Assessing and Planning Sustainable City Region Food Systems: Insights from Two Latin American Cities

Marielle Dubbeling, Guido Santini, Henk Renting, Makiko Taguchi, Louison Lançon, Juan Zuluaga, Luca De Paoli, Alexandra Rodriguez and Verónica Andino
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Marielle Dubbeling: RUAF Foundation; Leusden 3830 AK, The Netherlands
Guido Santini: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Food for the Cities programme, Rome 00153, Italy
Henk Renting: RUAF Foundation; Leusden 3830 AK, The Netherlands
Makiko Taguchi: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Food for the Cities programme, Rome 00153, Italy
Louison Lançon: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Food for the Cities programme, Rome 00153, Italy
Juan Zuluaga: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Office Medellín, Medellín, Colombia
Luca De Paoli: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Office Medellín, Medellín, Colombia
Alexandra Rodriguez: Metropolitan Agency for Economic Development CONQUITO, Quito, Ecuador
Verónica Andino: Consultant for RUAF Foundation, Quito, Ecuador

Sustainability, 2017, vol. 9, issue 8, 1-15

Abstract: In the context of growing urbanisation, urban poverty, and climate change impacts, the importance of urban food security and urban food systems is increasingly recognised by both local and national governments, as well as international actors. There is also a growing understanding that urban development and food systems cannot be decoupled from rural development given the multiple impacts that urban areas have on their surroundings. In recent years the concept of City Region Food Systems (CRFS) has emerged as a promising approach to support local governments, policy makers, and multi-stakeholder bodies in making informed decisions to improve urban and regional food system sustainability and resilience, while taking into account a more integrated approach to territorial development across urban and rural areas. This paper is based on an ongoing FAO and RUAF programme of assessing and planning City Region Food Systems, currently implemented in eight city regions in Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, Senegal, Sri Lanka, The Netherlands, and Zambia. The paper analyses the content, definition and delimitations of the concept of City Region Food Systems by presenting two case studies from Latin America (Quito and Medellín), and discusses first advances in policy uptake and territorial food planning.

Keywords: city region food systems; food planning; governance; urban food provisioning; urban-rural linkages; resilience; food system assessment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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