City-scale food and nutrition reports – Hub Cities
Market-level case studies from five African hub cities on how food is traded and governed, and what cities can do to improve it.
Summary
This AfriFOODlinks report (Deliverable 1.02) brings together in-depth case studies from five hub cities: Mbale, Kisumu, Tunis, Ouagadougou and Cape Town. Focusing on municipal markets, informal food trade and urban and peri-urban agriculture, it shows how infrastructure gaps, weak market governance and inequality shape food access, safety and livelihoods. It recommends well-maintained, climate-resilient market infrastructure, inclusive governance, support for informal traders, food safety and waste reduction, stronger urban-rural links and better policy coherence. It is aimed at local governments, policymakers, researchers and practitioners working on urban food systems in Africa.
