Governing Food Systems to Alleviate Poverty in Secondary Cities in Africa
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Cape Town
Department Name: African Centre for Cities
Abstract
Urban areas in sub-Saharan Africa are growing rapidly. While there has been considerable attention paid to the challenges of African mega-cities, the experiences of smaller urban areas have been relatively neglected. Secondary cities, with populations of less than half a million, are absorbing two-thirds of all urban population growth in Africa. This project focuses on three such cities to build a clearer picture of the dynamics of poverty in these kinds of urban spaces and to provide information and insights which can address poverty reduction.
Poverty cannot be understood or addressed by focusing on poor individuals or households alone. Rather it needs to be understood as having many intersecting drivers operating at a range of scales, from the individual, to the neighbourhood, to the city and beyond. Nor can it be understood or addressed by focusing on governance, infrastructure or economic growth, alone. The challenge of this project is to understand the dynamic connections between poverty, governance and urban spaces. We argue that the study of food is a powerful lens to understand these connections. As Carolyn Steel writes, "In order to understand cities properly, we need to look at them through food". The project therefore asks the central question: What does the urban food system in three secondary cities in Africa reveal about the dynamics of urban poverty and its governance, and what are the lessons for generic poverty reduction?
There are significant gaps in knowledge about African urban growth and urban poverty. This project therefore consolidates existing survey and census data to understand patterns and trends of urbanization and poverty in the three case study countries and cities. Because there are data gaps, we will also use remote sensing to generate new data on the spread of urban areas. This information provides the basis for general statements to be made about urban poverty, and for poverty reduction strategies generated in the project to be assessed against a broader representation of poverty.
The project turns its focus to food as a way to understand the connections between poverty, governance and urban space. It will conduct a survey in each of three cities to assess how many households, and what kinds of households and individuals, are unable to get enough safe and nutritious food. Poor nutrition is an important indicator and driver of poverty. Most work on food poverty has focused on the household scale alone. This project argues that if food poverty, and poverty more generally, is to be addressed, it will be necessary to take a broader view and look at the food system. The food system in these cities is shifting rapidly as the supermarket sector increases and the flows of food become more global. This project assesses these changes by mapping the food retail environment, interviewing key people involved in the food system and analyses policy in order to test the impact of a changing food system on food poverty, and what appropriate governance responses might be.
The project therefore scans the globe for useful precedents in addressing urban poverty through strategic planning of, and interventions in the urban food system. Throughout the project the focus will be on working with local governments, NGOs and civil society organisations to generate local solutions that are adaptable to multiple contexts.
The outputs from this project are designed to have both practical and academic impacts. Policy impact will be generated by policy briefs and city reports that support the workshops to be held with municipal officials and policy makers. These will be translated into popular media resources to raise public awareness. Reports addressing urbanization, poverty and governance at a wider scale will be produced. These will be disseminated at major urban events and included in university curricula. Peer-reviewed academic publications will be produced in order to influence academic debates.
Poverty cannot be understood or addressed by focusing on poor individuals or households alone. Rather it needs to be understood as having many intersecting drivers operating at a range of scales, from the individual, to the neighbourhood, to the city and beyond. Nor can it be understood or addressed by focusing on governance, infrastructure or economic growth, alone. The challenge of this project is to understand the dynamic connections between poverty, governance and urban spaces. We argue that the study of food is a powerful lens to understand these connections. As Carolyn Steel writes, "In order to understand cities properly, we need to look at them through food". The project therefore asks the central question: What does the urban food system in three secondary cities in Africa reveal about the dynamics of urban poverty and its governance, and what are the lessons for generic poverty reduction?
There are significant gaps in knowledge about African urban growth and urban poverty. This project therefore consolidates existing survey and census data to understand patterns and trends of urbanization and poverty in the three case study countries and cities. Because there are data gaps, we will also use remote sensing to generate new data on the spread of urban areas. This information provides the basis for general statements to be made about urban poverty, and for poverty reduction strategies generated in the project to be assessed against a broader representation of poverty.
The project turns its focus to food as a way to understand the connections between poverty, governance and urban space. It will conduct a survey in each of three cities to assess how many households, and what kinds of households and individuals, are unable to get enough safe and nutritious food. Poor nutrition is an important indicator and driver of poverty. Most work on food poverty has focused on the household scale alone. This project argues that if food poverty, and poverty more generally, is to be addressed, it will be necessary to take a broader view and look at the food system. The food system in these cities is shifting rapidly as the supermarket sector increases and the flows of food become more global. This project assesses these changes by mapping the food retail environment, interviewing key people involved in the food system and analyses policy in order to test the impact of a changing food system on food poverty, and what appropriate governance responses might be.
The project therefore scans the globe for useful precedents in addressing urban poverty through strategic planning of, and interventions in the urban food system. Throughout the project the focus will be on working with local governments, NGOs and civil society organisations to generate local solutions that are adaptable to multiple contexts.
The outputs from this project are designed to have both practical and academic impacts. Policy impact will be generated by policy briefs and city reports that support the workshops to be held with municipal officials and policy makers. These will be translated into popular media resources to raise public awareness. Reports addressing urbanization, poverty and governance at a wider scale will be produced. These will be disseminated at major urban events and included in university curricula. Peer-reviewed academic publications will be produced in order to influence academic debates.
Planned Impact
The African Centre for Cities has a deliberate strategy of making its academic research work useful for African urban development and for practitioners, activists and citizens on the continent. Key strategy elements include building and contributing to durable knowledge networks on the continent, writing of policy briefs, use of its dynamic website and online documentation, academic publishing and research-led teaching of African urban professionals at UCT.
The programme of research will have impacts that are conceptual, instrumental and which build research capacity on the African continent. Conceptually, the research aims to reframe understandings of urban poverty and how it can be addressed in the particular context of Africa. The linking of poverty and the urban food system, in relation to instruments of governance, is a novel approach that can make an important contribution to poverty debates. Instrumentally, the research will directly address the question of policy and its implementation. The project will operationalize ACC networks to source 'good practice ideas' from elsewhere in Africa and the global South, and will assess the extent to which they might be appropriate in the case study cities. Various channels will then be used to maximise the dissemination of these findings. Finally, by leading the bid from an Africa-based research centre, capacity building on the continent will be promoted. The ACC has extensive links to centres and networks on the continent and is very well placed to tap into existing research capacity.
The vehicles for achieving impact are:
- Publications: peer-reviewed journal articles, journal special issues, edited book, policy briefs
- Seminars and Workshops with local stakeholders (government, researchers, NGOs), project research teams, and with members of the African Urban Research Initiative; initial stakeholder seminars for each case context to trigger co-production
- Web: use of the ACC website UrbanAfrica.net to disseminate findings
- Media: press articles in South Africa and the three case countries
- Educational: AAPS curriculum development 'toolkit' on urban food security; introduction of an urban food systems and poverty module in the ACC MPhil programme; provision of bursaries for postgraduate students
Academic beneficiaries, standing to benefit from the research findings and new methodological and conceptual perspectives developed in this project, will be targeted through a publication strategy seeking to place papers in a range of disciplinary journals. The work will also be disseminated at major conferences. Students and academics from under-capacitated African universities will benefit through the production of teaching tools and publications that will develop capacity. These tools will be disseminated through the ACC's graduate teaching programme and through the AAPS curriculum development programme.
