Publications: Hungry Cities Reports

HCP Report No. 3: The Urban Food System of Cape Town, South Africa

Gareth Haysom, Jonathan Crush, Mary Caesar

Cape Town is South Africa’s second largest city and plays a critical role in the national economy. Despite its apparent wealth, Cape Town is very unequal in terms of food security with many areas experiencing high levels of food insecurity. The city’s urban food insecurity challenge is multi-dimensional with determining factors including the size of…

HCP Report No. 2: The Urban Food System of Maputo, Mozambique

Abel Chikanda, Inês Raimundo

The city of Maputo, with a population of around 1.3 million, has been at the forefront of urbanization in Mozambique. While the Southern African country has posted impressive macro-economic growth rates in the last two decades, there has been only limited formal sector employment generation. Most of its working population is absorbed in informal employment and self-employment. The informal food…

HCP Report No. 1: The Urban Food System of Nanjing, China

Zhenzhong Si, with Jonathan Crush, Steffanie Scott, and Taiyang Zhong

With a population of 8.2 million people, Nanjing is the 14th largest city in China. China became a predominantly urban nation in 2011, when its urban population surpassed its rural population for the first time. The declining farming population and area of farmland along with the increased food consumption of urban residents have had significant…