusha (Tanzania), Surakarta (Indonesia) and Tegucigalpa (Honduras). The case studies cover UPA policies, challenges, and practices under themes like land, water, labor, finance, agronomy, value chain, and governance. A comparative analysis provides generalizable lessons and recommendations for planners and policymakers.
Building a resilient and sustainable future
11/2022
This leaflet is a simple overview of the Green Cities Initiative that focuses on improving the urban environment, strengthening urban-rural linkages and the resilience of urban systems, services and populations to external shocks.
International Year of Millets 2023: communication handbook and toolkit
12/2022
The IYM communication handbook and toolkit provides background about the IYM objectives, slogan, theme, facts, key messages, calls for action and visual identity, in addition to calling for the submission of human interest stories, providing a communications toolkit and highlighting ways to get engaged in IYM celebrations.