The policy and decision making beneficiaries, including local officials from the case cities, will benefit from the production of policy briefs and city reports, and from the co-generation of interventive ideas and policy guidelines. The project will work with local officials to help them to understand the significance of the research findings, to expose them to good practice from elsewhere and to generate workable local governance responses. The project also intends to be of benefit to local governments outside of the case cities by publishing materials on good practice and disseminating these through ACC's networks and partner organizations.
The final group of intended beneficiaries are poor urban groups. The solutions to food poverty do not lie at the governance scale alone, and there are points of intervention at the household and community scales. The project will produce information for the popular media to raise public awareness of food and nutrition insecurity, and will hold workshops with civil society organisations and NGOs.
The programme of research will have impacts that are conceptual, instrumental and which build research capacity on the African continent. Conceptually, the research aims to reframe understandings of urban poverty and how it can be addressed in the particular context of Africa. The linking of poverty and the urban food system, in relation to instruments of governance, is a novel approach that can make an important contribution to poverty debates. Instrumentally, the research will directly address the question of policy and its implementation. The project will operationalize ACC networks to source 'good practice ideas' from elsewhere in Africa and the global South, and will assess the extent to which they might be appropriate in the case study cities. Various channels will then be used to maximise the dissemination of these findings. Finally, by leading the bid from an Africa-based research centre, capacity building on the continent will be promoted. The ACC has extensive links to centres and networks on the continent and is very well placed to tap into existing research capacity.
The vehicles for achieving impact are:
- Publications: peer-reviewed journal articles, journal special issues, edited book, policy briefs
- Seminars and Workshops with local stakeholders (government, researchers, NGOs), project research teams, and with members of the African Urban Research Initiative; initial stakeholder seminars for each case context to trigger co-production
- Web: use of the ACC website UrbanAfrica.net to disseminate findings
- Media: press articles in South Africa and the three case countries
- Educational: AAPS curriculum development 'toolkit' on urban food security; introduction of an urban food systems and poverty module in the ACC MPhil programme; provision of bursaries for postgraduate students
Academic beneficiaries, standing to benefit from the research findings and new methodological and conceptual perspectives developed in this project, will be targeted through a publication strategy seeking to place papers in a range of disciplinary journals. The work will also be disseminated at major conferences. Students and academics from under-capacitated African universities will benefit through the production of teaching tools and publications that will develop capacity. These tools will be disseminated through the ACC's graduate teaching programme and through the AAPS curriculum development programme.
The policy and decision making beneficiaries, including local officials from the case cities, will benefit from the production of policy briefs and city reports, and from the co-generation of interventive ideas and policy guidelines. The project will work with local officials to help them to understand the significance of the research findings, to expose them to good practice from elsewhere and to generate workable local governance responses. The project also intends to be of benefit to local governments outside of the case cities by publishing materials on good practice and disseminating these through ACC's networks and partner organizations.
The final group of intended beneficiaries are poor urban groups. The solutions to food poverty do not lie at the governance scale alone, and there are points of intervention at the household and community scales. The project will produce information for the popular media to raise public awareness of food and nutrition insecurity, and will hold workshops with civil society organisations and NGOs.
Organisations
- University of Cape Town (Lead Research Organisation)
- Newton Fund (Collaboration)
- Urban Africa Risk Knowledge (Collaboration)
- MASENO UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) Potsdam (Collaboration)
- Government of Canada (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE (Collaboration)
- Copperbelt University (Collaboration)
- University of Zimbabwe (Collaboration)
- Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research (Collaboration)
- Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) (Collaboration)
- ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability - Africa (Collaboration)
- Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (Collaboration)
- South African Cities Network (Collaboration)
- International Development Research Centre (Collaboration)
- Fetola Foundation (Collaboration)
- University of Cape Town (Collaboration)
Publications
Dodson B
Tenga Nehunwaru: Navaigating gendered poverty and food precocity in three African secondary cities
in Development and Change
Donald A
Land cover mapping and change detection in three urban areas in sub-saharan Africa
in South African Geographical Journal
Duminy J
(2017)
Ecologizing regions; securing food: governing scarcity, population and territory in British East and Southern Africa
in Territory, Politics, Governance
Duminy J
(2017)
A Piecemeal Avalanche: the Uneven Topography of Statistics in Colonial Kenya, c. 1900 to 1952
in Urban Forum
Duminy J
(2018)
Urban Food Systems Governance and Poverty in African cities
Fonseca J
(2018)
Sustainable Diets: The Transdisciplinary Imperative
Fuseini I
(2018)
urban Food Systems Governance and Poverty in African cities
Fuseini I.
(2018)
urban Food Systems Governance and Poverty in African cities
| Title | Tomatoes and Taxi Ranks Exhibition Dickinson College |
| Description | Students created an exhibition of 10 posters of key images and perspective from Tomatoes and Taxi ranks at Dickinson College, PA, USA. This was placed in the foyer of the library and was viewed by the majority of the students at the college |
| Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Impact | Student learning |
| Description | By the end of the first year of the project, the focus of the research has been on interrogating methods and approaches used to understand and make policy on issues of poverty, urbanisation, spatial expansion of cities and food security in African cities. To this end, we have made a series of critical points about the assumptions underlying existing approaches and developed a set of recommendations. We have also made contributions to debates and practices surround the new urban and food Sustainable Development Goals, and developed a new methodological approach aimed at developing an understanding of the urban food system in our research cities. By the end of the second project year, the project had made progress in analysing multidimensional poverty at a range of scale in Kenya and labour force and migration trends in Kitwe. The food systems work of work package 2 and the life cycle assessment work of work package 3 have found considerable diversity in the sources of food entering the urban food system as it feeds the urban poor. These systems are found to be responsive to the food needs of the poor, and provide a useful set of findings to challenge some of the assumptions of the existence and the necessary good of a local food system. The archival work on the history of food governance has also provided a valuable set of findings that challenge the ahistorical theoretical and political positions asserted in much of the urban development and food systems work. The project has made a number of significant innovative research findings.The first contribution is on the nature and scale of food insecurity in the case study cities researched in the Consuming Urban Poverty (CUP) project. Food insecurity levels in each case study city were high. Seventy one percent of surveyed households in Kisumu were moderately or severely food insecure, 88% of the surveyed households in Epworth and 90% in the pro-poor sample in Kitwe. This supports other analyses of levels of food insecurity in African cities, including the pro-poor African Food Security Urban Network (AFSUN) surveys which, using the same food security indicator (Household Food Insecurity Access Prevalence - HFIAP), found high levels of food insecurity across a range of cities. The prevalence of the sampled households in poor neighbourhoods in Cape Town was 80%, 94% in Lusaka and 95% in Harare (Crush et al.2012) The CUP project used the suite of Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance (FANTA) food security indicators, as described in the next section. By using these indicators together it was possible to go beyond a headline food insecurity figure. By using the HFIAP in conjunction with the Months of Adequate Household Provision (MAHFP) and the Household Dietary Diversity Score (HDDS) it was possible to show that the sampled households generally had unexpectedly low numbers of months of inadequate household food provisioning in relation to the levels of food insecurity experienced. This relative stability of food access was secured by consistent access to a single staple food, maize. In Zambia, in particular, agricultural and food security policy has been almost exclusively focussed on ensuring access to maize. However, the low dietary diversity