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  Not just where we live, but how we live: addressing urban food and nutrition security

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  Urban policy-makers in developing countries face a growing problem. By 2020, the number of people in the developing world will grow from 5 billion to 7 billion, with 90 per cent of this growth occurring in cities and towns. The sheer volume of people will compromise the ability of the cities to meet basic needs, resulting in an increase of urban poverty, hunger and malnutrition.
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  Closing the rural-urban nutrient cycle?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  Fast-growing cities in sub-Saharan Africa challenge rural food production. Consumption- related waste, however, ends up in urban latrines, drains or landfills, transforming cities into vast nutrient sinks. Composting this waste for agriculture could bring ‘rural’ nutrients back to the farmer. But how might this work?
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  Trouble in the air for food production as urban pollution hits rural development

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  Concern over air pollution has traditionally been focused on urban situations.
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  Achieving urban food and nutrition security in the developing world

  2020 Vision for Food, Agriculture and the Environment, International Food Policy Research Institute, 2000

  This edition of 2020 Focus broadly addresses the issue of urban food insecurity and malnutrition.It offers insights into the urgency of the situation and some of the main policy issues.
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  Women and children getting by in urban Accra

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2003

  This paper reports on efforts by the Accra Urban Food and Nutrition Study (AUFNS) to help to illuminate the essence of urban poverty, the limiting factors on urban livelihoods, and the particular effect of women's education, work and childcare on child nutritional status in the city.Findings:the rise of urban poverty implies that policymakers must broaden their focus beyond the more tra
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  Dar es Salaam: urban livelihood security assessment

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2003

  This profile reports on an assessment by IFPRI and CARE of a number of impoverished neighbourhoods in Dar es Salaam towards the ultimate goal of targeting assistance to the poor more efficiently.
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  Ethiopia: the urban food-for-work project

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2002

  This paper reports on the successes and shortfalls of CARE Ethiopia's Urban Food-for-Work program (UFFW).
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  Ghana: the Accra urban food and nutrition study

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2002

  This paper reports on an IFPRI analysis of urban food and nutrition security in Accra, conducted with the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research in Ghana and the WHO.The main goal of the research project was to determine how the strategies employed by the urban poor to secure their livelihoods affect households’ food security, the care of children, and their resulting health and nutrit
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  Peru: community kitchens in Peru: CARE Peru

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2002

  This paper reports on IFPRI’s analysis of Peru’s comedores populares (community kitchens) and associated programs.
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  Does subsidized childcare help poor working women in urban areas?: evaluation of a government-sponsored program in Guatemala City

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2002

  This paper presents an evaluation and impact assessment (1998) of the urban Hogares Comunitarios Program (HCP), Guatemala, a government-sponsored pilot programme designed to alleviate poverty by providing working parents with low-cost, quality childcare within their community.

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