This document discusses Birmingham's involvement with the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact, an international partnership of 206 cities working to create healthy urban food systems. It outlines the six pillars of the pact's framework for action: governance, sustainable diets and nutrition, social and economic equity, food production, food supply and distribution, and food waste. For each pillar, the document lists commitments, example policies and programs, and indicators to monitor progress. It provides an overview of Birmingham's work under the pact so far, such as interdepartmental collaboration on food issues and developing a monitoring framework of 44 indicators.
In 2008, the world’s urban population outnumbered its rural population for the first time in history. By 2030, 60 percent of the world’s population is expected to live in cities. This urbanization process goes together closely with growing urban poverty and food insecurity. Currently, approximately one-third of the world’s population is living in slums and informal settlements. If prevailing trends continue, this figure could reach 2 billion by 2030.
As cities expand, so do the food needs of urban families. While impacts of the food and financial crisis affect both rural and urban populations, the urban poor have been among the hardest hit. Urban consumers are almost exclusively dependent on food purchases and variations in food prices and income directly translate into diminished purchasing power and rising rates of food insecurity, thus compromising dietary quantity and quality. Changes in lifestyles have further contributed to increased urban malnutrition and diet-related chronic diseases.
Impacts on the urban poor FAO estimates that, mainly as a result of high food prices, the number of chronically hungry people in the world rose by at least 100 million in the past years to currently reach over 1 billion people, with the urban poor, women and children being particularly vulnerable. Moreover, the financial and economic crisis is expected to continue affecting the urban poor in the near future, following projected declines in export growth and capital inflows.
Changes in climate, coupled to humanitarian crisis, add to challenges faced by cities and the urban poor. Agricultural production and urban food supply are increasingly affected by droughts and floods. More and more refugees and internally displaced persons are seeking refuge in urban neighbourhoods as opposed to camps, and demands for urban food are increasing.
In 2008, the world’s urban population outnumbered its rural
population for the first time in history. By 2030, 60 percent of the
world’s population is expected to live in cities. This urbanization process
goes together closely with growing urban poverty and food insecurity.
Currently, approximately one-third of the world’s population is living in
slums and informal settlements. If prevailing trends continue, this figure
could reach 2 billion by 2030.
As cities expand, so do the food needs of urban families. While impacts of the food and
financial crisis affect both rural and urban populations, the urban poor have been among
the hardest hit. Urban consumers are almost exclusively dependent on food purchases
and variations in food prices and income directly translate into diminished purchasing
power and rising rates of food insecurity, thus compromising dietary quantity and quality.
Changes in lifestyles have further contributed to increased urban malnutrition and
diet-related chronic diseases.
Impacts
School feeding programs are a strategy to connect health, nutrition and agriculture in emerging economies. The document discusses the evolution of approaches to school feeding programs and current debates. It provides details on the large scale of existing school feeding programs around the world. The Brazilian case is then discussed, highlighting the Zero Hunger strategy, redistributive social policies like Bolsa Familia, and support for family farmers through policies like rural credit and the definition of "family farmer" under Brazilian law.
The document discusses sustainable food policies and practices in Pisa, Italy. It summarizes a food plan for Pisa that aims to support local, organic, and seasonal food procurement and education initiatives. It provides an example of a best practice in Bagno a Ripoli, where 25% of school meals are sourced locally from small farmers. It also outlines challenges around costs, production fluctuations, and competing priorities around nutrition. The plan's goals are outlined as building a sustainable urban food system to ensure food security, health, and local economic and environmental benefits.
The brief looks at the challenge of providing healthy diets in urban environments, presenting eight policy recommendations which integrate actions from food, agriculture and nutrition into urban planning, education, health, sanitation, water and infrastructure development.
HOW TO BUILD URBAN FOOD SYSTEMS FOR BETTER DIETS, NUTRITION, AND HEALTH: a po...Francois Stepman
This document discusses urban food policy and provides examples of policy actions taken by cities to address issues like food insecurity, obesity, and climate change. It outlines four policy areas that cities can take action on: 1) urban agriculture, 2) food access initiatives, 3) education initiatives, and 4) comprehensive approaches. The document then analyzes case studies of innovative urban food policies in cities like Belo Horizonte, Amsterdam, Nairobi, and Detroit to understand what factors enable policy development and implementation. These enabling factors include leveraging city powers, cross-government engagement, stakeholder involvement, obtaining funds, political commitment, and monitoring progress. The document recommends future focus on food retail provision, engagement with the nutrition community, and
In 2008, the world’s urban population outnumbered its rural population for the first time in history. By 2030, 60 percent of the world’s population is expected to live in cities. This urbanization process goes together closely with growing urban poverty and food insecurity. Currently, approximately one-third of the world’s population is living in slums and informal settlements. If prevailing trends continue, this figure could reach 2 billion by 2030.
As cities expand, so do the food needs of urban families. While impacts of the food and financial crisis affect both rural and urban populations, the urban poor have been among the hardest hit. Urban consumers are almost exclusively dependent on food purchases and variations in food prices and income directly translate into diminished purchasing power and rising rates of food insecurity, thus compromising dietary quantity and quality. Changes in lifestyles have further contributed to increased urban malnutrition and diet-related chronic diseases.
Impacts on the urban poor FAO estimates that, mainly as a result of high food prices, the number of chronically hungry people in the world rose by at least 100 million in the past years to currently reach over 1 billion people, with the urban poor, women and children being particularly vulnerable. Moreover, the financial and economic crisis is expected to continue affecting the urban poor in the near future, following projected declines in export growth and capital inflows.
Changes in climate, coupled to humanitarian crisis, add to challenges faced by cities and the urban poor. Agricultural production and urban food supply are increasingly affected by droughts and floods. More and more refugees and internally displaced persons are seeking refuge in urban neighbourhoods as opposed to camps, and demands for urban food are increasing.
In 2008, the world’s urban population outnumbered its rural
population for the first time in history. By 2030, 60 percent of the
world’s population is expected to live in cities. This urbanization process
goes together closely with growing urban poverty and food insecurity.
Currently, approximately one-third of the world’s population is living in
slums and informal settlements. If prevailing trends continue, this figure
could reach 2 billion by 2030.
