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Planning for Food Security in the New Urban Agenda

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This chapter seeks to unpack the role of NUA in reversing the alarming trend in urban food and nutrition insecurity and how cities can respond to food insecurity. Desktop research was used for this study through document and literature review. A detailed and comprehensive search for applicable and related studies on urban food security and the New Urban Agenda (NUA) were used. Online publications including books, peer-reviewed journal articles, and policy briefs were reviewed. The New Urban Agenda recognizes that the eradication of hunger and poverty is a global challenge and is an indispensable requirement for sustainable development. According to the Food Agricultural Organization (FAO), the agenda aims to help countries eradicate hunger – which still affects nearly 800 million people worldwide and malnutrition through an integrated and multi-sectorial approach targeting both urban and rural areas. The interrelationship between urbanization and urban poverty and the relationship between governance, poverty, and the spatial characteristics of cities and towns through a focus on urban food systems and the dynamics of urban food poverty are crucial in understanding relevance of policies in addressing food insecurity.

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  1. Department of Demography Settlement and Development, University of Zimbawbe, Harare, Zimbabwe

    Marcylene Chivenge

  2. University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

    Tafadzwa Mutambisi

  3. Department of Rural and Urban Development, Great Zimbabwe University, Masvingo, Zimbabwe

    Chipo Mutonhodza

  4. Faculty of Law, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

    Innocent Maja

  5. Women’s University in Africa, Harare, Zimbabwe

    Roselin Ncube

  6. Municipal Development Partnership for Eastern and Southern Africa, Harare, Zimbabwe

    Percy Toriro

  7. Department of Demography Settlement and Development, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

    Innocent Chirisa

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Chivenge, M. et al. (2021). Planning for Food Security in the New Urban Agenda. In: The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Futures. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51812-7_43-1

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