evident in the cities raises important questions about the nutritional adequacy of this kind of policy which views food security only as relief from starvation. The Lived Poverty Index (LPI) revealed the multidimensional nature of poverty in these cities, with households experiencing deficiencies in access to food, water, energy, medical resources and cash. While food insecurity in cities is to a large degree an outcome of income poverty, our findings argue that it is also about the wider lived urban condition, in which inadequate access to water, sanitation and energy all shape households' food utilization capacity and therefore their food security. Our findings reinforce existing research on the compounding impact of multiple deprivations and therefore, calls for greater acknowledgement of the multidimensional nature of poverty by policy makers and development agencies when developing poverty alleviation strategies. The second innovative finding concerned the role of supermarkets in the food systems of these secondary cities. There is a considerable body of literature on the "supermarket transition" around the world. This work focuses largely on supply and demand side drivers of this retail transformation, and on the role of supermarkets in re-shaping supply chains in Africa. Our findings suggest that a broader conversation about supermarkets is necessary. Supermarkets intersect with food security, the food retail system and urban governance in a number of ways that have not previously been the focus of significant research. In terms of food security, in all case study cities (including Epworth which had no supermarket within its bounds) poor urban residents were purchasing food from supermarkets. However, the main and most frequent sources of food remained markets and traders (mostly informal) within their immediate neighbourhoods. Supermarkets were far from the most important source of food. In Kisumu, by way of example, more than half of consumers bought less than 25% of their food at supermarkets. This suggests that although supermarkets are an important part of the food retail environment, purchasing patterns have maintained the historical dominance of frequent purchases from the local markets and less frequent large purchases from a more central location, be it the central market, a wholesaler or a supermarket. While the supermarkets remain a minor source of food in terms of purchase, the findings of the project, in conjunction with the work of Abrahams (2009) and others, suggest that the supermarkets are changing the nature of the food retail sector. In the case of Kitwe, it was evident that a number of smaller traders were effectively using the supermarkets as their wholesaler. Items entering the city through the supermarket's supply chain are therefore resold in the informal sector. While supermarkets and local government problematized the location of street traders outside of supermarkets as parasitic and undermining the formal retail sector, our findings suggest a far more symbiotic set of relationships between the formal and informal sectors. Further, much of the existing work on the expansion of supermarkets has focussed on the various supply- and demand-side issues propelling the growth of the sector. There has been some focus on the role of improved urban infrastructure in enabling the expansion of supermarkets into new spaces. However, there has been little attention paid to the role of local government in supporting this expansion through granting planning permission. In Kisumu and Kitwe, shopping malls and the supermarkets that occupy them hold a position in the local government as symbols of modernization and economic opportunity. The findings here support work conducted in Cape Town which concluded that: "The expansion of malls and supermarkets must be understood in the context of four interconnected ideas currently shaping African cities, namely: the vision of the 'modern' city; the imperative of economic growth; the notion of the rising middle class as the investment frontier; and the belief in public private partnerships as a means to achieve development objectives" (Battersby 2017a: 339). There is far more research to be done on the drivers of food retail transformation in African cities. The third contribution of the project is its mapping of the sources of food coming into the city, and the ways in which the findings from this work contribute to the emerging promotion of City Region Food Systems led by the FAO, RUAF Foundation, ICLEI and others. Within the City Region Food System literature a re-localized food system is seen as both the ideal and as the current reality in smaller African cities (Jennings et al. 2015). However, the food systems for the three case study cities did not seem to correspond to this reality or hold this ideal as viable. As subsequent chapters will illustrate, these secondary cities were far more globally connected than the literature suggests, with fish in Kitwe and Kisumu travelling from China, eggs at the wholesale market in Kisumu coming from Uganda and vegetables at the Chisokone Market in Kitwe coming from South Africa. These global connections were not limited to modern, formal supply chains, but were a central part of informal sector activities. Conversely, processed foods, such as maputi (Zimbabwean popcorn), were sometimes locally produced. The structure of the food system was determined by complex and interconnected factors beyond municipal, provincial or even national government competence. The sale of Ugandan over Kenyan eggs was the result of Ugandan agricultural policy which subsidised chicken feed as well as transport infrastructure investments that made cross border trade along main arterial routes more viable than local trade along roads connecting Kisumu to neighbouring rural areas. It is the contention of this book that the dominance of the City Region Food System as a policy framework promoted by the FAO and RUAF and in the NUA leads to a myopic focus on the immediate rural to urban linkages. In the analysis of food system governance within the case study cities it was apparent that the main point of policy and programmatic interventions for local governments was enhancing local production, with little understanding of the reasons why food was being sourced from beyond the city region. It was noted that many local production and processing projects had failed, but without knowing why. Within local government there was no consideration of the role of large scale private sector actors in shaping the food system, nor of the connections between formal and informal sector actors. The thinking about the food system was entirely focussed on small-scale local actors. This suggests that the governance capacity and will to engage food systems planning is lacking, and that the call to re-localization from City Region Food System proponents may simply reinforce existing limitations to current food systems governance. The final, and linked, set of findings is about the governance of urban food systems. The project found that there was generally weak governance of the urban food system with no clear mandate for local government and generally limited financial and personnel capacity within local government. This meant that many governance decisions that shaped the food system, such as decisions on traders, market sites and mall development, were made outside the context of a consideration of their food system impact. The relatively limited capacity of the state meant that key policy and planning decisions were strongly informed by national governments, large international donor agencies and private sector actors. The book argues that these governance capacity issues are particularly evident in secondary cities, which are also the urban areas with the most pressing development challenges, vulnerable economic bases and worst access to up-to-date, accurate data on which to make governance decisions. These findings provide a useful entry point for research on wider urban development agendas and governance. This has been particularly important in our ongoing and affiliated work in South Africa and Kenya. While the findings of this project speak explicitly to issues of food security and food systems, it is the belief of the project team that food provides an extremely useful lens through which to view urban poverty and governance. It provides us with a means to examine the complex connections between formal and informal sectors and the role of the state and other stakeholders in shaping the urban conditions that can alleviate urban poverty. |
| Exploitation Route | In addition to the peer reviewed journal papers, and special sessions at a number of conferences organised by the project, we have produced two open access books. The first is the academic book published by Routledge in 2018, "Urban Food Systems Governance and Poverty in African cities" . The second is our popular book, co-written with one of our advisory board members, Leonie Joubert, "Tomatoes and Taxi Ranks". This book is supported by a website http://www.tomatoesandtaxiranks.org.za which has three video policy briefs. Further we have produced a number of open access working papers and policy briefs. All of which have been widely disseminated.The project team have also contributed to a number of non-project related books, which extend the readership of the work. Through the project's Bellagio meeting, workshops, and involvement in UN processes, the project has ensured that the key findings and perspectives have gained traction within global development agendas. Indicative of this is our inclusion in the drafting of guidelines for the implementation of the food elements of the New Urban Agenda, our co-authorship with FAO officials, and in the inclusion of our work in UN Habitat documents. Battersby was a part of a Urban Food Governance with the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, and was a collaborating partner for the development of Guiding Principles on Urban-Rural linages with UN Habitat. Battersby is a member of the Independent Expert Board of the Global Nutrition Report. The project has hosted close out meetings and book launches in each of the partner cities, both of which have been well received and in which officials reported changed perspectives. The team have developed Food Sensitive Planning Guidelines to be actioned by the Western Cape Provincial Government in South Africa, and with the City of Cape Town in developing their food system programme. In the wake of Covid 19, the project work has been taken up by local and provincial government in South Africa. The work of this project contributed to the development of several funded projects, including the IDRC-funded Nourishing Spaces project and the GCRF project "urban food systems for healthy diets in South Africa: Addressing the double burden of malnutrition through a coherent systems approach." Impact generation funding was received by the project team by ESRC/DfID and impact generation materials are being generated, including policy briefs and a podcast series. |
