Agricultural production is traditionally associated with rural areas. Urban and peri-urban agriculture typically play only minor roles in discussions about urban development, while policies for food security in cities tend to conceive of them as merely sites of food consumption. Yet achieving food security, including in the world's cities, requires us to focus on its four dimensions (availability, access, utilisation, and stability) in both rural and urban food systems. Neglecting the urban dimension of food production diminishes our capacity to solve the challenge of food insecurity, as the many opportunities and benefits of urban farming - which are broader even than the provision of food itself - are missed.
Urban Agriculture in Cape Town
| Year of publication | |
| Geographic coverage | South Africa |
| Originally published | 07 Dec 2021 |
| Related organisation(s) | ThinkTankforSustainability (TMG) |
| Knowledge service | Metadata | Global Food and Nutrition Security | Food security and food crisesSustainable Food Systems | Urban agriculture |