HCP publishes report with IIHS on inclusive growth and the informal food sector in Bangalore, India
HCP publishes report with IIHS on inclusive growth and the informal food sector in Bangalore, India.
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Zhenzhong Si publishes blogs about wet markets, food provisioning and COVID-19 in China
Zhenzhong Si from the Hungry Cities Partnership publishes two blogs about wet markets, food provisioning and COVID-19 in China: Lessons from China: Ensuring no one goes hungry during coronavirus lockdowns Is it fair to blame unsanitary wet market conditions in China for the coronavirus outbreak?
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BSIA Provides Update on the HCP COVID-19 and Food Security Project
BSIA Provides Update on the HCP COVID-19 and Food Security Project More information about the project could be found here.
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Jonathan Crush publishes a blog on Hungry Cities website to discuss whether COVID-19 will keep out of Africa
Jonathan Crush publishes a blog on Hungry Cities website to discuss whether COVID-19 will keep out of Africa. The blog could be accessed here
Lessons from Wuhan? The Politics of “Intelligence Failures”
Simon Dalby* April 1, 2020 As the early history of the missteps in China last December, and the failure of the disease reporting system there to generate the necessary warnings of a new virus in a timely way, becomes clearer, the larger implications of the entanglement of expertise and political expedience are once again revealed.
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HCP receives funding for project on the impact of COVID-19 on food security in China
HCP receives funding for project on the impact of COVID-19 on food security in China. Jonathan Crush, Zhenzhong Si, Ning Dai, Steffanie Scott and Taiyang Zhong will study how the outbreak of the novel coronavirus will impact food security in China, as well as how to improve food access and availability, with nearly $500,000 in
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HCP publishes new report on the informal food sector in Kingston, Jamaica
The HCP publishes report No. 19: Inclusive Growth and the Informal Food Sector in Kingston, Jamaica. The report authored by Robert Kinlocke and Elizabeth Thomas-Hope examines the results of a survey with small-scale food entrepreneurs in Kingston. It depicts the characteristics of the informal food sector and highlights the significance of the sector in raising
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HCP Researcher Zhenzhong Si is interviewed by several media outlets on Chinese wet markets and the origins of the coronavirus
HCP Researcher Zhenzhong Si is interviewed by several media outlets on Chinese wet markets and the origins of the coronavirus. Rear Vision on ABC Radio National (Australia) about wet markets and wild animal trade in China. Feb. 24, 2020. BBC World Service radio about the prevalence of and regulations on wild animal trade and wild meat
HCP publishes Special Issue of Urban Forum on Africa’s Urban Informal Food Sector in Comparative Perspective co-edited by Jonathan Crush and Graeme Young
HCP publishes Special Issue of Urban Forum on Africa’s Urban Informal Food Sector in Comparative Perspective co-edited by Jonathan Crush and Graeme Young. The Special Issue is based on papers delivered at the 2018 HCP Conference on Urbanization, Food Systems and Sustainability in the Global South and contains articles on Nigeria, Uganda, Namibia, Mozambique, South
HCP researchers at the Indian Institute for Human Settlements (iihs) comment on the implementation of the Street Vendors Act, 2014
HCP researchers at the Indian Institute for Human Settlements (iihs), Keerthana Jagadeesh and Shriya Anand, comment on the implementation of the Street Vendors Act, 2014, using data from a project survey of informal food vendors in Bangalore. They publish article on urban food security and its determinants in Bengaluru in Special Issue of Environment &