As cities expand, so do the food needs of urban families. While impacts of the food and
financial crisis affect both rural and urban populations, the urban poor have been among
the hardest hit. Urban consumers are almost exclusively dependent on food purchases
and variations in food prices and income directly translate into diminished purchasing
power and rising rates of food insecurity, thus compromising dietary quantity and quality.
Changes in lifestyles have further contributed to increased urban malnutrition and
diet-related chronic diseases.
Impacts
School feeding programs are a strategy to connect health, nutrition and agriculture in emerging economies. The document discusses the evolution of approaches to school feeding programs and current debates. It provides details on the large scale of existing school feeding programs around the world. The Brazilian case is then discussed, highlighting the Zero Hunger strategy, redistributive social policies like Bolsa Familia, and support for family farmers through policies like rural credit and the definition of "family farmer" under Brazilian law.
The document discusses sustainable food policies and practices in Pisa, Italy. It summarizes a food plan for Pisa that aims to support local, organic, and seasonal food procurement and education initiatives. It provides an example of a best practice in Bagno a Ripoli, where 25% of school meals are sourced locally from small farmers. It also outlines challenges around costs, production fluctuations, and competing priorities around nutrition. The plan's goals are outlined as building a sustainable urban food system to ensure food security, health, and local economic and environmental benefits.
The brief looks at the challenge of providing healthy diets in urban environments, presenting eight policy recommendations which integrate actions from food, agriculture and nutrition into urban planning, education, health, sanitation, water and infrastructure development.
HOW TO BUILD URBAN FOOD SYSTEMS FOR BETTER DIETS, NUTRITION, AND HEALTH: a po...Francois Stepman
This document discusses urban food policy and provides examples of policy actions taken by cities to address issues like food insecurity, obesity, and climate change. It outlines four policy areas that cities can take action on: 1) urban agriculture, 2) food access initiatives, 3) education initiatives, and 4) comprehensive approaches. The document then analyzes case studies of innovative urban food policies in cities like Belo Horizonte, Amsterdam, Nairobi, and Detroit to understand what factors enable policy development and implementation. These enabling factors include leveraging city powers, cross-government engagement, stakeholder involvement, obtaining funds, political commitment, and monitoring progress. The document recommends future focus on food retail provision, engagement with the nutrition community, and
"Integrating social protection in FSN policy to strengthen food systems for h...ExternalEvents
"www.fao.org/about/meetings/sustainable-food-systems-nutrition-symposium
The International Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved Nutrition was jointly held by FAO and WHO in December 2016 to explore policies and programme options for shaping the food systems in ways that deliver foods for a healthy diet, focusing on concrete country experiences and challenges. This Symposium waas the first large-scale contribution under the UN Decade of Action for Nutrition 2016-2025. This presentation was part of Parallel session 2.3: Increasing access to healthy diets through social protection and income generation strategies"
This document summarizes a workshop on sustainable urban food strategies for European cities. The workshop covered three main topics: 1) conveying messages to citizens to promote sustainable food consumption, noting the importance of enjoyment, health, community, and gradual changes, 2) reducing food poverty and increasing access across communities through engagement, education, and cultural exchange, and 3) leveraging public meals in schools and canteens by training cooks, promoting local/seasonal options, educating students, and supporting small local suppliers.
This powerpoint discusses different aspects of a community food assessment. It also discusses the role of CED and food security. It compares food programming and CED in Manitoba with that in Saskatchewan
The Activities and Impacts of Community Food Projects, 2005-2009John Smith
The report analyzes data from 191 community food projects that received USDA grants between 2005-2009 to assess their impacts. It finds that the projects:
1) Reached over 750,000 people through education/training and collaborated with over 32,000 organizations.
2) Common activities included community gardens, youth agriculture programs, local food purchases, and food access initiatives.
3) Provided food for nearly 2.5 million people and economic benefits through farmland preservation and local food sales.
The document discusses Baltimore's efforts to promote urban agriculture through making publicly owned land available for farming. It outlines Baltimore's assessment process to identify suitable land parcels, the goals and criteria of its Request for Qualifications process to select farmers, and the initial results which included qualifying 5 respondents to begin farming operations on available land. The overall aim is to increase access to healthy, local food and improve environmental conditions through urban agriculture on vacant city land.
The document summarizes the proceedings of the Asia Regional Coordination Group meeting in Siem Reap, Cambodia on September 18, 2019. The group pledged solidarity to end hunger and malnutrition in line with SUN Movement principles and international human rights. They called on global and country leaders to address malnutrition through developing nutrition plans, establishing multi-sectoral platforms, allocating financial resources, promoting health systems and nutrition education. The group also called for commitments at the 2020 Nutrition for Growth Summit to achieve global nutrition goals and targets.
The document discusses the Ag Futures Alliance (AFA), a roundtable designed to build consensus around local policies impacting the food system. The AFA brings together diverse stakeholders to work towards creating a sustainable local food system. Rather than isolation or conflict, the AFA seeks to develop personal relationships between polarized parties and collaborate on projects to preserve agriculture and promote local food systems. AFAs have been established in several California counties and have worked on various county and state level projects around issues like farmland preservation, local food branding, and alternative food distribution.
This document outlines a project aimed at improving food security in rural communities in Mozambique. The project will target 500 vulnerable households in Benga Village using participatory and gender-sensitive approaches. It seeks to achieve this overall purpose by providing skills training to assist communities in sustainable farming techniques to diversify and increase food production. A multidimensional strategy incorporates local organization, market access, agriculture practices, monitoring, and disaster risk reduction. Implementation will involve participatory learning, capacity building, demonstration plots, and monitoring of household indicators.
The document discusses food system plans at different levels - state, county, city, and neighborhood. It provides examples of plans for Michigan, Multnomah County, Oakland, and Buffalo's West Side. For each plan, it discusses the motivation, planning process, stakeholder engagement, and implementation strategies. The goals and recommendations in the plans aim to create more sustainable, equitable and healthy food systems.
This document summarizes a workshop on urban food strategies for European cities. The workshop focused on how cities can encourage sustainable food consumption and practices through various initiatives. Participants discussed messaging around sustainable food to engage citizens and change behaviors. They also considered how cities can address food poverty and involve diverse ethnic communities in sustainable food. Further, the workshop explored leveraging public meals in schools and workplaces to promote sustainable practices and consumption. Examples presented included redesigning public kitchens to serve organic, local, and seasonal food, as well as initiatives for growing, shopping, cooking and eating food together to build community and change behaviors.
