Impact of Urbanisation on Food Systems

Contact:
FoodAfrica Secretariat
Natural Resources Institute
The University of Greenwich at Medway
Central Avenue
Chatham Maritime
Kent ME4 4TB
United Kingdom

Email: Keith Tomlins
Tel: +44 (0)1634 883360
Fax: +44 (0)1634 883567
Web: www.nri.org

Links to other sites

The International Development Research Centre' s Cities Feeding People Program Initiative is trying to bridge that gap by supporting research and development activities that increase the food security and incomes of the poor while maintaining public health and a clean urban environment. More info http://www.idrc.ca/cfp

Urban Agriculture Notes by City Farmer - Canada's Office of Urban Agriculture with access to many papers on urban agriculture http://www.cityfarmer.org

EU Asia Urbs project “GIS-based Urban Environmental Resources Management and Food Security Project” (in Cagayan de Oro, The Philippines. The introduction of allotment garden schemes in the city and aims towards integration of organic waste recycling into urban agriculture. www.puvep.com/asiaurbs.htm

Street foods in Africa - information on projects in Ghana, Zambia and Zimbabwe including downloadable documents

StreetNet - StreetNet International

Food safety - NRI

Research on food - NRI

FOODNET - ASARECA regional agricultural research and development network focussing on Marketing, Market information and Agro-enterprise development.