region: East Africa

  • City Region Food Systems at the MUFPP Africa Forum 2021

    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…

  • Food systems assessment summary

    A holistic food system approach involving all stakeholders is key to solving the urgent and interconnected challenges that our world is currently facing. A new retrospective study shows the degree to which the program’s Food Change Labs in Zambia and Uganda used systems thinking to successfully kick-start the transformation of local food systems in these…

  • Understanding Nairobi’s urban agriculture sector helps to enhance equality and climate resilience

    Understanding Nairobi’s urban agriculture sector helps to enhance equality and climate resilience

    Author: Carolyn Fry This article originally appeared on: https://wle.cgiar.org/understanding-nairobi%E2%80%99s-urban-agriculture-sector-helps-enhance-equality-and-climate-resilience  Food makes up almost half of trading in the vibrant informal sector of Kenya’s capital city. Every day, farmers, processors and traders sell goods that are either locally generated or brought in from up-country. An estimated 250,000 households generate food within the city boundary. Together, these…

  • Join us for #AfricanCITYFOODmonth

    Join us for #AfricanCITYFOODmonth

    The month of July is #AfricanCITYFOODmonth and RUAF, together with ICLEI Africa, FAO, MUFPP, WWF and partners invite you to explore how we make resilient and nutritious food systems in African cities. The inaugural #AfricanCITYFOODmonth campaign will highlight diverse, innovative and evolving African urban food systems, providing a platform for local governments and food system…

  • Urban agriculture thrives in Nairobi during COVID-19 crisis

    Urban agriculture thrives in Nairobi during COVID-19 crisis

    Author: Sam Ikua, Mazingira Institute The COVID-19 crisis has disrupted urban rural linkages, posing unprecedented challenges to cities and their systems. City lockdowns have affected the flow of people and goods into and out of cities. This disruption has created food shortages, putting a majority of the urban population at risk of being food insecure.…

  • Webinar: Water, Migration and Rural Development

    Webinar: Water, Migration and Rural Development

    This article originally appeared on: https://wle.cgiar.org/solutions/e-learning-water-migration-and-rural-development  “The way we talk about migration has major sociopolitical impacts,” said IWMI researcher Liza Debevec in her opening remarks at the webinar, “Water, migration and rural-development: What do we know?” But migration from rural areas – an important and pressing topic – is not a new adaption strategy, she added.…

  • 1,000 entrepreneurs invited to the 2020 Sustainable City Summit

    1,000 entrepreneurs invited to the 2020 Sustainable City Summit

    The 28th edition of the Africa-France Summit on Sustainable Cities will take place 4-6 June 2020. On this occasion, France is offering 1000 young African entrepreneurs the opportunity to take part free of charge in the “City of Solutions” that will be held on the sidelines of this event. The young participants will have to…

  • Spotlight: Urban farmers’ networks in East Africa

    Spotlight: Urban farmers’ networks in East Africa

    The urban food policy community is alert to the benefits of higher-level Food Policy Councils and city food departments, but there is less attention on organisations dealing with urban food at community level. This means there is untapped potential for sharing experiences and learning between urban farmers’ networks in different city and country contexts. Any…

  • Urban agriculture in Nairobi

    Urban agriculture in Nairobi

    This video portrays Francis Wachira, one of Kenya’s most successful urban farmers in Nairobi. Francis a pioneer, leader, a mentor and role model embodies the spirit and promise of a new dawn of urbanisation, one that recognises the vital role of urban farmers.

  • Taking Stock: Zambia Food Change Lab

    Hivos and IIED documented the Zambia Food Change Lab’s journey detailing the Lab’s results, lessons learned from the Lab experience and the way forward.