Governance: Informal food markets in Africa’s cities
Urbanization is moving fastest in Africa south of the Sahara, with major implications for food security and other governance challenges. Large urban poor populations rely heavily on the informal economy for accessible, affordable food. Most eggs, meat, fish, and milk sold to the urban poor are from...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2017
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| author | Resnick, Danielle |
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| description | Urbanization is moving fastest in Africa south of the Sahara, with major implications for food security and other governance challenges. Large urban poor populations rely heavily on the informal economy for accessible, affordable food. Most eggs, meat, fish, and milk sold to the urban poor are from informal markets. Food security policies in urban Africa face institutional, administrative, and political challenges: Lack of local mandate for food security under decentralization policies. Lack of cross-sectoral, cross-ministerial policy integration. Political contest over cities that occasionally leads to violence. Government interventions have focused on control, regulation, and often violent eradication of the urban informal food economy. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1477162025-11-06T06:04:50Z Governance: Informal food markets in Africa’s cities Resnick, Danielle value chains urban population politics informal sector urban areas urbanization developing countries food security poverty governance cooperation Urbanization is moving fastest in Africa south of the Sahara, with major implications for food security and other governance challenges. Large urban poor populations rely heavily on the informal economy for accessible, affordable food. Most eggs, meat, fish, and milk sold to the urban poor are from informal markets. Food security policies in urban Africa face institutional, administrative, and political challenges: Lack of local mandate for food security under decentralization policies. Lack of cross-sectoral, cross-ministerial policy integration. Political contest over cities that occasionally leads to violence. Government interventions have focused on control, regulation, and often violent eradication of the urban informal food economy. 2017 2024-06-21T09:23:13Z 2024-06-21T09:23:13Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147716 en https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896292529 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Resnick, Danielle. 2017. Governance: Informal food markets in Africa’s cities. In 2017 Global Food Policy Report. Chapter 6. Pp 50-57. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896292529_06. |
| spellingShingle | value chains urban population politics informal sector urban areas urbanization developing countries food security poverty governance cooperation Resnick, Danielle Governance: Informal food markets in Africa’s cities |
| title | Governance: Informal food markets in Africa’s cities |
| title_full | Governance: Informal food markets in Africa’s cities |
| title_fullStr | Governance: Informal food markets in Africa’s cities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Governance: Informal food markets in Africa’s cities |
| title_short | Governance: Informal food markets in Africa’s cities |
| title_sort | governance informal food markets in africa s cities |
| topic | value chains urban population politics informal sector urban areas urbanization developing countries food security poverty governance cooperation |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147716 |
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