The Hungry Cities Partnership (HCP) is an international network of partner organizations which focuses on the relationships between rapid urbanization, urban food systems and migration in the Global South.

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HCP partner Abel Chikanda presents at the Larger Lecture webinar series of McMaster University on urban food insecurity in southern Africa

HCP partner Abel Chikanda presents his research on urban food insecurity in southern Africa at the Larger Lecture ...
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HCP hosts workshop on “Migration, Food Security and Crisis Management in the Gulf”

The Hungry Cities Partnership hosted a workshop in Waterloo, Canada on Migration, Food Security and Crisis Management in ...
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HCP director Jonathan Crush and partner Godfrey Tawodzera publish SAMP Migration Policy Series on pandemic remittance shocks and resilience

HCP director Jonathan Crush and partner Godfrey Tawodzera publish SAMP Migration Policy Series No. 86 on "Pandemic Remittance ...

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HCP REPORT

Inclusive Growth and the Informal Food Sector in Windhoek, Namibia

Ndeyapo Nickanor, Lawrence Kazembe, Jonathan Crush and Tobias Shinyemba

This report presents the results of the first comprehensive survey of the informal food sector in the Namibian capital of Windhoek. As such, it aims to shed light on the food system of the country’s largest urban centre. The informal food sector is critical to the food security of poor…

DISCUSSION PAPER

Wild Foods, the Nutrition Transition and Urban Food Security in Northern Namibia

Ndeyapo Nickanor, Lawrence Kazembe and Jonathan Crush

Rapid urbanization and food system transformation in Africa have been accompanied by growing food insecurity, reduced dietary diversity and an epidemic of non-communicable disease. While the contribution of wild and indigenous foods (WIF) to the quality of rural household diets has been of longstanding attention, research on their consumption and…

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Enhancing Food Security through Urban Agriculture in Kingston, Jamaica

Elizabeth Thomas-Hope, Robert Kinlocke and Therese Ferguson

Much focus has been accorded rural agriculture, both in the literature and in practice. Yet urban agriculture is both a viable and necessary area of focus as it pertains to food security in Jamaica. An education and communication strategy is required to ensure that attitudes towards nutrition and poor food…

LATEST PUBLICATIONS

HCP REPORT

Inclusive Growth and the Informal Food Sector in Windhoek, Namibia

Ndeyapo Nickanor, Lawrence Kazembe, Jonathan Crush and Tobias Shinyemba

This report presents the results of the first comprehensive survey of the informal food sector in the Namibian capital of Windhoek. As such, it aims to shed light on the food system of the country’s largest urban centre. The informal food sector is critical to the food security of poor…

DISCUSSION PAPER

Wild Foods, the Nutrition Transition and Urban Food Security in Northern Namibia

Ndeyapo Nickanor, Lawrence Kazembe and Jonathan Crush

Rapid urbanization and food system transformation in Africa have been accompanied by growing food insecurity, reduced dietary diversity and an epidemic of non-communicable disease. While the contribution of wild and indigenous foods (WIF) to the quality of rural household diets has been of longstanding attention, research on their consumption and…

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