This document discusses nutrition promotion and its theories and methods. It defines nutrition promotion as promoting healthy eating and drinking habits for a healthy diet. Nutrition promotion includes both nutrition education to provide knowledge and skills to consumers, as well as efforts to influence food supply and availability. It notes that nutrition promotion must work within both the food system and health system, as foods are produced through agriculture but health depends on diet. The document outlines factors that influence food supply and demand, and principles of nutrition promotion like access, equity and diversity in food sources.
Presentación realizada en el "Diálogo regional en hambre, inseguridad alimentaria y malnutrición en el Caribe: Desafíos en derecho a la alimentación y gobernanza", evento que se llevó a cabo en Antigua y Barbuda el 1 y 2 de agosto de 2013.
GCARD2: Briefing paper Household Nutrition Security (WFP)GCARD Conferences
While the research agenda is growing, there remains limited concrete evidence on how agriculture–nutrition linkages work. A mapping exercise has been completed by DFID/LCIRAH outlining the research gaps. However more nutrition-relevant data from agricultural interventions needs to be generated, collected and shared, and nutritional indicators need to be included in evaluations. LCIRAH identify the need for greater understanding of the pathways from agricultural inputs and practices through value chains to effects on food environment, consumption and nutrition.
Visit the conference site for more information: http://www.egfar.org/gcard-2012
Bien que les programmes de recherche se multiplient, il n'existe pas encore de preuves concrètes sur la façon dont les relations entre l’agriculture et la nutrition fonctionnent. Un état des lieux a été réalisé par DFID/LCIRAH montrant les lacunes de la recherche dans ce domaine. Cependant, d'importantes données nutritionnelles pertinentes doivent être générées, collectées et partagées ; et les indicateurs nutritionnels doivent être inclus dans les évaluations. LCIRAH identifie la nécessité pour une large compréhension des mécanismes depuis les intrants et pratiques agricoles, a travers les chaines de valeur et aux effets sur les aliments, la consommation et la nutrition.
Visitez le site de la GCARD2 pour plus d'informations: http://www.egfar.org/gcard-2012
The document discusses Baltimore's food justice initiatives including urban agriculture, virtual supermarkets, and partnerships between the Baltimore Health Department, Office of Sustainability, and Food Policy Initiative. The partners work to increase access to healthy foods through programs like farmers markets, community gardens, improving transportation access and developing food policies.
Improving nutrition through informal social protection systems: Experiences f...Sahel and West Africa Club
The RISE Initiative in Burkina Faso and Niger aims to improve nutrition through informal social protection systems. It works with vulnerable populations experiencing chronic poverty and recurrent shocks. RISE coordinates USAID's development, humanitarian, and resilience programs to increase economic well-being, strengthen institutions and governance, and improve health and nutrition. Some results so far include over 2.5 million direct beneficiaries and over 200,000 children reached by nutrition programs. RISE utilizes informal mechanisms like livestock assets, savings groups, microcredit, food distribution, and work-for-food programs to build resilience capacities and address the immediate and underlying causes of undernutrition.
Social Protection and Its Impact on Food and Nutrition SecurityPascal Corbé
This document summarizes learnings from missions by GDC to Ethiopia, Cambodia, and Malawi on how social protection programs can benefit food and nutrition security. Key findings include: 1) Social protection programs can impact food access and other determinants of nutrition if designed sensitively; 2) They can form the cornerstone of national food and nutrition policies; 3) They provide an alternative to recurrent emergency aid if made shock-responsive. The document outlines options for strengthening programs in each country, such as improving cross-sectoral cooperation in Ethiopia's PSNP or increasing the nutritional impact of Malawi's social cash transfer program.
Framing Food Systems Thinking at Cultivating Food Systems Connections For Col...BrentMansfield
This document outlines objectives and outcomes for a meeting to discuss food systems thinking in British Columbia. The objectives are to bring together cross-sector stakeholders in the BC food system to develop relationships, map the food system, and identify leverage points for collective impact. The anticipated outcomes include strengthened relationships across sectors, a systems map of the BC food system, and opportunities for collective impact through identified leverage points and strategies.
Concept note Regional symposium on sustainable food systems for healthy eatingFAO
This document provides information about an upcoming Regional Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Eating in Latin America and the Caribbean. The symposium aims to address malnutrition challenges and determine opportunities to tackle them over the next decades through discussions on policies and initiatives related to food availability, access, and governance. National and subregional consultations will inform the regional dialogue. Experiences showcasing innovations in sustainable food systems will be presented. The symposium seeks to identify principles for sustainable, equitable, and inclusive food systems that promote healthy eating and end all forms of malnutrition.
CGIAR research initiatives: One Health and Resilient CitiesILRI
This document summarizes two CGIAR research initiatives on food safety - One Health and Resilient Cities.
The One Health initiative takes a holistic approach to address challenges like antimicrobial resistance and foodborne diseases. It focuses on reducing zoonotic diseases at the wildlife-livestock-human interface, improving food safety along value chains, and curbing antimicrobial resistant pathogens.
The Resilient Cities initiative aims to support sustainable and inclusive urban food systems through innovations like urban agriculture, safe informal markets, circular bioeconomy approaches, improving food environments and consumer behavior. It will work in cities in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Peru and the Philippines through partnerships with municipalities, businesses, researchers and others
Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2) Next StepsFAO
Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2) Next Steps: Work Programme of the UN
Decade of Action on Nutrition in the era of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Co-Chairs: Anna Lartey, Director, Nutrition and Food Systems division, FAO, and Francesco Branca
"Integrating social protection in FSN policy to strengthen food systems for h...ExternalEvents
"www.fao.org/about/meetings/sustainable-food-systems-nutrition-symposium
The International Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved Nutrition was jointly held by FAO and WHO in December 2016 to explore policies and programme options for shaping the food systems in ways that deliver foods for a healthy diet, focusing on concrete country experiences and challenges. This Symposium waas the first large-scale contribution under the UN Decade of Action for Nutrition 2016-2025. This presentation was part of Parallel session 2.3: Increasing access to healthy diets through social protection and income generation strategies"
This document summarizes a workshop on sustainable urban food strategies for European cities. The workshop covered three main topics: 1) conveying messages to citizens to promote sustainable food consumption, noting the importance of enjoyment, health, community, and gradual changes, 2) reducing food poverty and increasing access across communities through engagement, education, and cultural exchange, and 3) leveraging public meals in schools and canteens by training cooks, promoting local/seasonal options, educating students, and supporting small local suppliers.
