From small farms to big cities: Leveraging food systems and rural-urban linkages for ending hunger and malnutrition

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2018-12-12

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Vos, Rob. 2018. From small farms to big cities: leveraging food systems and rural-urban linkages for ending hunger and malnutrition. Rural 21 52(4): 10-13. https://www.rural21.com/english/archive/2018/04/detail/article/from-small-farms-to-big-cities-leveraging-food-systems-for-ending-hunger-and-malnutrition.html

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Two 2017 IFPRI and FAO reports suggest that strengthening food supply chains can immensely contribute to ending malnutrition and reducing poverty. Our author explains the complex interdependencies between rural and urban regions.

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Rob Vos  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4496-080X

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en

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rural urban relations; supply chains; rural-urban food supply chains; urban areas; urbanization; hunger; malnutrition; smallholders; nutrition; rural areas; food systems

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