AUDA-NEPAD Food Systems Programme Design Workshop

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Urban-rural linkages : guiding principles : framework for action to advance integrated territorial development

This in-depth report is a framework for action using mechanisms adaptable at multiple levels of governance, research and planning. The Guiding Principle and Framework for Action is an integrated approach, drawing from sources that include case studies and experiences around the world, policy decisions and reports from UN agencies, government and academic research, expert meetings, regional consultations, as well as inputs from city networks, academic and civil society experts. The Guiding Principles URL is a living document with literature on related topics that is growing rapidly. The report contains embedded links to various resources.Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida

Framing food systems transformation: A diagnostic framework and checklist for integrating transformative actions into African food systems

This report forms part of an AICCRA knowledge series on Food Systems. This report presents a diagnostic framework and checklist for integrating transformative actions into African food systems

Exploring the concept of agroecological food systems in a city-region context.

Based on urgent needs for food security compounded by a changing climate which impacts and is impacted by agricultural land-use and food distribution practices, we explore the processes of action in implementing agroecological food systems. We identified the following characteristics for an agroecological food system: 1. Minimizing use of external inputs, 2. Extent of internal resource recycling, 3. Resilience, 4. Multifunctionality, 5.Building on complexity and incorporating greater systems integration,6. Contextuality, 7. Equity and, 8. Nourishment. We focus on the city-region food systems context, concluding with practical drivers for realizing more agroecological food systems in cityregion contexts. Agroecological food systems are widely diverse,shaped by context, and achieved through multi-actor planning in rural, peri-urban and urban areas. Application of agroecological food systems in rural–urban contexts emphasize the necessity of diversification, zoning rural–urban landscapes, planning for seasonality in a food systems context, and producing at scale. Rural– urban food systems are a relevant and challenging entry point that provides opportunities for learning how food systems can be shaped for significant positive change. Social organization, community building, common learning, and knowledge creation are crucial for agroecological contextualized food systems, as are the support from appropriate governing and institutional structures