Focus-area: City region food systems
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Call for papers: Levering Sustainable Food Systems to Address Climate Change—Possible Transformations
Sustainability – Special Issue: “Levering Sustainable Food Systems to Address Climate Change—Possible Transformations”. Guest editors: Dr. Alison Blay-Palmer; Dr. Patricia Ballamingie; Dr. Irena Knezevic; Dr. Erin Nelson; and, Dr. Andrew Spring The clock is ticking. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2018), we have until 2030 to enact unprecedented changes to avoid the…
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Comparando la produccion y transporte de vegetales hacia la ciudad de Rosario, Argentina
This publication (in Spanish), looks at fuel consumption and CO2 emissions, comparing the production and transport of vegetables to the city of Rosario, Argentina with local production.
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Podcast series on sustainable food
The Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems, one of the RUAF partners, launched a podcast series. The podcast shares positive changes in the ways we produce, gather, eat, dispose of and understand our food. Handpicked: Stories from the Field presents the real-life stories of farmers, academics, community partners, policy makers and activists as they work…
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Event: We feed the city
6 December 2019, Belgium In 8 interactive workshops, you discover how Rikolto and its partners work towards a sustainable food transition, in cities around the globe. We travel from Leuven to Hanoi. From Quito to Arusha. From Solo to Tegucigalpa. Don’t expect a presentation of what Rikolto is doing! We especially want to stimulate discussions…
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City Region Food System Toolkit (2015-2017)
This City Region Food System (CRFS) toolkit provides guidance on how to assess and build sustainable city region food systems. It includes support material on how to: define and map your city region; collect data on your city region food system; gather and analyse information on different CRFS components and sustainability dimensions through both rapid…
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Atlas of West African urban food systems
This atlas summarises recent research to address different components of West African urban food systems, including urban and peri-urban agriculture.
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Food Planning in Garden Cities: The Letchworth Legacy
This publication shows that Garden City principles related to land and community involvement and management, the involvement of private sectors, as well as the linking to other values in cities, and various tools and partnerships, are highly relevant today and may stimulate further thinking and development of sustainable city region food systems.
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Validating the City Region Food System Approach
This article offers a critical assessment of the evolving City Region Food Systems (CRFS) approach.
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Urban Agriculture Magazine no. 34 – Measuring Impact
With this magazine we explore how assessment frameworks have supported cities in the planning and monitoring of their food strategies and policies.
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Policy brief: The role of private sector in city region food systems
The policy brief highlights six policy pointers on the role of the private sector in building more sustainable and resilient city region food systems.