Author: Bram
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Launch of City Region Food Systems Assessment and Planning Handbook
RUAF is pleased to announce the launch of the City Region Food Systems (CRFS) Assessment and Planning Handbook and accompanying online toolkit. These new resources will be instrumental in helping stakeholders in cities around the world to understand the sustainability and resilience of their food system – at a time when food systems face unprecedented…
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RUAF Partners unpack issues of power and inclusion in multistakeholder processes
By Chibuzor Charles Ubah and Jess Halliday Multistakeholder processes are a recognised good practice for developing food systems actions and interventions. While they bring many benefits, inherent power dynamics may influence decision-making and there is a risk of tokenism in lieu of meaningful inclusion of disempowered and marginalized stakeholders. Rikolto convened the RUAF Global…
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Urban and peri-urban agriculture for resilient, sustainable and inclusive food systems
Side event during the 4th Global Conference of the Sustainable Food Systems Programme On 25 April 2023, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), RUAF Global Partnership on Sustainable Urban Agriculture and Food Systems, Rikolto, and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) co-organized a side event during the 4th Global Conference of the Sustainable Food Systems Programme.…
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Hivos and RUAF launch Urban Futures: youth action for inclusive, climate-resilient urban food systems
RUAF and Hivos are pleased to announce the launch of Urban Futures, a new global program working at the intersection of urban food systems, youth wellbeing, and climate action. Urban Futures will operate in intermediary cities in Colombia, Ecuador, Indonesia, Zambia and Zimbabwe, supporting local partners and especially young people to drive more inclusive, climate-resilient…
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Event: Multiplicities (Menu) of entry points into urban food governance through the lenses of “Food Sensitive Urban Planning” and the “City Region Food System”
Date: July 29, 2021 Time: 14:00-16:00 CAT Location: Virtual event. Register: Register here. With the high rates of urban population growth and increasing levels of food insecurity in African cities, it is becoming critical that food systems governance is recognised and better understood as a powerful process for addressing urban poverty and service delivery,…