Tags: Urban Poor, Food, Nutrition Security, Urban Agriculture

The trend is inescapable: more and more people in the developing world are living in the cities. Growth in urban poverty, food insecurity, and malnutrition and a shift in their concentration from rural to urban areas will acompany urbanization. Some argue that concern about urban poverty is misplaced that rural areas continue to hold most of the poor, food insecure, and malnourished and that they will for many years to come. Many analysts and governments seem complacent because their countries are not industrialized or highly urban. As we look to 2020, is such complacency justified? Clearly not.

Achieving Urban Food and Nutrition Security in the Developing World.pdf