| Sectors | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Communities and Social Services/Policy,Environment,Government, Democracy and Justice,Other |
| URL | https://consumingurbanpoverty.wordpress.com/publications |
| Description | Project findings and insights have been used by a variety of non-academic actors. The open access publication of the project's popular book, Tomatoes and Taxi Ranks, and academic book, Urban Food Systems Governance and Poverty in African cities, together with the project's open access working papers and policy briefs is enabling widespread use of our materials. The project also released a planning toolkit on food sensitive planning in association with the Association of African Planning Schools. We are advised that a number of these resources are already being used for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in Africa, Europe and North America. Battersby gave the Annual Jammal lecture in Planning at the University of Buffalo, which has increased the visibility of the project's work within the global planning field. The project's Call to Action document, which advocates for civil society engagement has been widely circulated. CUP was also included as a co-signatory of a position paper on urban food systems governance tabled by GAIN at a Habitat III side event. CUP's work was presented at a co-hosted workshop at the SDG Germany event and CUP's key messages included in the final plenary of the conference attended by senior politicians and development actors. The Project's PI was a member of an FAO UN Habitat expert panel meeting on integrating food into urban planning. This meeting and the follow up discussions led to CUP perspectives being reflected in the edited text of the New Urban Agenda. Subsequent to this the Project's Research Coordinator was invited to attend two UN expert group meetings, one on SDG2 and the second on implementing the food component of the New Urban Agenda. CUP perspectives were pivotal within this. The Research Coordinator has subsequently had a paper published with a FAO staff member on planning for urban food security. The CUP Bellagio Meeting drew together stakeholders from a range of development agencies, and the co-developed Bellagio Communique has been widely disseminated. As a result of this, CUP perspectives have been captured within UN Habitat documentation on urban-rural linkages and Battersby is currently part of a team working on "Guiding Principles for urban-rural linkages to advance integrated territorial development" for UN Habitat. Additionally, Battersby is currently part of a consultancy team working with GAIN to develop a toolkit for urban food governance, based on the CUP experience. Battersby's engagement in the IUFN/FNH-UNEP Climate Change Urban Food Initiative has been captured in both the initiative's policy paper and videos. The team have also been able to work with the World Bank on their efforts to get urban food governance onto the Bank's agenda. At a country level, CUP perspectives have been included in the UNDP's Zimbabwe Human Development Report. Work is currently underway in South Africa to develop food sensitive planning guidelines for the Western Cape Provincial Government building on principles and findings from CUP. The project hosted a PhD workshop for 16 students from 10 African countries. This provided an opportunity to engage the next generation of scholars and present and discuss project findings. At the local level, project partners have built on the network of relationships developed at the first stakeholder meetings to ensure a platform for the effective reception of project outputs. The first policy briefs have been drafted are being revised in collaboration with project partners to ensure maximum impact. These relationships have been maintained throughout the project's duration, and close out meetings and book launches have been conducted in all partner cities. The Nourishing Spaces project is allowing the CUP findings to be built into longer term policy and civil society dialogues in Kisumu. The Epworth team have also had good traction working with local and national stakeholders on urban food issues on the basis of project findings. In 2019 Cape Town project team was included in a successful UKRI GCRF proposal (BBSRC Reference: BB/T009020/1) "Developing combined interventions to address the Double Burden of Malnutrition" led by City University. This project builds on CUP findings and perspectives and uses these to engage directly with Provincial Government in South Africa to address the double burden of malnutrition through urban food system interventions. Further the project team has been working with the City of Cape Town to incorporate a food systems perspective in its Resilience Strategy. The development of a food system programme is included in the resilience strategy as a flagship action (http://resource.capetown.gov.za/documentcentre/Documents/City%20strategies%2C%20plans%20and%20frameworks/Resilience_Strategy.pdf). In 2020 the Cape Town and Zimbabwean project team, together with ex-CUP postdoc Issahaka Fuseini (now at the University of Ghana) received UKRI GCRF funding (ES/T007958/1) with IDS to work on Reimagining Infrastructure: how is marginalised people's food and nutrition security shaped by a continuum of urban infrastructure assemblages?, again informed by the work of CUP. In February 2020, Kisumu city announced their new Strategic Plan. The Kisumu Vision 2040 has "Include food in urban planning" as the first of the five "projecting axis have been identified to guide the visioning process" (https://kisumucityplan.co.ke/en/strategic-orientation/). This is a major positive impact of the project. In 2020/2021 the project's findings have been used in the development of the Food Sensitive Planning and Urban Design document (https://foodsecurity.ac.za/publications/food-sensitive-planning-and-urban-design/) which has been workshopped with provincial and local government in South Africa. The project team in Kisumu has engaged local government on food planning issues. Further, during Covid 19 the project teams were pulled into dialogue with local and provincial governments in order to address the impact of lockdown measures on food security and to develop governmental responses. The Cape Town team are developing further outputs as part of ESRC/DfID funded Impact Generation project. In the 2021/2022 period the project's findings were leveraged for the ESRC/DFiD funded Impact Generation project. The engagement activities and impact generated are reflected primarily on that project's reporting (ES/T015926/1). "The projects podcasts have been disseminated widely, firstly to the intended primary audience of African planning scholars through leveraging the Association of African Planning scholars, and then to wider audiences, including local and provincial government, food scholars (via FAO mailing list, facebook, twitter and linkedin). The podcasts have been widely engaged and recommended. The policy briefs (in full form and in WhatsApp brief form) have been disseminated to informal sector activist groups via WIEGO and StreetNet. This has resulted in invitations to present to StreetNet leadership and to the South African Informal Traders Association, and a reported increased understanding of the importance of food as a specific form of informal trade requiring specific activist engagement. The project's perspectives on urban food governance have been widely engaged through the inclusion of Battersby in the FAO-led Urban Food Systems Working group and the emerging Urban Food Systems coalition. The need for transversal urban food Systems governance was reflected at the highest platform - the UN Food Systems Summit. One of the objectives of the impact generation project was to test project ideas and outputs with the City of Cape Town and generate local impact. This has been successful, with project team members being included in the City's food systems working group advisory group. We have been invited into and participated in City discussions on District Plans and Integrated Development Plans. The project team were pulled into international city discussions during covid lockdown on the realities and futures of the city's food system. The team has also been included in an internal working group on better incorporating food into revisions of the metropolitan spatial development framing and municipal planning by laws. Further, Battersby presented with the leader of the City's food working group at a Webinar hosted by the University of Buffalo and the FAO, and at the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact global meeting - therefore not just cementing the relationship with the City, but also presenting CUP aligned findings and perspectives