The Hungry Cities Partnership (HCP) is an international network of cities and city-based partner organizations which focuses on the relationships between rapid urbanization, informality, inclusive growth and urban food systems in the Global South.

The HCP conducts collaborative research, training and advocacy with the objective of providing innovative solutions to the challenge of building sustainable cities and policies and programs that promote food security in the cities.

The HCP currently operates in China, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Mexico, Mozambique and South Africa and is funded by the International Partnerships for Sustainable Societies (IPaSS) program of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).

• HCP’s Gareth Haysom argues for the need to integrate food sensitive planning and design into general urban governance and planning structures and policies

  In the most recent paper published on Urban Forum entitled "Integrating Food Sensitive Planning and Urban…

• HCP COVID-19 and Food Security Project publishes analysis of impacts on household food security in Wuhan, China

  HCP COVID-19 and Food Security Project publishes analysis of COVID-19's impacts on household food security in…

• HCP publishes report on inclusive growth and informal food vending in Mexico City, Mexico

  HCP publishes report on inclusive growth and informal food vending in Mexico City, Mexico. The report…

• HCP Report No. 22: Inclusive Growth and Informal Food Vending in Mexico City, Mexico

  This report describes and analyzes the food system of Mexico City’s Metropolitan Zone, where small-scale street…

• HCP Report No. 21: Inclusive Growth and Informal Food Vending in Nairobi, Kenya

  This report presents and analyzes the findings of a city-wide informal food vendors survey conducted by…

• HCP Report No. 20: Inclusive Growth and the Informal Food Sector in Bangalore, India

  The informal food sector is critical to the food security of poor urban households in rapidly…

• HCP Discussion Paper No. 49: Urban Food System Governance and Food Security in Namibia

  Namibia’s transition to an urban society is occurring extremely rapidly and with it has come a…

• HCP Discussion Paper No. 48: COVID-19 and Emergency Food Security Policies in Urban China

  The COVID-19 pandemic has continued to spread worldwide, threatening people’s health as well as their food…

• HCP Discussion Paper No. 47: Urban Food Security and Household Shocks in Nairobi, Kenya

  Even though urban poverty is a key component of the development agenda in Nairobi with a…

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