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RUAF, GAIN and Milan Urban Food Policy Pact launch ‘Food Action Cities’
Geneva/Milan/The Hague, 1 July 2021 — The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact (MUFPP), and RUAF are launching Food Action Cities. Food Action Cities is a knowledge platform where cities can share experiences, resources, and inspiration, and connect with each other’s journeys towards sustainable, resilient food systems that advance…
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#AfricanCITYFOODmonth 2021: Join us!
RUAF is proud to be a partner in the second #AfricanCITYFOODMonth, and will be actively participating in events and discussions throughout the month of July. RUAF and ICLEI started the global CITYFOOD network in 2013 in response to the request by cities for support in the improvement of the resilience of urban food systems. Following…
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Event: Building a Climate Resilient City Region Food System Through Innovative Strategies and Action Planning in Tamale
Date: June 30, 2021 Time: 10:00 – 13:00 GMT | 12:00 – 15:00 CEST Location: Virtual event. Register: Register here. Background information Tamale is the capital city of Northern Region of Ghana, and the most urbanised urban centre in the entire northern Ghana. The character of the food systems in Tamale mirrors those of…
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Event: Empowering Cities And Local Governments To Improve Food Systems Globally
Date: Monday June 28, 2021 Time: 14.30 to 17.30 (CEST) Location: Virtual event. Register: it will be streamed online on the Urban Food Agenda Homepage and on the FAO Webcast page. A Registration Link (optional) is open if you want to access the Zoom Room. (CLOSED) The recording is available here. Convened by FAO,…
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City Region Food Systems at the MUFPP Africa Forum 2021
On 17th February 2021 RUAF will host an online panel session on City Region Food Systems at the 4th annual Milan Urban Food Policy Pact (MUFPP) Africa Forum, together with FAO and CGIAR’s Water Land and Ecosystems programme. This year’s MUFPP Africa Forum will be held between 15 and 19 February 2021 in Ouagadougou, Burkina…
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Role of City Region Food Systems in pandemic and climate shock recovery highlighted at GFFA
City region food systems help assure access to food when supply chains are impacted by climate shocks and stresses and pandemic infection control measures, and play a vital role in building back better, according to an expert panel at the 13th Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) held on 18-22 January 2021. GFFA is…
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Upcoming IWMI CAPVAL Project trainings
Supporting public and private sectors driven commercialization of reuse and recycling of liquid and solid wastes in selected cities in Ghana. RUAF Partner, the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) – under the Creating and capturing value: Supporting enterprises for urban liquid and solid wastes recycling for food, energy and clean environment (CapVal) project – and…
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World Food Day 2020: We need to build a resilient post-Covid food system. Together.
Authors: Jess Halliday and Barbara Emanuel The theme of World Food Day 2020 – Grow, Nourish, Sustain. Together – was probably settled well before Covid-19 arrived on Planet Earth, killing more than a million people, devastating economies, and laying bare the fragilities and inequalities of the food system. But the importance of working together is…
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COVID-19: a growing opportunity for community gardening in London
Authors: Victoria Schoen (University of Kent) and Chris Blythe (Social Farms & Gardens) As the UK went into COVID-19 lockdown in March 2020, many community gardens in London stepped up as emergency food providers, despite unclear government advice on whether they could continue operating. Highlighting the flexible, community-centred approach of such gardens, as well as…
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Handpicked podcast: Episode 6
The Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems just released the last episode of the first season in their podcast, Handpicked: Stories from the Field. Episode 6: “We are all the shepherds of the data”: food, technology and data sovereignty Technology is changing all aspects of the food system, including how smaller-scale farmers and food producers…