Cooking up a storm: Community-led mapping and advocacy with food vendors in Nairobi's informal settlements
Food security is rarely prioritised in African cities, and food vendors are similarly ignored or stigmatised, despite providing a range of affordable, accessible meals. Furthermore, past research and urban policies usually overlook food hawkers selling inside informal settlements. Based on participa...
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2015
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| author | Ahmed, S. Simiyu, E. Githiri, G. Sverdlik, A. Mbaka, S. |
| author_browse | Ahmed, S. Githiri, G. Mbaka, S. Simiyu, E. Sverdlik, A. |
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| description | Food security is rarely prioritised in African cities, and food vendors are similarly ignored or stigmatised, despite providing a range of affordable, accessible meals. Furthermore, past research and urban policies usually overlook food hawkers selling inside informal settlements. Based on participatory research in Nairobi, this paper aims to address the invisibility of vendors in informal settlements and to inform more appropriate, inclusive urban food security strategies. Balloon-mapping and other novel mapping techniques were combined with focus group discussions to explore vendors’ practices, challenges, and opportunities for promoting food safety. Our detailed maps, vivid narratives, and community-led strategies may cook up a storm that can create safer foods and more secure livelihoods, with benefits extending across African informal settlements. |
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| spelling | CGSpace672452025-05-20T08:27:25Z Cooking up a storm: Community-led mapping and advocacy with food vendors in Nairobi's informal settlements Ahmed, S. Simiyu, E. Githiri, G. Sverdlik, A. Mbaka, S. health Food security is rarely prioritised in African cities, and food vendors are similarly ignored or stigmatised, despite providing a range of affordable, accessible meals. Furthermore, past research and urban policies usually overlook food hawkers selling inside informal settlements. Based on participatory research in Nairobi, this paper aims to address the invisibility of vendors in informal settlements and to inform more appropriate, inclusive urban food security strategies. Balloon-mapping and other novel mapping techniques were combined with focus group discussions to explore vendors’ practices, challenges, and opportunities for promoting food safety. Our detailed maps, vivid narratives, and community-led strategies may cook up a storm that can create safer foods and more secure livelihoods, with benefits extending across African informal settlements. 2015-06 2015-07-09T05:42:26Z 2015-07-09T05:42:26Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/67245 en Open Access International Institute for Environment and Development Ahmed, S., Simiyu, E., Githiri, G., Sverdlik, A. and Mbaka, S. 2015. Cooking up a storm: Community-led mapping and advocacy with food vendors in Nairobi's informal settlements. London: IIED. |
| spellingShingle | health Ahmed, S. Simiyu, E. Githiri, G. Sverdlik, A. Mbaka, S. Cooking up a storm: Community-led mapping and advocacy with food vendors in Nairobi's informal settlements |
| title | Cooking up a storm: Community-led mapping and advocacy with food vendors in Nairobi's informal settlements |
| title_full | Cooking up a storm: Community-led mapping and advocacy with food vendors in Nairobi's informal settlements |
| title_fullStr | Cooking up a storm: Community-led mapping and advocacy with food vendors in Nairobi's informal settlements |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cooking up a storm: Community-led mapping and advocacy with food vendors in Nairobi's informal settlements |
| title_short | Cooking up a storm: Community-led mapping and advocacy with food vendors in Nairobi's informal settlements |
| title_sort | cooking up a storm community led mapping and advocacy with food vendors in nairobi s informal settlements |
| topic | health |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/67245 |
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