This powerpoint discusses different aspects of a community food assessment. It also discusses the role of CED and food security. It compares food programming and CED in Manitoba with that in Saskatchewan
The Activities and Impacts of Community Food Projects, 2005-2009John Smith
The report analyzes data from 191 community food projects that received USDA grants between 2005-2009 to assess their impacts. It finds that the projects:
1) Reached over 750,000 people through education/training and collaborated with over 32,000 organizations.
2) Common activities included community gardens, youth agriculture programs, local food purchases, and food access initiatives.
3) Provided food for nearly 2.5 million people and economic benefits through farmland preservation and local food sales.
The document discusses Baltimore's efforts to promote urban agriculture through making publicly owned land available for farming. It outlines Baltimore's assessment process to identify suitable land parcels, the goals and criteria of its Request for Qualifications process to select farmers, and the initial results which included qualifying 5 respondents to begin farming operations on available land. The overall aim is to increase access to healthy, local food and improve environmental conditions through urban agriculture on vacant city land.
The document summarizes the proceedings of the Asia Regional Coordination Group meeting in Siem Reap, Cambodia on September 18, 2019. The group pledged solidarity to end hunger and malnutrition in line with SUN Movement principles and international human rights. They called on global and country leaders to address malnutrition through developing nutrition plans, establishing multi-sectoral platforms, allocating financial resources, promoting health systems and nutrition education. The group also called for commitments at the 2020 Nutrition for Growth Summit to achieve global nutrition goals and targets.
The document discusses the Ag Futures Alliance (AFA), a roundtable designed to build consensus around local policies impacting the food system. The AFA brings together diverse stakeholders to work towards creating a sustainable local food system. Rather than isolation or conflict, the AFA seeks to develop personal relationships between polarized parties and collaborate on projects to preserve agriculture and promote local food systems. AFAs have been established in several California counties and have worked on various county and state level projects around issues like farmland preservation, local food branding, and alternative food distribution.
This document outlines a project aimed at improving food security in rural communities in Mozambique. The project will target 500 vulnerable households in Benga Village using participatory and gender-sensitive approaches. It seeks to achieve this overall purpose by providing skills training to assist communities in sustainable farming techniques to diversify and increase food production. A multidimensional strategy incorporates local organization, market access, agriculture practices, monitoring, and disaster risk reduction. Implementation will involve participatory learning, capacity building, demonstration plots, and monitoring of household indicators.
The document discusses food system plans at different levels - state, county, city, and neighborhood. It provides examples of plans for Michigan, Multnomah County, Oakland, and Buffalo's West Side. For each plan, it discusses the motivation, planning process, stakeholder engagement, and implementation strategies. The goals and recommendations in the plans aim to create more sustainable, equitable and healthy food systems.
This document summarizes a workshop on urban food strategies for European cities. The workshop focused on how cities can encourage sustainable food consumption and practices through various initiatives. Participants discussed messaging around sustainable food to engage citizens and change behaviors. They also considered how cities can address food poverty and involve diverse ethnic communities in sustainable food. Further, the workshop explored leveraging public meals in schools and workplaces to promote sustainable practices and consumption. Examples presented included redesigning public kitchens to serve organic, local, and seasonal food, as well as initiatives for growing, shopping, cooking and eating food together to build community and change behaviors.
This document discusses nutrition promotion and its theories and methods. It defines nutrition promotion as promoting healthy eating and drinking habits for a healthy diet. Nutrition promotion includes both nutrition education to provide knowledge and skills to consumers, as well as efforts to influence food supply and availability. It notes that nutrition promotion must work within both the food system and health system, as foods are produced through agriculture but health depends on diet. The document outlines factors that influence food supply and demand, and principles of nutrition promotion like access, equity and diversity in food sources.
Presentación realizada en el "Diálogo regional en hambre, inseguridad alimentaria y malnutrición en el Caribe: Desafíos en derecho a la alimentación y gobernanza", evento que se llevó a cabo en Antigua y Barbuda el 1 y 2 de agosto de 2013.
GCARD2: Briefing paper Household Nutrition Security (WFP)GCARD Conferences
While the research agenda is growing, there remains limited concrete evidence on how agriculture–nutrition linkages work. A mapping exercise has been completed by DFID/LCIRAH outlining the research gaps. However more nutrition-relevant data from agricultural interventions needs to be generated, collected and shared, and nutritional indicators need to be included in evaluations. LCIRAH identify the need for greater understanding of the pathways from agricultural inputs and practices through value chains to effects on food environment, consumption and nutrition.
Visit the conference site for more information: http://www.egfar.org/gcard-2012
Bien que les programmes de recherche se multiplient, il n'existe pas encore de preuves concrètes sur la façon dont les relations entre l’agriculture et la nutrition fonctionnent. Un état des lieux a été réalisé par DFID/LCIRAH montrant les lacunes de la recherche dans ce domaine. Cependant, d'importantes données nutritionnelles pertinentes doivent être générées, collectées et partagées ; et les indicateurs nutritionnels doivent être inclus dans les évaluations. LCIRAH identifie la nécessité pour une large compréhension des mécanismes depuis les intrants et pratiques agricoles, a travers les chaines de valeur et aux effets sur les aliments, la consommation et la nutrition.
Visitez le site de la GCARD2 pour plus d'informations: http://www.egfar.org/gcard-2012
The document discusses Baltimore's food justice initiatives including urban agriculture, virtual supermarkets, and partnerships between the Baltimore Health Department, Office of Sustainability, and Food Policy Initiative. The partners work to increase access to healthy foods through programs like farmers markets, community gardens, improving transportation access and developing food policies.
