Secondary Cities as Catalysts for Nutritious Diets in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Zutphen, Kesso Gabrielle van; Barjolle, Dominique; Berg, Sophie; Gavin-Smith, Breda; Kraemer, Klaus; Musard, Capucine; Prytherch, Helen; Six, Johan; Winter, Sabrina De; Woltering, Kris

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“…Are Nested 3.1. Small-and Medium-Sized Cities as Urban-Rural Bridges Various policy platforms and think tanks have called for a stronger development policy focus on second-tier cities [39][40][41][42]. Such cities are hypothesized to form natural bridges between the rural agricultural surroundings and more non-primary economic sectors in urban areas.…”

Section: Secondary Cities and The Urban-rural Food Systems Continuum ...mentioning

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The Role of Urban–Rural Connections in Building Food System Resilience

2023

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This paper investigates food system resilience—conceptualized through the four dimensions of agency, buffering, connectivity, and diversification—from the perspective of rural–urban relations. We consider three cases that capture distinct actor and policy foci in the wider literature on urban–rural interactions. These are secondary cities and their development potential as central nodes in urban–rural food systems, the role of digital infrastructure in shaping food systems resilience, and finally, street food vendors as a particularly vulnerable yet crucial group of actors linking rural food supply with urban demand. We review existing literature within these themes, with a particular focus on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the food systems in middle- and low-income countries. This allows us to examine the relationship between rural–urban connectivity and food system resilience and to identify possible trade-offs. We formulate recommendations for research and policy around the notions of new localities (i.e., considering the interconnectedness of rural and urban food systems across administrative boundaries), smart development (i.e., context-specific approaches building on local strengths), and network governance (i.e., inclusive decision making engaging with diverse stakeholders across multiple scales).

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The Role of Urban–Rural Connections in Building Food System Resilience

2023

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Impacts of population growth and economic development on food security in low-income and middle-income countries

Miladinov¹

2023

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Attention to addressing undernourishment in low-and middle-income countries has expanded notably since the beginning of the 21st century. Population growth increases the overall demand for food, while income growth affects consumption patterns. Using annual aggregate data from the World Bank in 2001–2020 and econometric approaches, this research investigates the changes in the growth rates in rural and urban populations and GDP per capita and the prevalence of undernourishment as % of the population in low-income countries, lower-middle-income countries, and upper-middle income countries. The main goal of the study is to convey a deeper understanding by quantifying the impacts of rural and urban population growth as well as GDP per capita growth on the prevalence of undernourishment. The robust regression models showed that the prevalence of undernourishment in these countries was strongly associated with rural and urban population growth. A positive impact of rural population growth on undernutrition was found in all three groups of countries, with the most significant positive effects found in upper-middle-income countries. The negative effect of urban population growth on undernourishment was largest for the upper middle-income countries. Furthermore, fully modified ordinary least squares results revealed that the changes in the prevalence of undernourishment are mostly associated with long-term changes in the rural and urban population growth. The Difference in Difference (DiD) estimation confirmed only the causal effect of rural population growth on the prevalence of undernourishment in the panel of these countries. The findings of this study have both methodological and policy implications.

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Secondary Cities as Catalysts for Nutritious Diets in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

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The Role of Urban–Rural Connections in Building Food System Resilience

The Role of Urban–Rural Connections in Building Food System Resilience

Impacts of population growth and economic development on food security in low-income and middle-income countries

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