Comprehensive Food System Planning for Urban Food Security in Nanjing, China

Taiyang Zhong, Zhenzhong Si, Steffanie Scott, Jonathan Crush, Kui Yang and Xianjin Huang
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Taiyang Zhong: School of Geography and Ocean Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
Zhenzhong Si: Balsillie School of International Affairs, Waterloo, ON N2L 6C2, Canada
Steffanie Scott: Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
Jonathan Crush: Balsillie School of International Affairs, Waterloo, ON N2L 6C2, Canada
Kui Yang: School of Geography and Ocean Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
Xianjin Huang: School of Geography and Ocean Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China

Land, 2021, vol. 10, issue 10, 1-17

Abstract: Food system planning is important to achieve the goal of “zero hunger” in the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (UN, 2016). However, discussion about comprehensive planning for food security is scarce and little is known about the situation in Chinese cities. To narrow this gap, this study collected and analyzed four medium-term plans and two annual plans for the “vegetable basket project” in Nanjing, China. This study examines the strategies for urban food security in Nanjing to shed light on how the city developed a comprehensive approach to food system planning over the past three decades. The evolution of incremental food system planning in Nanjing provides valuable lessons for other cities facing food security challenges and shortages of financial resources. Reducing food insecurity is an ongoing challenge for the city governments in the Global South and comprehensive planning is a useful tool for addressing the challenge of urban food insecurity.

Keywords: zero hunger; food system; food planning; food security; Nanjing; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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