Improving nutrition through informal social protection systems: Experiences f...Sahel and West Africa Club
The RISE Initiative in Burkina Faso and Niger aims to improve nutrition through informal social protection systems. It works with vulnerable populations experiencing chronic poverty and recurrent shocks. RISE coordinates USAID's development, humanitarian, and resilience programs to increase economic well-being, strengthen institutions and governance, and improve health and nutrition. Some results so far include over 2.5 million direct beneficiaries and over 200,000 children reached by nutrition programs. RISE utilizes informal mechanisms like livestock assets, savings groups, microcredit, food distribution, and work-for-food programs to build resilience capacities and address the immediate and underlying causes of undernutrition.
Social Protection and Its Impact on Food and Nutrition SecurityPascal Corbé
This document summarizes learnings from missions by GDC to Ethiopia, Cambodia, and Malawi on how social protection programs can benefit food and nutrition security. Key findings include: 1) Social protection programs can impact food access and other determinants of nutrition if designed sensitively; 2) They can form the cornerstone of national food and nutrition policies; 3) They provide an alternative to recurrent emergency aid if made shock-responsive. The document outlines options for strengthening programs in each country, such as improving cross-sectoral cooperation in Ethiopia's PSNP or increasing the nutritional impact of Malawi's social cash transfer program.
Framing Food Systems Thinking at Cultivating Food Systems Connections For Col...BrentMansfield
This document outlines objectives and outcomes for a meeting to discuss food systems thinking in British Columbia. The objectives are to bring together cross-sector stakeholders in the BC food system to develop relationships, map the food system, and identify leverage points for collective impact. The anticipated outcomes include strengthened relationships across sectors, a systems map of the BC food system, and opportunities for collective impact through identified leverage points and strategies.
Concept note Regional symposium on sustainable food systems for healthy eatingFAO
This document provides information about an upcoming Regional Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Eating in Latin America and the Caribbean. The symposium aims to address malnutrition challenges and determine opportunities to tackle them over the next decades through discussions on policies and initiatives related to food availability, access, and governance. National and subregional consultations will inform the regional dialogue. Experiences showcasing innovations in sustainable food systems will be presented. The symposium seeks to identify principles for sustainable, equitable, and inclusive food systems that promote healthy eating and end all forms of malnutrition.
CGIAR research initiatives: One Health and Resilient CitiesILRI
This document summarizes two CGIAR research initiatives on food safety - One Health and Resilient Cities.
The One Health initiative takes a holistic approach to address challenges like antimicrobial resistance and foodborne diseases. It focuses on reducing zoonotic diseases at the wildlife-livestock-human interface, improving food safety along value chains, and curbing antimicrobial resistant pathogens.
The Resilient Cities initiative aims to support sustainable and inclusive urban food systems through innovations like urban agriculture, safe informal markets, circular bioeconomy approaches, improving food environments and consumer behavior. It will work in cities in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Peru and the Philippines through partnerships with municipalities, businesses, researchers and others
Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2) Next StepsFAO
Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2) Next Steps: Work Programme of the UN
Decade of Action on Nutrition in the era of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Co-Chairs: Anna Lartey, Director, Nutrition and Food Systems division, FAO, and Francesco Branca
This document outlines Bristol's process for developing a resilient food plan. It discusses establishing a food policy council to oversee the process. A previous report analyzed Bristol's food system vulnerabilities and strengths. The plan will include 8 areas: transforming food culture; safeguarding food retail; protecting land for food; increasing urban food production; redistributing food waste; protecting infrastructure; increasing market opportunities; and supporting community enterprises. The food policy council will help prioritize actions and commitments in each area to create a dynamic food planning process that makes Bristol's food supply sustainable.
The document outlines Bristol's efforts to develop a resilient food system plan through 2022. It discusses establishing a food policy council to develop an action plan based on a "whole system" assessment of strengths and vulnerabilities. The plan suggests actions in 8 areas: transforming food culture; safeguarding food retail and land; increasing urban food production; redistributing food waste; protecting infrastructure; increasing market opportunities; supporting community enterprises; and setting sustainable food city themes. The food policy council will review priorities and next steps to develop the plan in each of these areas.
Strengthening Rural-Urban Linkages in Africa to achieve food securityFrancois Stepman
Guido Santini, Technical Coordinator of the “Food for the Cities” Programme at FAO
3 December 2018. This was the forth event in the series ‘Frontiers in Development Policy’ and it analyzed the importance of the link between both the rural and urban dimension. In particular the focus was on recognizing the role of small towns and enhancing rural-urban linkages in making food systems more effective and inclusive.
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Food Strategy Framework Presentation - Information Sessions.PPTXhusnainrasheed123
The NI Food Strategy Framework aims to be a cross-government unifying strategy with a shared vision, principles, and priorities to guide long-term food decision making. It will take a "food systems approach" and focus on 6 strategic priorities: health and wellbeing, economic sustainability and innovation, food culture, environmental sustainability, education, and food security. The framework seeks to transform Northern Ireland's food system to be economically, environmentally, and socially sustainable and provide healthy food choices.
Presentation at the 5th Global Science Conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture.
Title: Empowering Farmers to Meet the Growing Consumer Needs: A Study Case of Rikolto’s Programme in Indonesia
Speaker: Nana Suhartana
This document discusses community food assessment and economic development approaches to improving community food security. It outlines three major streams that provide food to communities: the mainstream agrifood system, charitable food assistance, and nutrition safety net programs. Community food programs and community economic development are identified as important interventions. Steps for conducting a community food assessment are outlined, including organizing stakeholders, research, and developing recommendations. Several examples of community food programs from Manitoba and Saskatchewan are summarized.
This document summarizes an event discussing value chains for food and nutrition security. It notes that agriculture has historically not focused on maximizing nutrition from farming systems. There is increasing interest in food systems approaches and agricultural biodiversity. While a few major crops provide most calories globally, over 7,000 species are used locally and 120 are important nationally. The document discusses reducing undernutrition and overnutrition by improving diets and livelihoods. It proposes assessing food value chains to increase availability of safe, nutritious foods for vulnerable groups through inclusive business models. Specific priorities outlined include beans, broader food baskets in East Africa and Central America from 2015-2017.
