Urban Food Actions Platform

Food systems should ensure that enough nutritious food is available for everyone, whether they live in urban or rural areas, and they are poor households. The challenge is to do so while minimizing any harmful impact on the environment. 

This thematic area focuses on efficient and resilient food supply and distribution systems. For instance strengthening the rural-urban food supply chain in order to face and adapt to disruptive events; developing sustainable food transportation and logistics planning in order to reduce carbon emissions by improving alternative fuels or means of transport and thus improve connections with peri-urban and rural nearby areas; strengthening or developing energy efficient municipal public markets including farmers markets, retail and wholesale markets; creating an enabling environment for the informal food system sector and their stakeholders.

Related Resources

Social and economic equity, Food production and ecosystem management, Food supply and distribution - Reports & Case Studies
Video diaries from Nairobi: Navigating food insecurity in times of the COVID-19 pandemic
Video diaries of COVID-19 impacts on Nairobi Food System, as prepared by Mazingira Institute, a RUAF Partner based in Nairobi, in partnership with TMG Research. They are video recordings of actors in the food supply chain: producers, distributors, and consumers, as they share their challenges and stories of resilience in...
Kenya (Africa)
2020 - Coll.
Governance and planning, Social and economic equity, Food production and ecosystem management, Food supply and distribution, Food loss and waste - Directories
COVID 19 & Food Resources
The collection and sharing of concrete information is necessary and important. Canada has established a network of food communities to share concrete information on municipal, community and regional responses to COVID-19 (with ongoing sharing on strengthening the food system in cities, communities and regions currently funded for at least three...
Canada (North America)
2020 - Coll.
Governance and planning, Social and economic equity, Food production and ecosystem management, Food supply and distribution - Directories
COVID-19 Resources and shared practices for Food Policy Councils (FPCs)
Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future’s Food Policy Networks project has compiled a list of resources, models/examples, funding, and other shared practices in COVID-19 response useful for food policy councils and other groups working at the local and state level. The resources focus on: 1_FPCs’ roles of convening, collaborating...
United States of America (North America)
2020 - Coll.
Food supply and distribution - Reports & Case Studies
Case Study: Unity College Purchasing Local Meat through Distributors
Unity College shifted a large portion of their meat purchases to local meat products in order to support local Maine farms and the college’s commitment to sustainability, as well as to promote increased transparency around food safety and origin. When compared to conventional meat products offered by some distributors, it...
United States of America (North America)
2020 - Riley Neugebauer
Governance and planning, Food production and ecosystem management, Food supply and distribution - Articles
City Region Food Systems to cope with COVID-19 and other pandemic emergencies
The disruption to food systems from COVID-19 highlights the need to reconnect local production and consumption. City regions food system is part of a multi-level response. Key insights from various city regions all over the world (Antananarivo/Madagascar - Nairobi/Kenya - Kitwe/Zambia - Toronto/Canada - Quito/Ecuador - Melbourne/Australia).
(Global coverage)
2020 - Coll.
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