Annexes to Chapter 1

By Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

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Title:	Annexes to Chapter 1
Author:	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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Language:	English
Subject:	United Nations., Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. FAO agriculture series, Agriculture
Collections:	United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Collection
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Publisher:	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; Digitizer: Fao


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Nutrition Reference Publication

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Electronic reproduction.

Excerpt
Excerpt: ?We recognize that ... access to healthy and nutritious food will be an increasingly important issue in Asian cities as they continue to rapidly urbanize and increase in population, and especially in addressing the needs of the urban poor ... city and local authorities can play a key role in enhancing access to food especially in the context of continuing urbanization and decentralization ... cities need sound food supply and distribution policies, strategies and programmes, spanning urban, periurban and rural areas, formulated in collaboration with all concerned stakeholders ... the traditional focus of city and local authorities on ensuring safe food and provision of market infrastructure is too narrow and often ad hoc ... there is lack of consciousness and awareness at the municipal level of food security issues for formulating appropriate municipal policies and programmes ... food supply and distribution involve many actors but responsibilities are fragmented and uncoordinated among the various national, state/provincial and local public and private organizations concerned ... many Asian cities and local authorities lack the necessary autonomy, mandates, legal frameworks, and competence to effective address food supply and distribution issues including its interface with other priority urban concerns; and the value of partnerships and networking with and among stakeholders at the national, regional and international levels offer significant potential to improve information flow and technology transfer.? ...