Camellia Bucatariu is an international policy development consultant for the Rural Infrastructure & Agro-Industries Division (AGS) at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). This document discusses recovery and redistribution of safe and nutritious food for human consumption. It provides context on global food security and sustainable development goals. Large amounts of food are lost or wasted annually, impacting natural resources, poverty, and hunger. Recovery and redistribution models aim to prevent waste by receiving safe, nutritious food and redistributing it to those in need. Effective strategies are needed across supply chains in developed and developing countries.
Milan Urban Food Policy Pact : Presentation and way forwardExternalEvents
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1. Creating a Healthy Food City
Dr Justin Varney
Director of Public Health
Justin.varney@birmingham.gov.uk
Kyle Stott
Service Lead: Places
kyle.stott@birmingham.gov.uk
Shaleen Meelu
Public Health Nutritionist
Shaleen.meelu@Birmingham.gov.uk
Birmingham and the Milan Urban Food Policy
Pact
2. Milan Urban Food Policy Pact
Milan Urban Food Pact which is an
international partnership for action
on creating healthy food
environments in cities and towns.
Birmingham joined as one of the
founding partner cities and won an
award for its work with Pune on food
in 2015.
The partnership enables connection
with a network of 206 cities across
the world to share learning on
approaches to food in urban
environments.
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3. MUFPP Pact Statement
Acknowledging that cities which
host over half the world’s
population have a strategic role to
play in developing sustainable
food systems and promoting
healthy diets, and because while
every city is different, they are all
centres of economic, political and
cultural innovation, and manage vast
public resources, infrastructure,
investments and expertise;
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By signing the Pact there were 7 commitments, including:
We will work to develop sustainable food systems that are
inclusive, resilient, safe and diverse, that provide healthy
and affordable food to all people in a human rights-based
framework, that minimise waste and conserve biodiversity
while adapting to and mitigating impacts of climate
change;
We will encourage interdepartmental and cross-sector
coordination at municipal and community levels, working
to integrate urban food policy considerations into social,
economic and environment policies, programmes and
initiatives, such as, inter alia, food supply and distribution,
social protection, nutrition, equity, food production,
education, food safety and waste reduction;
We will engage all sectors within the food system
(including neighbouring authorities, technical and
academic organizations, civil society, small scale
producers, and the private sector) in the formulation,
implementation and assessment of all food-related
policies, programmes and initiatives;
5. MUFPP Framework for Action: 6 Pillars
1. Governance
2. Sustainable diets and nutrition
3. Social and economic equity
4. Food production
5. Food supply and distribution
6. Food waste
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44 indicators linked to the six pillars
of the framework for action to track
progress
Further work being piloted with three
cities to develop more granular
framework of indicators to track
progress and impact
Monitoring Framework
6. Governance Pillar
Facilitate collaboration across city agencies and departments and seek alignment of policies and
programmes that impact the food system across multiple sectors and administrative levels, adopting and
mainstreaming a rights-based approach; options can include dedication of permanent city staff, review of
tasks and procedures and reallocation of resources.
Enhance stakeholder participation at the city level through political dialogue, and if appropriate,
appointment of a food policy advisor and/or development of a multi-stakeholder platform or food council, as
well as through education and awareness raising.
Identify, map and evaluate local initiatives and civil society food movements in order to transform best
practices into relevant programmes and policies, with the support of local research or academic institutions.
Develop or revise urban food policies and plans and ensure allocation of appropriate resources within city
administration regarding food-related policies and programmes; review, harmonize and strengthen municipal
regulations; build up strategic capacities for a more sustainable, healthy and equitable food system balancing
urban and rural interests.
Develop or improve multisectoral information systems for policy development and accountability by
enhancing the availability, quality, quantity, coverage and management and exchange of data related to
urban food systems, including both formal data collection and data generated by civil society and other
partners.
Develop a disaster risk reduction strategy to enhance the resilience of urban food systems, including
those cities most affected by climate change, protracted crises and chronic food insecurity in urban and rural
areas.
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7. Governance Indicators
Indicator Progress in Birmingham to
date
RAG
1. Presence of an active municipal interdepartmental government body
for advisory and decision making of food policies and programmes
(e.g. interdepartmental food working group, food policy office, food
team)
Indicator 2: Presence of an active multi-stakeholder food policy and
planning structure
Indicator 3: Presence of a municipal urban food policy or strategy
and/or action plans
Indicator 4: Presence of an inventory of local food initiatives and
practices to guide development and expansion of municipal urban food
policy and programmes
Indicator 5: Presence of a mechanism for assembling and analysing
urban food system data to monitor/evaluate and inform municipal
policy making on urban food policies
Indicator 6: Existence of a food supply emergency/food resilience
management plan for the municipality (in response to disasters;
vulnerabilities in food production, transport, access; socio economic
shocks, etc.) based on vulnerability assessmentPAGE 7
8. Sustainable Diets and Nutrition Pillar
Promote sustainable diets (healthy, safe, culturally appropriate, environmentally friendly and rights-based) through
relevant education, health promotion and communication programmes, with special attention to schools, care
centres, markets and the media.
Address non-communicable diseases associated with poor diets and obesity, giving specific attention where
appropriate to reducing intake of sugar, salt, transfats, meat and dairy products and increasing consumption of fruits
and vegetables and non-processed foods.
Develop sustainable dietary guidelines to inform consumers, city planners (in particular for public food
procurement), food service providers, retailers, producers and processors, and promote communication and training
campaigns.
Adapt standards and regulations to make sustainable diets and safe drinking water accessible in public
sector facilities such as hospitals, health and childcare facilities, workplaces, universities, schools, food and catering
services, municipal offices and prisons, and to the extent possible, in private sector retail and wholesale food
distribution and markets.
Explore regulatory and voluntary instruments to promote sustainable diets involving private and public
companies as appropriate, using marketing, publicity and labelling policies; and economic incentives or
disincentives; streamline regulations regarding the marketing of food and non-alcoholic beverages to children in
accordance with WHO recommendations.
Encourage joint action by health and food sectors to implement integrated people-centred strategies for healthy
lifestyles and social inclusion.
Invest in and commit to achieving universal access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation with the
participation of civil society and various partnerships, as appropriate.
