Promoting integrated and inclusive rural-urban dynamics and food systems
This policy brief (PDF) by International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) provides recommendations for creating synergies between different settlement types, leveraging rural-urban linkages,...
View ArticleRural Africa in motion. Dynamics and drivers of migration south of the Sahara
This atlas (PDF) by FAO and CIRAD offers a comprehensive analysis of the existing migration patterns as well as the diverse and multifaceted factors that impact on migration practices. Sub-Saharan...
View ArticlePoverty reduction during the rural–urban transformation
This article in the Journal of Policy Modeling, focuses on poverty reduction during the rural–urban transformation and argues that rural development is still more important than urbanisation. Based on...
View ArticleWant to make agriculture attractive for Africa’s youth? More bitumen please
This blog by the The Chicago Council on Global Affairs explores unconventional solutions to make agriculture “sexy” for Africa’s young people. Currently, making agriculture sexy for youth is focused on...
View ArticleRural migration in Tunisia: Drivers and patterns of rural youth migration and...
This report (PDF) by The Migration Policy Centre and FAO, addresses the determinants of migration and mobility, the patterns and types of rural youth outmigration and the impact of rural youth...
View ArticleCan sustainable agriculture mitigate massive youth migration in Africa?
This article by the Impakter is on sustainable agriculture lever to mitigate youth migration in Africa. Youth migration has always been an important component of rural or structural transformation....
View ArticleFrom corn to popcorn? Urbanization and dietary change: Evidence from...
This article (PDF) in the World Development journal aims to study whether and how urbanization impacts dietary change. There is rising concern that the ongoing wave of urbanization will have profound...
View ArticleYouth in Food: Opportunities for education and employment
This issue (PDF) of the Urban Agriculture Magazine of the RUAF Foundation explores challenges and solutions raised by migration pressures with a focus on youth employment in city region food systems....
View ArticleYouth in Food: Opportunities for education and employment
This issue of the Urban Agriculture Magazine explores challenges and solutions raised by migration pressures with a focus on youth employment in city region food systems. It includes examples from...
View ArticleRural-urban linkages: Syngergies, threats and limitations
This edition (PDF) of the Rural 21 magazine provides advices and examples of best practices as well as failures to bridge the gap between rural and urban regions. The United Nations New Urban Agenda...
View ArticleImplementing the New Urban Agenda: Urban and territorial integration...
This paper, published in the book series International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy, provides an insight on the opportunities provided by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the New Urban...
View ArticleUrbanisation, dietary change and traditional food practices in Indonesia
This paper published in the journal Social Science and Medicine, uses panel data covering a period of 23 years to examine how changes in the urban environment relate to food expenditures, dietary...
View ArticleChanging food consumption patterns in rural and urban Vietnam: Implications...
This study, in the Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, estimates a food demand system, including 15 major food items in Vietnam, with multiyear household survey data. Rapid...
View ArticleThe impact of urbanisation on food systems in West and East Africa
This policy report (PDF) by PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency provides insights into the current and projected dynamics of urbanisation and food systems in West and East Africa and...
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