to a wider global audience. Our local reach has extended beyond the intended City scale, as we have also been included in the external advisory group for the Food Working Group of the Provincial Government - and have been invited to present in this forum and had meetings with key actors in this group. Further, the Covid crisis led to the development of a Food Forum headed up by the Western Cape Economic Development Partnership. This convening group has recently developed working groups of which we are a part. This has been key to taking the message from the CUP project to broader local audiences in the public and private sectors, as well as civil society. One area of explicit impact emerged out of dialogues with provincial government officials at the start of the covid crisis when we were engaged as experts in the field, on the basis of the CUP work. We were asked to advise on food relief could be done in ways that were responsive to the ways in which the poor accessed food. Battersby suggested the use to Flash technology as a means to channeling food vouchers through the informal sector. This suggestion was made both to province and to a large FBO, both picked up the idea and developed it. This has since had major impact and has led to a foundational change in how food relief is rolled out and enhanced efforts at local economic inclusion and capital circulation (https://solidarityfund.co.za/media/2020/10/SF_Humanitarian_Report_on_Food_Vouchers_-_Final.pdf and http://vpuu.org.za/towards-a-community-circular-economy/co-care-vouchers/). We only claim the genesis of the idea, not the rollout. We have further embedded local impact through partnering with the SA Food and Farming Trust to co-develop the Food Dialogues 2020 and 2021 (https://capetown.fooddialogues.info/replays/) in which Battersby and Haysom played key roles in shaping the programme and made contributions. These had wide reach and culminated in a report that has created significant local dialogue about urban food systems (https://ozcf.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Food-Dialogues-Report-2020-LR.pdf) We have impacted at the regional and global scale through our partnering with ICLEI Africa (and FAO, RUAF, Milan Urban Food Policy Pact, WWF and Ellen Macarthur Foundation) for the AfricaCityFoodMonth webinar series, in which we were part of the planning committee and active participants. Messages from the CUP project therefore reached a large regional policy makers, civil society and academic network. Finally, we have been active participants in global webinars and conferences including an IIED event on food systems of the poor in the lead up to the UN Food Systems Summit, the Seminar from the University of Buffalo and the conference of the Hungry Cities Conference. Further influence has come through Battersby's role in the FAO's Urban Food System Working Group and the Emergent Urban Food System Coalition, and the role of the project team in developing a training course for African cities on urban food issues." |
| First Year Of Impact | 2015 |
| Sector | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Healthcare,Government, Democracy and Justice,Retail |
| Impact Types | Societal,Economic,Policy & public services |
| Description | Achieving Urban Food and Nutrition Security with the New Urban Agenda (Oct 2016) - This position paper is supported by: The City of Milan, The City of Utrecht, The Consuming Urban Poverty Project, EAT, Food Smart Cities for Development, The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), Hivos, The Hungry Cities Partnership, The RUAF Foundation, The Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Business Network and The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| URL | http://www.gainhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Position-Paper-with-Logos.pdf |
| Description | Advisory meeting with national Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on new Food and Nutrition policy |
| Geographic Reach | Africa |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | Bellagio Communique - Harnessing urban food systems for sustainable development and human well-being (March 2017) |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| URL | https://consumingurbanpoverty.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/bellagio-communique-harnessing-urban-food-... |
| Description | City of Cape Town Resilience Strategy: Target 1.4.1 Food System programme |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| URL | http://resource.capetown.gov.za/documentcentre/Documents/City%20strategies%2C%20plans%20and%20framew... |
| Description | Contribution to FAO Consultation on Urbanisation, rural transformation and implications for food security |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| URL | http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/fr/node/3150 |
| Description | Development of Urban Food Security graduate course |
| Geographic Reach | Africa |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | Too early to recognise impact. The course delivered to graduate students at the University of Cape Town seeks to provide students with an understanding off issues related to food security and food systems in cities of the global south. Many of the students from the departments supplying students graduate to work in government or the development sector. |
| Description | GAIN Urban Governance for nutrition meeting with National govenment of Tanzania on urban food governance issues |
| Geographic Reach | Africa |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | IUFN-FNH-UNEP Climate Change Urban Food Initiative |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| URL | http://www.iufn.org/en/our-work/think-tank/climate-change-urban-food/ |
| Description | Inclusion of urban food planning in Kisumu Strategic Plan |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | https://kisumucityplan.co.ke/en/strategic-orientation/ |
| Description | Influence on WFP in Zimbabwe - CUP methods and findings used in WFP's DfID funded urban resilience pilot in Epworth is being scaled up to cover other cities and towns in the country, and now to inform COVID-19 planning and response |
| Geographic Reach | Africa |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Description | International Advisory Board membership FLEdGE project |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | New Urban Agenda influence through UN Habitat FAO expert Panel input |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Participation in Expert Group Meeting on SDG 2 at UN Headquarters |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| URL | http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/templates/lon/2017_HLPF/EGM2/Concept_Note_SDG2_EGM.final.pdf |
| Description | Participation in Expert Group Meeting on implementing food and nutrition within the New Urban Agenda at UN Headquarters |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Participation in Habitat 3 expert panel on National Urban Strategies |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Participation in ICSU Urban Health and Wellbeing Science Committee |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Participation in Provincial Government Food Security Strategy Workshop. Battersby and Haysom were invited to advise and participate in the Review of the Provincial Food Security Strategy |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| URL | https://www.capetownpartnership.co.za/2017/03/western-cape-food-security-a-snapshot/ |
| Description | Production of food policy review for the South African Cities Network |
| Geographic Reach | Africa |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | RUAF World Bank Urban Food Metrics work |
| Geographic Reach | Africa |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Resilient cities consultation - City of Cape Town food resilience strategy |
| Geographic Reach | Africa |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Description | Teaching on Sustainable Cities MOOC |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| URL | https://courses.sdgacademy.org/learn/sustainable-cities-november-2016 |
| Description | UNDP Zimbabwe Human Development Report Co-authorship |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | Western Cape, SA, Food Security Strategy |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| URL | https://www.westerncape.gov.za/sites/www.westerncape.gov.za/files/assets/140916_wcg_household_food_a... |
| Description | World Bank meeting |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Bellagio Center Conference Fund - Rockefeller Foundation |
| Amount | $12,440 (USD) |
| Organisation | Rockefeller Foundation |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United States |
| Start | 03/2017 |
| End | 03/2017 |
| Description | Bellagio Center Residency Program - Rockefeller Foundation |
| Amount | R20,000 (ZAR) |
| Organisation | Rockefeller Foundation |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United States |
| Start | 04/2018 |
| End | 05/2018 |
| Description | Carasso Foundation travel funding to bring delegates to CUP Symposium at Global Food Security Conference. |
| Amount | R100,000 (ZAR) |
| Organisation | Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | France |
| Start | 12/2017 |
| End | 12/2017 |
| Description | Center for the study of Africa Economies(CSAE) at Oxford visiting fellowship |
| Amount | £3,800 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Department | Centre for the Study of African Economies |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2018 |
| End | 03/2018 |
| Description | Consuming Urban Poverty Impact Enhancement Project |
| Amount | £67,631 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 2298838 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2020 |
| End | 07/2021 |
| Description | Food Environment and Health |
