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  • Publication | 2025

Urban Food Governance at the Subnational Scale

Global Food and Nutrition Security

Africa’s rapid urbanisation, particularly in smaller cities, strains local governments’ capacity to address challenges such as infrastructure, service delivery, poverty, hunger and climate change (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) 2018). With limited authority and resources, these governments struggle to provide essential services including food security, which is critical for health and economic stability (Smit 2016; Battersby & Watson 2019). As a result, African cities lack effective policy frameworks to manage urban food systems.