Rapid Urbanisation, Urban Food Deserts and Food Security in Africa

199 Pages·2016·3.32 MB·English

by  Jonathan Crush

Jonathan Crush · Jane Battersby E ditors
Rapid
Urbanisation,
Urban Food
Deserts and Food
Security in Africa
Rapid Urbanisation, Urban Food Deserts
and Food Security in Africa
Jonathan Crush Jane Battersby
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Editors
Rapid Urbanisation,
Urban Food Deserts
and Food Security in Africa
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Editors
JonathanCrush JaneBattersby
International Migration ResearchCentre African Centrefor Cities
Balsillie Schoolof International Affairs University of Cape Town
Waterloo, ON Rondebosch,Cape Town
Canada SouthAfrica
ISBN978-3-319-43566-4 ISBN978-3-319-43567-1 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-43567-1
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Acknowledgements
The editors would like to thank the International Development Research Centre
(IDRC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
(SSHRC) for its financial support of the Hungry Cities Partnership (HCP) through
the International Partnership for Sustainable Societies (IPaSS) Program. We also
acknowledge the support of a publication grant from the Balsillie School of
International Affairs.
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Contents
1 The Making of Urban Food Deserts .... .... .... .... ..... .... 1
Jane Battersby and Jonathan Crush
2 The Mythology of Urban Agriculture ... .... .... .... ..... .... 19
Bruce Frayne, Cameron McCordic and Helena Shilomboleni
3 The Spatial Logic of Supermarket Expansion and Food Access ... 33
Jane Battersby and Stephen Peyton
4 Food Access and Insecurity in a Supermarket City .... ..... .... 47
Mary Caesar and Jonathan Crush
5 Rapid Economic Growth and Urban Food Insecurity .. ..... .... 59
Benjamin Acquah, Stephen Kapunda and Alexander Legwegoh
6 Food Insecurity, Poverty and Informality.... .... .... ..... .... 71
Inês Raimundo, Jonathan Crush and Wade Pendleton
7 Food Insecurity in a State in Crisis. .... .... .... .... ..... .... 85
Godfrey Tawodzera
8 Poverty and Uneven Food Security in Urban Slums.... ..... .... 97
ShukriF.Mohamed,BlessingUchennaMberu,DjesikaD.Amendah,
Elizabeth W. Kimani-Murage, Remare Ettarh, Lilly Schofield,
Thaddeus Egondi, Frederick Wekesah and Catherine Kyobutungi
9 Gender, Mobility and Food Security .... .... .... .... ..... .... 113
Liam Riley and Belinda Dodson
10 Migration, Rural-Urban Linkages and Food Insecurity. ..... .... 127
Ndeyapo Nickanor, Jonathan Crush and Wade Pendleton
11 Wild Food Consumption and Urban Food Security.... ..... .... 143
Lauren Sneyd
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12 Urban Food Insecurity and Social Protection. .... .... ..... .... 157
Daniel Tevera and Nomcebo Simelane
13 Urban Policy Environments and Urban Food Security . ..... .... 169
Andrea M. Brown
Index .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... .... .... .... .... ..... .... 183
Contributors
BenjaminAcquah DepartmentofEconomics,UniversityofBotswana,Gaborone,
Botswana
Djesika D. Amendah Health Challenges and Systems Program, African
Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya
JaneBattersby African Centrefor Cities, UniversityofCapeTown, CapeTown,
South Africa
Andrea M. Brown Political Science, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON,
Canada
Mary Caesar Balsillie School of International Affairs, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Jonathan Crush Balsillie School of International Affairs, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Belinda Dodson Department of Geography, University of Western Ontario,
London, ON, Canada
Thaddeus Egondi DNDi Africa, Nairobi, Kenya
Remare Ettarh Alberta Innovates—Health Solutions, Edmonton, Canada
BruceFrayne SchoolofEnvironment,EnterpriseandDevelopment,Universityof
Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
StephenKapunda DepartmentofEconomics,UniversityofBotswana,Gaborone,
Botswana
ElizabethW.Kimani-Murage HealthChallenges andSystemsProgram,African
Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya
Catherine Kyobutungi African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi,
Kenya
Alexander Legwegoh Department of Geography, University of Guelph, Guelph,
ON, Canada
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Blessing Uchenna Mberu Urbanization and Wellbeing Program, African
Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya
Cameron McCordic Balsillie School of International Affairs, Waterloo, ON,
Canada
Shukri F. Mohamed Health Challenges and Systems Program, African
Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya
Ndeyapo Nickanor Faculty of Science, University of Namibia, Windhoek,
Namibia
Wade Pendleton Cape Town, South Africa
Stephen Peyton Department of Geography and Environmental Studies,
Macalester College, St Paul, MN, USA
Inês Raimundo Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Eduardo Mondlane
University, Maputo, Mozambique
Liam Riley Balsillie School of International Affairs, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Lilly Schofield Save the Children UK, London, UK
Helena Shilomboleni Department of Environment and Resource Studies,
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Nomcebo Simelane Department of Geography, Environmental Science and
Planning, University of Swaziland, P/B Kwaluseni, Swaziland
Lauren Sneyd Balsillie School of International Affairs, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Godfrey Tawodzera Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences,
University of Limpopo, Sovenga, South Africa
Daniel Tevera Department of Geography, Environmental Studies and Tourism,
University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa
Frederick Wekesah African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi,
Kenya
Abbreviations
3ADI Accelerated Agribusiness and Agro-industries Development
Initiative
ADB African Development Bank
AFSUN African Food Security Urban Network
AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
ALV African Leafy Vegetables
AMICAALL Alliance of MayorsInitiativefor Community Action on HIV and
AIDS at the Local Level
APHRC African Population and Health Research Center
BP British Petroleum
CBD Central Business District
CBOs Community-Based Organisations
CFSVA Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis
CI Confidence Interval
CIGI Centre for International Governance Innovation
CRFS City Region Food System
CSO Central Statistics Office
DPMO Deputy Prime Minister’s Office
DSW Social Welfare Department
ESAP Economic Structural Adjustment Programme
EU European Union
FANTA Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FDI Foreign Direct Investment
FEWSNET Famine Early Warning Systems Network
FTLRP Fast Track Land Reform Programme
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GIS Geographic Information Systems
GNU Government of National Unity
GPS Global Positioning Systems
HCP Hungry Cities Partnership
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