| Amount | $997,200 (CAD) |
| Funding ID | 108458 |
| Organisation | International Development Research Centre |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Canada |
| Start | 06/2017 |
| End | 06/2020 |
| Description | MasterCard Foundation Masters student bursary - Fadzai Muramba |
| Amount | R50,000 (ZAR) |
| Organisation | Mastercard Foundation |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | Canada |
| Start | 07/2016 |
| End | 07/2017 |
| Description | NRF Freestanding, Innovation and Scarce Skills Masters and Doctoral Scholarships 2016 |
| Amount | R50,000 (ZAR) |
| Organisation | South African National Research Foundation (NRF) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | South Africa |
| Start | 01/2016 |
| End | 12/2016 |
| Description | Reimagining Infrastructure: how is marginalised people's food and nutrition security shaped by a continuum of urban infrastructure assemblages? |
| Amount | £1,462,686 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ES/T007958/1 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2020 |
| End | 05/2023 |
| Description | Urban food systems for healthy diets in South Africa: Addressing the double burden of malnutrition through a coherent systems approach |
| Amount | £545,563 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/T009020/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2020 |
| End | 01/2022 |
| Title | Use of handheld tablets for interviews |
| Description | The food retail mapping and the baseline food security survey will make use of handheld tablets to conduct the interviews. These tablets make use of open source software for both the survey component and the data collection and storage once the surveys have been ficompleted. Data is stored on a daily basis following fieldwork. The uploaded data can then be downloaded in a Microsoft Excel format. Use of the tablets has been trialed in the field but not yet used in the full survey. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | This process significantly reduces the time of both the enumeration process and the data analysis. |
| Title | Data from CUP project (household surveys and retail surveys) |
| Description | This database contains the survey data from the household surveys and retailer surveys conducted in Kitwe, Kisumu and Epworth. The data base also contains the survey tools, sampling strategy and consent forms |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | None as yet |
| URL | https://www.datafirst.uct.ac.za/dataportal/index.php/catalog/767 |
| Description | British Academy/Newton Advanced Fellowship on Consumer Ethics in Post-Apartheid South Africa. |
| Organisation | Newton Fund |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | CUP has partnered with the British Academy/Newton Advanced Fellowship on Consumer Ethics in Post-Apartheid South Africa to co-host a session at the 2017 RGS/IBG conference and co-developed and will co-teach an LSE/UCT July School Course on urban food. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Co-hosting RGS session, co-developing and co-teaching LSE/UCT July School Course |
| Impact | None yet |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Centre of Excellence in food security |
| Organisation | University of the Western Cape |
| Country | South Africa |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This has involved working with a number of universities in South Africa, including Pretoria, North West, Stellenbosch, Limpopo, NMMU and UWC. It is a multi centre initiative. The project has directly involved researchers from UCT (from ACC, LEP and Law) as well as Stellenbosch, NMMU, and Limpopo and then a number of non university based researchers from the likes of the Centre for BioSafety, the AfricaCentre, and non affiliated researchers from Zambia and Rwanda. in 2016 CUP co-hosted the World Food Day event and co-published a series of working papers |
| Collaborator Contribution | Sharing of knowledge |
| Impact | Skinner, C., Haysom, G. 2016. The informal sector's role in food security: A missing link in policy debates? Working Paper 44. Cape Town: PLAAS, UWC and Centre of Excellence on Food Security. http://www.plaas.org.za/sites/default/files/publications-pdf/WP44%20SkinnerHaysom.pdf - Multidisciplinary - Geography and Planning Haysom, G., 2016 Alternative food networks and food insecurity in South Africa, Working Paper 33. Cape Town: PLAAS, UWC and Centre of Excellence on Food Security. http://www.plaas.org.za/sites/default/files/publications-pdf/WP33%20Haysom_FINAL.pdf Tawodzera, G. 2016. Local food geographies: The nature and extent of food insecurity in South Africa, Working Paper 37. Cape Town: PLAAS, UWC and Centre of Excellence on Food Security.http://www.plaas.org.za/sites/default/files/publications-pdf/WP37Tawodzera.pdf Even-Zahav, E., and Kelly, C. 2016. Systematic review of the literature on 'informal economy' and 'food security': South Africa, 2009-2014, Working Paper 35. Cape Town: PLAAS, UWC and Centre of Excellence on Food Security.http://www.plaas.org.za/sites/default/files/publications-pdf/WP35%20Even-Zahav_final.pdf |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Collaboration with Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition |
| Organisation | Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Following discussions with GAIN partners, CUP was included as co-signatory on GAIN's Position paper on urban nutrition presented at Habitat III |
| Collaborator Contribution | Partners drafted Position Paper and hosted workshop presenting position paper at Habitat III |
| Impact | http://www.gainhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Position-Paper-with-Logos.pdf |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Dag Hammarskjöld Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies |
| Organisation | Copperbelt University |
| Country | Zambia |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Previously we partnered with the City and Regional Planning Department at Copperbelt. The Dag Hammarskjöld Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies is now also part of this partnership due to their interest in the topic and their knowledge of ethnographic research methods. |
| Collaborator Contribution | They will assist with field work, data gathering and analysis, and the writing of published outputs. |
| Impact | The collaboration adds researchers from anthropology to those with city planning skills. They have assisted with formulating the questionnaire and making contact with stakeholders in Kitwe. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Fetola Foundation |
| Organisation | Fetola Foundation |
| Country | South Africa |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | CUP researcher has been appointed as a non-executive director on the board of the Fetola Foundation specifically linked to the current research projects and Consuming Urban Poverty in particular. The Fetola Foundation's work is with informal economy players in a number of countries in Africa. The Fetola Foundation is a non-profit organization working on supplier development issues. Their aim is to support the growth of small and medium sized enterprises. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Contribution as non-executive director. |
| Impact | None as yet. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Food and Agricultural Organization |
| Organisation | Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | FAO has a research project on food production in Kitwe (Zambia) which is one of the CUP research sites. FAO has requested collaboration in meeting stakeholders and CUP has assisted with this in Kitwe. |
| Collaborator Contribution | None yet. |
| Impact | none yet |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Hungry Cities research project |
| Organisation | Government of Canada |
| Department | SSHRC - Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council |
| Country | Canada |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Main researcher based at the African Centre for Cities. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Full title of project: Informality, inclusive growth and food security in cities of the Global South (HCP) This is a 5 year project from 2014 to 2019. The overall project goal is the development of evidence-based strategies to promote inclusive growth in the food sector of cities of the Global South through an enabling policy environment and support for decent formal and informal employment. The project involves partnerships with University or NGO partners in seven cities in the global south. The cities include 3 African cities, Maputo, Nairobi and Cape Town and 4 other cities; Nanjing, Bangalore, Mexico City and Kingston (Jamaica). |
| Impact | Hungry Cities sponsored attendance of CUP partners from Kisumu and Epworth to attend the World Public Health and Nutrition Congress and IDRC Food Environment and Health Meeting in Cape Town in 2016 |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Hungry Cities research project |
| Organisation | International Development Research Centre |
| Country | Canada |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Main researcher based at the African Centre for Cities. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Full title of project: Informality, inclusive growth and food security in cities of the Global South (HCP) This is a 5 year project from 2014 to 2019. The overall project goal is the development of evidence-based strategies to promote inclusive growth in the food sector of cities of the Global South through an enabling policy environment and support for decent formal and informal employment. The project involves partnerships with University or NGO partners in seven cities in the global south. The cities include 3 African cities, Maputo, Nairobi and Cape Town and 4 other cities; Nanjing, Bangalore, Mexico City and Kingston (Jamaica). |
