Food security and nutrition in an urbanizing world: A synthesis of the 2017 Global Food Policy Report

The paper is a synthesis of the 2017 Global Food Policy Report, and the purpose of this paper is to put into perspective the major food policy issues, developments, and decisions of 2016 and highlights challenges and opportunities for 2017.The paper presents an overview of recent changes in the glob...

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Autores principales: Fan, Shenggen, Cho, Emily EunYoung, Rue, Christopher
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Emerald Publishing Limited 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147662
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author Fan, Shenggen
Cho, Emily EunYoung
Rue, Christopher
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Rue, Christopher
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description The paper is a synthesis of the 2017 Global Food Policy Report, and the purpose of this paper is to put into perspective the major food policy issues, developments, and decisions of 2016 and highlights challenges and opportunities for 2017.The paper presents an overview of recent changes in the global context for food security and nutrition, and synthesizes research findings on major issues that arise in an urbanizing world. Based on its findings, the authors present policy recommendations and areas for future research for food security and nutrition.Urbanization is linked with dietary changes to more energy-dense diets, and, the triple burden of malnutrition is increasing, particularly in rapidly urbanizing developing countries. Rural-urban linkages are key to improving food security and nutrition in both rural and urban areas, and traditional agricultural value chains linking farms to cities are undergoing a “quiet revolution.” Governance to enhance food security in the context of rapid urbanization faces various challenges in the institutional, administrative, and political realms, especially for the informal economy in developing countries. To address the unique challenges of urbanization, policies will need to create enabling environments, promote efficient and inclusive value chains, improve governance, and promote tailored programs. Research gaps that need to be filled include better, updated, and disaggregated data on food security and nutrition, as well as an enhanced understanding of enabling environments.The paper highlights the increasingly relevant issue of rapid urbanization, especially in developing countries, for food security and nutrition, and synthesizes recent research in this area.
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spelling CGSpace1476622025-12-08T10:29:22Z Food security and nutrition in an urbanizing world: A synthesis of the 2017 Global Food Policy Report Fan, Shenggen Cho, Emily EunYoung Rue, Christopher rural communities food policies urban areas urbanization malnutrition nutrition developing countries farms food security rural areas The paper is a synthesis of the 2017 Global Food Policy Report, and the purpose of this paper is to put into perspective the major food policy issues, developments, and decisions of 2016 and highlights challenges and opportunities for 2017.The paper presents an overview of recent changes in the global context for food security and nutrition, and synthesizes research findings on major issues that arise in an urbanizing world. Based on its findings, the authors present policy recommendations and areas for future research for food security and nutrition.Urbanization is linked with dietary changes to more energy-dense diets, and, the triple burden of malnutrition is increasing, particularly in rapidly urbanizing developing countries. Rural-urban linkages are key to improving food security and nutrition in both rural and urban areas, and traditional agricultural value chains linking farms to cities are undergoing a “quiet revolution.” Governance to enhance food security in the context of rapid urbanization faces various challenges in the institutional, administrative, and political realms, especially for the informal economy in developing countries. To address the unique challenges of urbanization, policies will need to create enabling environments, promote efficient and inclusive value chains, improve governance, and promote tailored programs. Research gaps that need to be filled include better, updated, and disaggregated data on food security and nutrition, as well as an enhanced understanding of enabling environments.The paper highlights the increasingly relevant issue of rapid urbanization, especially in developing countries, for food security and nutrition, and synthesizes recent research in this area. 2017 2024-06-21T09:23:09Z 2024-06-21T09:23:09Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147662 en Emerald Publishing Limited Fan, Shenggen; Cho, Emily EunYoung; and Rue, Christopher. 2017. Food security and nutrition in an urbanizing world: A synthesis of the 2017 Global Food Policy Report. China Agricultural Economic Review 9(2). https://doi.org/10.1108/CAER-02-2017-0034
spellingShingle rural communities
food policies
urban areas
urbanization
malnutrition
nutrition
developing countries
farms
food security
rural areas
Fan, Shenggen
Cho, Emily EunYoung
Rue, Christopher
Food security and nutrition in an urbanizing world: A synthesis of the 2017 Global Food Policy Report
title Food security and nutrition in an urbanizing world: A synthesis of the 2017 Global Food Policy Report
title_full Food security and nutrition in an urbanizing world: A synthesis of the 2017 Global Food Policy Report
title_fullStr Food security and nutrition in an urbanizing world: A synthesis of the 2017 Global Food Policy Report
title_full_unstemmed Food security and nutrition in an urbanizing world: A synthesis of the 2017 Global Food Policy Report
title_short Food security and nutrition in an urbanizing world: A synthesis of the 2017 Global Food Policy Report
title_sort food security and nutrition in an urbanizing world a synthesis of the 2017 global food policy report
topic rural communities
food policies
urban areas
urbanization
malnutrition
nutrition
developing countries
farms
food security
rural areas
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147662
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