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9. Sustainable Diet and Nutrition Indicators
Indicator Progress in Birmingham to date RAG
Indicator 7: Minimum dietary diversity for women of reproductive age
Indicator 8: Number of households living in “food deserts”
Indicator 9: Costs of a nutritious food basket at city/community level
Indicator 10: Individual average daily consumption of meat
Indicator 11: Number of adults with type 2 diabetes
Indicator 12: Prevalence of stunting for children under 5 years
Indicator 13: Prevalence of overweight or obesity among adults, youth
and children
Indicator 14: Number of city-led or supported activities to promote
sustainable diets
Indicator 15: Existence of policies/programmes that address sugar, salt
and fat consumption in relation to specific target groups
Indicator 16: Presence of programmes/policies that promote the
availability of nutritious and diversified foods in public facilities
Indicator 17: Percentage of population with access to safe drinking water
and adequate sanitation
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10. Social and Economic Equity Pillar
Use cash and food transfers, and other forms of social protection systems (food banks, community food
kitchens, emergency food pantries etc.) to provide vulnerable populations with access to healthy food, while
taking into consideration the specific beliefs, culture, traditions, dietary habits and preferences of diverse
communities, as a matter of human dignity and to avoid further marginalization.
Promote decent employment for all, including fair economic relations, fair wages and improved labour
conditions within the food and agriculture sector, with the full inclusion of women.
Encourage and support social and solidarity economy activities, paying special attention to food-related
activities that support sustainable livelihoods for marginalized populations at different levels of the food chain
and facilitate access to safe and healthy foods in both urban and rural areas.
Promote networks and support grassroots activities (such as community gardens, community food
kitchens, social pantries, etc.) that create social inclusion and provide food to marginalized individuals.
Reorient school feeding programmes and other institutional food service to provide food that is healthy,
local and regionally sourced, seasonal and sustainably produced.
Promote participatory education, training and research as key elements in strengthening local action to
increase social and economic equity, promote rights-based approaches, alleviate poverty and facilitate
access to adequate and nutritious foods.
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11. Social and Economic Equity Indicators
Indicator Progress in Birmingham to date RAG
Indicator 18: Percentage of food insecure households based on the
Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES)
Indicator 19: Percentage of people supported by food and/or social
assistance programmes
Indicator 20: Percentage of children and youth (under 18 years)
benefitting from school feeding programmes
Indicator 21: Number of formal jobs related to urban food system that
pay at least the national minimum or living wage
Indicator 22: Number of community-based food assets in the city
Indicator 23: Presence of food-related policies and targets with a specific
focus on socially vulnerably groups
Indicator 24: Number of opportunities for food system-related learning
and skill development in i) food and nutrition literacy, ii) employment
training and iii) leadership
12. Food Production Pillar
Promote and strengthen urban and peri-urban food production and processing based on sustainable
approaches and integrate urban and peri-urban agriculture into city resilience plans.
Seek coherence between the city and nearby rural food production, processing and distribution, focussing on
smallholder producers and family farmers, paying particular attention to empowering women and youth.
Apply an ecosystem approach to guide holistic and integrated land use planning and management in
collaboration with both urban and rural authorities and other natural resource managers by combining landscape
features, for example with risk-minimizing strategies to enhance opportunities for agroecological production,
conservation of biodiversity and farmland, climate change adaptation, tourism, leisure and other ecosystem
services.
Protect and enable secure access and tenure to land for sustainable food production in urban and peri-urban
areas, including land for community gardeners and smallholder producers, for example through land banks or
community land trusts; provide access to municipal land for local agricultural production and promote integration with
land use and city development plans and programmes.
Help provide services to food producers in and around cities, including technical training and financial
assistance (credit, technology, food safety, market access, etc.) to build a multigenerational and economically viable
food system with inputs such as compost from food waste, grey water from post-consumer use, and energy from
waste etc. while ensuring that these do not compete with human consumption.
Support short food chains, producer organisations, producer-to-consumer networks and platforms, and other
market systems that integrate the social and economic infrastructure of urban food system that links urban and rural
areas. This could include civil society-led social and solidarity economy initiatives and alternative market systems.
Improve (waste) water management and reuse in agriculture and food production through policies and
programmes using participatory approaches.
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13. Food Production Indicators
Indicator Progress in Birmingham to date RAG
Indicator 25: Number of city residents within the municipal boundary with
access to an (urban) agriculture garden
Indicator 26: Presence of municipal policies and regulations that allow and
promote agriculture production and processing in the municipal area
Indicator 27: Surface area of (potential) agricultural spaces within the municipal
boundary
Indicator 28: Proportion of total agricultural population –within the municipal
boundaries- with ownership or secure rights over agricultural land for food
production, by sex
Indicator 29: Proportion of agricultural land in the municipal area under
sustainable agriculture
Indicator 30: Number of urban and peri-urban food producers that benefited
from technical training and assistance in the past 12 months
Indicator 31: Number of municipal food processing and distribution
infrastructures available to food producers in the municipal area
Indicator 32: Proportion of local/regional food producers that sell their products
to public markets in the city
Indicator 33: Annual proportion of urban organic waste collected that is re-used
in agricultural production taking place within municipal boundaries
14. Food Supply and Distribution Pillar
Support improved food storage, processing, transport and distribution technologies and infrastructure linking peri-urban and
near rural areas to ensure seasonal food consumption and reduce food insecurity as well as food and nutrient loss and waste with an
emphasis on diversified small and medium scale food businesses along the value chain that may provide decent and stable
employment.
Assess, review and/or strengthen food control systems by implementing local food safety legislation and regulations that (1)
ensure that food producers and suppliers throughout the food chain operate responsibly; (2) eliminate barriers to market access for
family farmers and smallholder producers; and (3) integrate food safety, health and environmental dimensions.
Review public procurement and trade policy aimed at facilitating food supply from short chains linking cities to secure a supply of
healthy food, while also facilitating job access, fair production conditions and sustainable production for the most vulnerable
producers and consumers, thereby using the potential of public procurement to help realize the right to food for all.
Provide policy and programme support for municipal public markets including farmers markets, informal markets, retail and
wholesale markets, restaurants, and other food distributors, recognizing different approaches by cities working with private and public
components of market systems.
Improve and expand support for infrastructure related to market systems that link urban buyers to urban, peri-urban and rural
sellers while also building social cohesion and trust, supporting cultural exchange and ensuring sustainable livelihood, especially for
women and young entrepreneurs.
