QUITO, ECUADOR

Quito is located in the Andean highlands of Ecuador, on the slopes of the Pichincha volcano. At 2850 m above sea level, it is among the highest capitals in the world. With nearly 2 million inhabitants, it has an important cultural and ethnic diversity, being home of indigenous, mestizo, and Afro-Ecuadorian population, and a node of internal and international migration. It has a wide cultural and intellectual scene and is the seat of government and public administration.

Quito has varied foodscapes, with the confluence of local and global gastronomic traditions. The city, has access to an ample food diversity, although it depends from the agricultural production of adjacent rural territories. At the same time, the city faces important challenges in terms of social inequality, poverty, and inequity in food consumption. Quito’s food supply system comprises traditional spaces such as markets and open-air fairs, modern supermarkets, and a sector of alternative food circuits that has grown in importance in recent years.

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Hungry Cities of the Global South

The recent inclusion of an urban Sustainable Development Goal in the Post-2015 UN Development Agenda represents an important acknowledgement of the reality of global urbanization and the many social, economic, infrastructural and political challenges posed by the human transition to a predomi- nantly urban world. However, while the SDG provides goals for housing, transportation, land use, cultural heritage and disaster risk prevention, food is not mentioned at all. This discussion paper aims to correct this unfortunate omission by reviewing the ...

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