| Impact | Hungry Cities sponsored attendance of CUP partners from Kisumu and Epworth to attend the World Public Health and Nutrition Congress and IDRC Food Environment and Health Meeting in Cape Town in 2016 |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Hungry Cities research project |
| Organisation | University of Cape Town |
| Department | African Centre for Cities |
| Country | South Africa |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Main researcher based at the African Centre for Cities. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Full title of project: Informality, inclusive growth and food security in cities of the Global South (HCP) This is a 5 year project from 2014 to 2019. The overall project goal is the development of evidence-based strategies to promote inclusive growth in the food sector of cities of the Global South through an enabling policy environment and support for decent formal and informal employment. The project involves partnerships with University or NGO partners in seven cities in the global south. The cities include 3 African cities, Maputo, Nairobi and Cape Town and 4 other cities; Nanjing, Bangalore, Mexico City and Kingston (Jamaica). |
| Impact | Hungry Cities sponsored attendance of CUP partners from Kisumu and Epworth to attend the World Public Health and Nutrition Congress and IDRC Food Environment and Health Meeting in Cape Town in 2016 |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | ICLEI Africa City Food Month |
| Organisation | ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability - Africa |
| Country | South Africa |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | We partners with ICLEI Africa for African City Food Month to develop the AfricaCityFoodMonth webinar series. Other partners of the month were FAO, RUAF, Milan Urban Food Policy Pact, WWF and the Ellen Macarthur Foundation. We helped develop the programme, contributed to the post-event report and contributed 3 presentations |
| Collaborator Contribution | ICLEI hosted the webinars and funded the post-event report. They also provided substantial social media engagement |
| Impact | Battersby, J. (2020) Future Urban Food Systems, ICLEI #AfricaCITYFOODmonth Webinar Series - Future Resilient Food Systems, 31 July 2020. Haysom, G. (2020) Nourishing our cities | Food environments for good nutrition, ICLEI #AfricaCITYFOODmonth Webinar Series - Future Resilient Food Systems, 13 July 2020. Opiyo, P. (2020) Nourishing our cities | Food environments for good nutrition, ICLEI #AfricaCITYFOODmonth Webinar Series - Future Resilient Food Systems, 13 July 2020. ICLEI Africa (2020) #AfricaCITYFOODmonth - Event Report, https://riseafrica.iclei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/African-CITYFOOD-month-event-report-FINAL.pdf |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | KLIP (Kisumu Local Interaction Platform) |
| Organisation | Maseno University |
| Country | Kenya |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Are being contracted to undertake research and fieldwork in Kisumu. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Are contributing sources of local data and other forms of local knowledge, links with local government and other food stakeholders, |
| Impact | Verbal input to meetings and workshops. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Mistra Urban Futures Programme |
| Organisation | Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research |
| Country | Sweden |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The ACC will host a PhD to undertake urban food security research in Cape Town to provide comparason with the CUP cities. |
| Collaborator Contribution | As part of the Mistra Urban Futures programme - which is funded by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research (Mistra) and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) - it is intended to fund a PhD student to undertake work on the food system in Cape Town to enable comparison with the Kisumu, Kitwe and Epworth case studies. This will start in 2016 but the funding is secured. |
| Impact | MISTRA sponsored the travel of the Kisumu project partners to CUP's annual meeting in 2016, and the costs of Smit's research trip to Kisumu |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | NRF/DST Centre of Excellence on Food Security Community of Practice on Food System Governance |
| Organisation | University of the Western Cape |
| Country | South Africa |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The Centre of Excellence's Community of Practice convenes dialogues between academia, civil society, the private sector and public sector around food systems governance issues. Project team members Battersby and Haysom are active members of the Community of Practice and have contributed presentations on the urban food systems governance perspectives emanating from the project to the meetings. We have also contributed to a series of working papers commissioned of this Community of Practice on urban governance issues under Covid by CHEC (Cape Higher Education Consortium) |
| Collaborator Contribution | While the project team's engagement with this network precedes the award, we believe it is valid to include it here as a) This is an impact enhancement award and the connection has been used specifically to enhance the impact of the CUP project and b) the network has afforded new network opportunities as the Community of Practice's reach and mandate has shifted under Covid. The Community of Practice has provided an opportunity for networking and dissemination of our project perspectives into the public and private sectors (including informal trader associations) and civil society. |
| Impact | Working papers still being finalised |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | New partner in research - University of Zimbabwe |
| Organisation | University of Zimbabwe |
| Department | Department of Geography and Environmental Science |
| Country | Zimbabwe |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Staff in this department will join the CUP project as a research partner to assist with research in Epworth, Zimbabwe. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Will assist with field research, maps and statistics. |
| Impact | None yet. Staff are from the Department of Geography. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | SDG Germany Collaboration - CUP, IASS Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (Germany) Hungry Cities Partnership, EcoAgriculture Partners (USA) The Milan Urban Food Policy Pact - Cities for Sustainable Food Systems (Italy) |
| Organisation | Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) Potsdam |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Co-hosting of session at SDG Germany Conference |
| Collaborator Contribution | Funding for Battersby's attendance at conference and support for documenting of event |
| Impact | None |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | South African Cities Network |
| Organisation | South African Cities Network |
| Country | South Africa |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | CUP researchers assisted the South African Cities Network with a study of current and future realities to urban food security in South Africa in order to assist cities in planning and policy development. This study therefore provides analysis of available data on the extent, characteristics and future trajectories of urban food insecurity and the food system in South Africa, in order to generate policy recommendations that are appropriate to the urban context. This forms the main study report. The report is supported by four other outputs, one scenario document mapping trajectories of different food system governance decisions (business as usual, Local autonomy and Adaptive network), and three policy briefs. The policy briefs consider the following: · Retail planning as a means to support food security: A role for urban planning · Looking beyond urban agriculture: Extending urban food policy responses · Towards democratic urban food systems governance: Re-interpreting the urban food security mandate In 2016 the CUP team led a research team in drafting a report for the SACN on Urban Food Economies in Africa and a research proposal document, which will be used by the SACN to leverage funds for further research on urban food economies across the African continent. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The SACN work adds to the CUP understanding of urban food security in an African context and how this understanding can be integrated into urban planning and policies. The understanding gleaned from this project will aid the research and policy impact in the three CUP cities. |
| Impact | This relationship has yielded the "Current and future realties for urban food security in South Africa Report" (http://www.sacities.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Urban-Food-Security-Report.pdf) and the Urban Food Economies report. Neither are directly CUP affiliated. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Urban ARK partnership |
| Organisation | Urban Africa Risk Knowledge |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | CUP co-organised a special session on 'African Planning Histories and Urban Risk' at the International Planning History Society Conference in July 2016. with the Urban Africa Risck Knowledge (Urban ARK) project. The session linked with the Urban ARK project and facilitated cross-sharing between projects. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The session linked with the Urban ARK project and facilitated cross-sharing between projects. |
