Focus-area: Food policies & governance
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Gent en Garde wins UN Global Climate Action Award
Ghent en Garde: Creating Structural Change through Local Food Policy City of Ghent, a strategic partner of RUAF, was one of the first European cities to launch its own urban food policy (in 2013). Ghent’s urban food policy demonstrates the potential to transform the food systems at the local urban level. Ghent en Garde has…
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A menu of actions to shape urban food environments for improved nutrition
The menu of actions contains over 70 examples of policies and programmes that city governments have implemented to improve food security and nutrition by making healthy and nutritious food more accessible, desirable, and affordable.
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Ghent’s food policy: setting a leading example through a participative approach
Katrien Verbeke, Food Policy Coordinator, City of Ghent (Belgium) zur Tagung “Nachhaltige Ernährung” @Schweizerischen Städteverbandes
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Distance learning courses on urban agriculture and urban food security
The RUAF Foundation in cooperation with Ryerson University (Canada) developed 4 distance learning courses (each containing 14 learning modules) on urban agriculture and urban food security. Understanding Urban Agriculture. Includes modules on the definition of the urban agriculture; its history and actual trends; the stakeholders in urban agriculture; its benefits and risks; its constraints and…
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Interview with Barbara Emanuel, manager of the Toronto Food Strategy
Interview with RUAF partner Barbara Emanuel manager of the Toronto Food Strategy at the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact Meeting in Montpellier, October 2019.
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Urban Agriculture Magazine no. 36 – Food Policy Councils
In this Urban Agriculture Magazine, we explore food policy councils, their approach to inclusiveness, their impacts, and challenges faced.
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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 of Tamale signs the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact
With the support of RUAF and IWMI, the city of Tamale signed the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact, an international pact signed by over 200 cities from all over the world representing more than 450 million inhabitants. Tamale is the capital city of the Northern Region of Ghana, West Africa. Aim of the Milan Urban…