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Dr. Jonathan Crush, Gareth Haysom and Bruce Frayne published an article on The Conversation that calls for more studies on urban food security in the Global South.  The new HCP Handbook on Urban Food Security seeks to initiate a much needed conversation about the intersection between changes in food systems and the rapid urbanisation in […]

Zhenzhong Si presents the COVID-19 Pandemic’s Impacts on Food Security in China at the Just Food conference on June 14, 2021. The conference is the joint annual conference of the Association for the Study of Food and Society (ASFS), Agriculture, Food & Human Values Society (AFHVS), Canadian Association for Food Studies (CAFS) and The Society

Zhenzhong Si and Jonathan Crush present the results of HCP’s COVID-19 and Food Security in China Project to the CanCOVID Speaker Series. This presentation introduces the Hungry Cities Partnership and its SSHRC-funded COVID‑19 and Food Security in China Project, analysing the results of a pioneering household survey conducted during the lockdown in 2020 in two Chinese

HCP’s Cameron McCordic, Liam Riley and Ines Raimundo publish an analysis of gendered food security outcomes in Maputo in the journal Development Southern Africa. The article assesses the role of employment and education in explaining this phenomenon in the city of Maputo. Using household survey data, this investigation defines the extent to which the relationship

In the most recent paper published on Urban Forum entitled “Integrating Food Sensitive Planning and Urban Design into Urban Governance Actions“, HCP’s Gareth Haysom argues for the need to integrate food sensitive planning and design into general urban governance and planning structures and policies. Food sensitive planning and urban design is offered as a specific

HCP COVID-19 and Food Security Project publishes analysis of COVID-19’s impacts on household food security in Wuhan, China.  This study published on the journal Food & Nutrition Research provides a timely assessment of household food insecurity and also investigates its determinant factors.  The results revealed that socio-demographic characteristics remained the underlying determinants of household food insecurity

HCP publishes report on inclusive growth and informal food vending in Mexico City, Mexico. The report describes and analyzes the structure, organization, dynamics, and impacts of informal food systems under conditions of hyper-urbanization. The informal food economy in Mexico City comprises a network of informal markets, suppliers, transporters, mobile traders, hawkers, retailers, and street food vendors

HCP researchers Ndeyapo Nickanor, Lawrence Kazembe, Jonathan Crush and Jeremy Wagner publish an evaluation of the African supermarket revolution in Namibia in Development Southern Africa. This paper focuses on Windhoek, Namibia, showing that the city’s food system is dominated by South African and local supermarket chains. Since the end of apartheid, South African supermarket chains have

HCP publishes the report of the IPaSS close-out conference on “Localising the SDGS through an Urban Food Lens in the Global South“. The online conference was held on November 9-10, 2020. This conference offers global reflections on SDG localisation efforts, and proposes that FOOD offers a useful lens for approaching sustainability in a holistic manner (Day 1).

The article assesses the relationships between SDG 3 (Good Health and Wellbeing), SDG 2 (Zero Hunger) and SDG 1 (No Poverty) in Maputo, Mozambique. It found that households with chronically ill members have a slightly increased odds of experiencing poverty and food insecurity and tend to experience these challenges concurrently.