Food in an urbanised world: The role of city region food systems in resilience and sustainable development

This report by the International Sustainability Unit (ISU) and FAO, aims to provide a synthesis of the current state of knowledge on city region food systems. Its objective is to clarify the on city region food system concept and analyse the proposed benefits of pursuing a city regional approach to food policy and planning. Based on practical initiatives detailed in the report, ten actions are outlined that could help to strengthen city region food systems linkages in policy and practice, focussed around five pointers: 1) catalysing change; 2) understanding the food system; 3) using policy instruments; 4) leveraging wider impact; and 5) learning and sharing knowledge.

Curated from fao.org