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ONLY IN FRENCH Against a backdrop of annual urban growth of over 4%, and with the aim of drawing up a territorial food plan, the elected representatives and stakeholders of the Ziguinchor municipality have joined forces with Grdr and CIRAD to carry out a diagnosis of the city's food system. The...

Installing urine collection systems in sub-Saharan city regions would make those conurbations more sustainable. Indeed, collecting urine incities could provide valuable fertilizer suitable for local agricultural use, and thus serve to make city region food systems more sustainable. This was demonstrated by a study by four researchers from CIRAD, IRD, Boubakar Bâ...

This announcement from New York City's Mayor on 18 April 2023 may interest those of you who work with cities and subnational governments to recognize the importance of local government's role in reducing the emissions footprint of food systems

Nature-based solutions can help cities become more resilient, healthy and equitable. But for urban nature to reach its full potential, investments need to be substantially scaled up. In 2020, NbS received just 0.3% of overall spending on urban infrastructure, and investments are unequally distributed across and within cities. With this...

IN FRENCH ONLY The podcast presents the development of urban gardens practices in Africa in early 2023. In the face of inflation and the post-COVID situation, city dwellers and municipalities are increasingly mobilising to develop urban and peri-urban agriculture. The challenges are numerous and require comprehensive urban planning (such as access to...