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DISCUSSION No. 136 • FSN Forum digest No. 1282
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Call for experiences and effective policy approaches in addressing food security and nutrition in the context of
changing rural-urban dynamics
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until 15 March 2017
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CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED
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Marielle
Dubbeling, RUAF Foundation, Netherlands
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Marielle shares a publication featuring thirteen case studies from city regions around the world which are developing
City Region Food Systems projects, programmes and policies linking rural and urban areas. The cases offer strategies and tools that can be applied by city regions around the world, including the promotion of (peri)urban agriculture, support for short supply
chains, and the promotion of food waste prevention, reduction and management, as well as the recovery and redistribution of safe and nutritious food for human consumption.
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the publication
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Bert
Cramer, United States of America
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Bert introduces a project in Kyrgyzstan, where people increasingly migrate from rural areas to the informal settlements
around the capital city of Bishkek. However, these settlements are becoming a way station for people of working age to pursue labour migration. In particular the elderly of Bishkek’s informal settlements are left behind while often lacking access to food.
The project brings together youth and elders to engage in community gardening through peri-urban agriculture and animal husbandry. Hence, it links disparate generations through labour, provides a source of readily available and locally produced food and promotes
knowledge sharing between rural elders and urban youth.
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Ambaliou
Odountan Olounlade, Centre d'Actions pour la Sécurité Alimentaire et le Développement Durable (ONG-CASAD), Benin
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Ambaliou presents the ‘Projet d’initiation et de formation des Jeunes en
Entrepreneuriat’ in Benin, which aims to simultaneously address the problems of food insecurity and unemployment among young people by promoting agricultural entrepreneurship.
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Moha
Haddouch, UNDP, Morocco
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Moha shares information on a project focusing on the Moroccan Argan Biosphere Reserve, an area where 3 million inhabitants
are mainly dependent on agriculture, but which has increasingly experienced environmental degradation. In order to address this, the government has introduced payment for ecosystem services and encouraged the sustainable use of agro-biodiversity. A concrete
example constitutes promoting eco-branding of products and services from the Reserve. This would contribute significantly to food security and income generation and be crucial for building a strong urban and rural cooperation system that secures sustainable
supply chains.
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