Acknowledge the informal sector’s contribution to urban food systems (in terms of food supply, job creation, promotion of local
diets and environment management) and provide appropriate support and training in areas such as food safety, sustainable diets,
waste prevention and management.
Assess the flows of food to and through cities to ensure physical access to fresh, affordable foods in low-income or underserved
neighbourhoods while addressing sustainable transportation and logistics planning to reduce carbon emissions with alternative fuels
or means of transport.
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15. Food Supply and Distribution Indicators
Indicator Progress in Birmingham to date RAG
Indicator 34: Existence of policies/programmes that address the reduction of
GHG emissions in different parts of the food supply chain
Indicator 35: Presence of a development plan to strengthen resilience and
efficiency of local food supply chains logistics
Indicator 36: Number of fresh fruit and vegetable outlets per 1000 inhabitants
(markets and shops) supported by the municipality
Indicator 37: Annual municipal investment in food markets or retail outlets
providing fresh food to city residents, as a proportion of total (investment)
budget
Indicator 38: Proportion of food procurement expenditure by public institutions
on food from sustainable, ethical sources and shorter (local/regional) supply
chains
Indicator 39: Presence of food safety legislation and implementation and
enforcement procedures
Indicator 40: Existence of support services for the informal food sector
providing business planning, finance and development advice
16. Food Waste Pillar
Convene food system actors to assess and monitor food loss and waste reduction at
all stages of the city region food supply chain, (including production, processing, packaging,
safe food preparation, presentation and handling, re-use and recycling) and ensure holistic
planning and design, transparency, accountability and policy integration.
Raise awareness of food loss and waste through targeted events and campaigns; identify
focal points such as educational institutions, community markets, company shops and other
solidarity or circular economy initiatives.
Collaborate with the private sector along with research, educational and community-
based organisations to develop and review, as appropriate, municipal policies and
regulations (e.g. processes, cosmetic and grading standards, expiration dates, etc.) to
prevent waste or safely recover food and packaging using a “food use-not-waste” hierarchy.
Save food by facilitating recovery and redistribution for human consumption of safe
and nutritious foods, if applicable, that are at risk of being lost, discarded or wasted from
production, manufacturing, retail, catering, wholesale and hospitality.
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17. Food Waste Indicators
Indicator Progress in Birmingham to date RAG
Indicator 41: Total annual volume of food losses & waste
Indicator 42: Annual number of events and campaigns aimed at decreasing
food loss and waste
Indicator 43: Presence of policies or regulations that address food waste
prevention, recovery and redistribution
Indicator 44: Total annual volume of surplus food recovered and redistributed
for direct human consumption
18. MUFPP Annual Awards
The aim of the MUFPP is to share knowledge and understandings on food systems
toward the building of sustainable and inclusive cities. Above all, the annual Milan
Pact Awards are one of the most important tools to involve cities around the globe
through the Pact’s framework of action (governance, sustainable diets and nutrition,
social and economic equity, food production, food supply and distribution and food
waste). The Milan Pact Awards are promoted by the City of Milan with the support
of Cariplo Foundation that is the main partner of the Municipality in the
implementation of the local Food Policy.
Award categories map the six pillars of action.
In 2019 there were 104 practices submitted. These practices came from all over
the world, 45 projects came from Europe, 23 from Latin America, 20 from Africa,
9 from North America and 7 from Asia.
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19. Washington, DC, USA
Highest Score Award
The city of Washington DC developed a powerful
program “Food as medicine” that provides
subsidies to residents participating in government
health programs, for fresh fruit purchase in local
markets.
The initiative developed educational and
volunteering activities and mobilized an
impressive number of people.
It reached over 9500 persons, mainly low-income
residents, and catalyzed cross sector
public/private partnership.
Mezitli, Turkey
Challenging Enviroment Award
The city of Mezitli, first city of Turkey that signed
the Pact and participated to the Award, developed
a very important action called “Mezitli Women
Producers Market” that reduces gender-based
barriers and increase working opportunities for
women through food markets.
This initiative strengthened local female food
producers: 650 women were able to develop the
skills necessary to produce and sell food in 9
different female markets
2019 Monetary Award Winners
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20. 2019 Special Mention Practices
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Kazan (Russia) – The city established a “Department
on Food and Social Nutrition” to launch a reform in
school canteens for improved sustainability and health,
to fight obesity and other diseases. As part of this
reform, the city built 2 centralized cooking centers,
serving 160 schools and 150.000 meals per day, while
maintaining a price control for breakfast and lunch – the
lowest prices in the country.
Sustainable Diets and Nutrition
Tel Aviv (Israel) – The practice aimed to find
sustainable solutions to the environmental impacts of
food festivals and create guidelines for sustainable
large-scale events. The initiative involved 50 food
vendors, diverted 17 tons of waste from landfills,
saved and donated food losses, collaborating with 60
chefs during an event with 500.000 visitors.
Governance
Social and Economic Equity
Nairobi (Kenya) – The city defined a urban early
warning initiative to assess food insecurity levels in
neighborhoods, thanks to a set of 5 indicators. This tool
identified 203,000 households at risk in the city,
providing them an innovative food security surveillance.
21. 2019 Special Mention Practices
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Montpellier (France) The city improved the
sustainability of the whole food supply chain, by
focusing on school canteens; Its initiative reached 50%
of organic products, replaced plastic trays with
compostable ones, provided 14.600 meals per day to
vulnerable groups and reduced food waste by 24%.
Food Supply and Distribution
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) – The city encouraged actions
that promote urban agroecology and quality food
production, at affordable prices and creating jobs
opportunities. The initiative created 39 urban gardens
that produce about 50 tons of organic food per year,
involving about 100.000 citizens.
Food Production
Food Waste
Sao Paulo (Brazil) – The city reduced food waste
through the donation of food to vulnerable groups and
create municipal food banks that collected 170 tons of
food. The initiative established a partnership among
310 charities and reached 120.00 persons in need.
22. Next Steps
Use the framework to inform development of framework for creating a healthy food
city.
Learn from specific award winners and reflect on how practice can be adapted and
adopted in Birmingham in a sustainable way.
Pitch to host MUFPP Meeting in 2022 as part of the Commonwealth Games year of
activity.
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