Urban and peri-urban agriculture sourcebook from production to food systems
It is estimated that the global population will reach 9.7 billion by 2050, 70 percent of which will be living in urban areas. This rapid process of urbanization and population growth can directly lead to shrinking rural agrarian land and an increasing number of mouths to feed in cities, while indirectly relating to the rise of unhealthy diets and consequent health issues such as overweight, obesity and diet-related non-communicable diseases. Meanwhile, the population suffering from food insecurity and malnutrition is on the rise. In 2018, worldwide, 704 million people experienced severe food insecurity with the majority located in sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia, comprising 37.5 and 38.6 percent respectively of the total.
Globally, 238.1 million children under five years are suffering various forms of malnutrition, while 2 billion adults are overweight (FAO, 2019a). According to the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2020 (FAO et al., 2020), it was predicted that a further 83 to 132 million people would become undernourished because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The exacerbating climate change, increasing health
crises and other shocks have threatened sustainable production and the supply of nutritious food to urban dwellers, urging the establishment of more resilient and sustainable food systems to meet the increasing demand for safe and nutritious food in cities.
Urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) is increasingly recognized as a key component of the resilience of City Region Food Systems (CRFS)2 (FAO, 2019b) as it diversifies food supply chains, improves the livelihood of city dwellers, and brings about multiple benefits to sustainable urban development through local food production and short supply chains. Often, UPA is practised informally or in some contexts
illegally – usually there are no official statistics on UPA, or the people directly or indirectly involved.
Despite this limited information, in many cities and regions growing research and awareness of the variety of food-growing practices is bringing to light the significant contributions made by UPA, even more so during the COVID–19 pandemic.
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