New publication: Integrating a systems approach into urban and peri-urban agriculture

Cities are facing multiple interrelated crises, from rising urban temperatures and environmental degradation to growing public health challenges as non-communicable diseases (NCDs) increase. Urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) can help address these challenges, but only when it is designed and supported through a systems approach that recognises its contribution to multiple outcomes, including food and nutrition security, climate resilience, environmental sustainability, livelihoods and community wellbeing.

This continues to raise practical questions such as how can national and local governments design policies and governance processes that enable UPA to deliver these multiple benefits? What specific mechanisms can help? And what is needed to create an enabling environment for a more systemic approach to UPA?