| Impact | Co-organised conference session at the International Planning History Society Conference |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | 36. Crankshaw, O. & Borel-Saladin, J. (2017) Causes of urbanisation in Zambia, 1990-2010, II International Conference African Urban Planning, Institute fo Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon, Portugal, September 2017. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Crankshaw, O. & Borel-Saladin, J. (2017) Causes of urbanisation in Zambia, 1990-2010, II International Conference African Urban Planning, Institute fo Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon, Portugal, September 2017. Research paper presented, generated questions which aided in the refinement of paper for publication |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | ACC Conference Panel: Ten years of urban food security research findings |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This session was co-oraganized by CUP, the Hungry Cities Partners and AFSUN to reflect on ten years of research findings on urban food issues. The session included researchers from SA, Zimbabwe, Kenya, China and Jamaica, and had a wide global audience. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.africancentreforcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ACC_final_programme-detailed_20180... |
| Description | ACC Conference Roundtable: Reflections on 10 years of food and urban intersections |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Roundtable at the African Centre for Cities 10 year celebration conference reflected on policy trends and trajectories in the world of urban food governance in Africa. It was developed by CUP and included key researchers and policy advocates from the region. It was attended by representatives from academia and government from South Africa, Europe, north america and australia. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.africancentreforcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ACC_final_programme-detailed_20180... |
| Description | Advisory on FAO consultative process |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Project approach and methodology provoked shift in working group agenda Ongoing collaborative with FAO and RUAF |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Agong, Opiyo et al Presentation at RGS/IBG |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Advisory Board Member and Kisumu Research Assistant spoke on Participatory and integrated food security and sustainability at the RGS/IBG conference in London 2016 as part of a session on "Cities as Nodes in the Food Nexus (1): Learning from the Global South and North". Around 50 people attended and the session sparked discussion amongst panellists and audiences |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Battersby Harnessing urban food systems for sustainable development and human well-being, Urban Transformations Workshop< Cape Town |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at the ESRC Urban Transformations network workshop in Cape Town. Presentation of key messages from CUP project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.urbantransformations.ox.ac.uk/media/full-programme-here.pdf |
| Description | Battersby - Governing Informal Cities Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Battersby presented about food systems in the governing informal cities conference in Cape Town. The presentation informed the methodology of the IDRC Hungry Cities partnership |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Battersby - Planning for and against food security - City Food Workshop, NYU 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Battersby presented at the City Food Workshop on street vending in New York. The session was used to disseminate CUP findings and products. Requests for further engagement were received. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Battersby - Re-placing food markets in African cities - AAG 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Battersby presented findings from CUP at the Association of American geographers conference. The presentation led to inclusion in a funding proposal to the National Science Foundation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Battersby ARUA Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Battersby presented The role of African research universities in an urbanizing Africa at the launch conference of the African Research Universities Association Conference in Accra, Ghana in April 2017. This resulted in regional urban networks and the commissioning of an article by the Conversation, which has since been incorporated in the Engaged Scholarship Curriculum at the University of Cape Town. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://arua.org.za/wp-content/uploads/ARUA-LAUNCH-CONFERENCE-PROGRAMME.pdf |
| Description | Battersby AUTHeR project transdisciplinary seminar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Battersby presented "Interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, transdisciplinary or adisciplinary? Experiences working on multi-partner, multi-country food projects in Africa" at the Africa Unit for Transdisciplinary Health Research (AUTHeR) transdisciplinary research webinar on the 8th of November 2016. The aim of this webinar was to activate a discourse on how transdisciplinarity has been applied in research in the global South and North by sharing experiences related to transdisciplinary research voiced by fellow researchers and research entities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Battersby CFS49 Side event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Battersby was invited to speak at the Committee on World Food Security's side event on Addressing Nutrition and Environmental Challenges: The Role of Urban and Territorial Governance for Inclusive and Sustainable Food Systems Transformation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/templates/cfs/CFS49/SideEvents/CFS_Schedule_Side_Events_short.pdf |
| Description | Battersby COP Formal Retail |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Battersby spoke at the UWC Centre of Excellence in Food Security's webinar on food retail governance. Ongoing conversations |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Qc0cpIxWRmnTtF68SwoQkJKP0T9qGoet/view |
| Description | Battersby Cardiff workshop - Role of cities in Delivering food security |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Battersby attended a workshop for policy makers, practitioners and researchers at the University of Cardiff. The workshop developed a framework for urban food governance. It yielded requests for future research engagement and potential funding networks. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/events/view/the-role-of-cities-in-delivering-food-security-and-sustainabil... |
| Description | Battersby Daily Maverick World Hunger Day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | battersby wrote a piece for World Hunger day highlighting the urban drivers of food insecurity and hunger |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-05-27-access-ends-hunger-world-hunger-day-organisers/ |
| Description | Battersby Daily Maverick food insecurity as systemic and chronic |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Battersby wrote article highlighting the systemic nature of the current food security challenges in South Africa |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-10-15-food-insecurity-is-not-a-covid-related-shock-but-... |
| Description | Battersby Drimie Daily Maverick Human Right Day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | C0-authored article for Human Rights Day highlighting the interconnectedness of the right to food to other basic human rights, particularly in the urban environment |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-04-24-food-for-thought-the-freedom-charter-and-freedom-... |
| Description | Battersby Dullah Omar NCDs and urban policy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Battersby presented at Food environments and NCDs: Making the link between urban food policy and NCDs in a post-pandemic world, Webinar on The Link Between Access to Safe and Nutritious Food and Non-Communicable Diseases in South Africa, Dullah Omar Institute Webinar, 25 March 2021. This led to requests for further information and network development |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://dullahomarinstitute.org.za/videos/recording-webinar-on-the-link-between-access-to-safe-and-n... |
| Description | Battersby Dullah Omar Webinar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Battersby spoke inn a webinar hosted by the Dullah Omar instutute at University of the Western Cape on the Link Between Access to Safe and Nutritious Food and Non-Communicable Diseases in South Africa. battersby focussed on urban dimensions. Discussion was lively |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://dullahomarinstitute.org.za/events/webinar-the-link-between-access-to-safe-and-nutritious-foo... |
| Description | Battersby Eat Out |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Battersby was asked to write for Eat Out Magazine (a restaurant magazine) as part of their series reflecting on the changing food system in the wake of Covid 19 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.eatout.co.za/article/covid-19-forcing-us-fix-countrys-food-insecurity |
| Description | Battersby FAO HLPE |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Battersby was invited to present to the FAO's High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security on COVID-19 impact mitigation: lessons learned from the field - South Africa. The presentation material made it into the HLPE Covid-19 Issues Paper https://www.fao.org/3/ng808en/ng808en.pdf |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Battersby FAO taskforce presentation Global Food Systems Dialogue: Empowering Cities and Local Governments to improve food systems globally |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Battersby was invited to present at FAO/Global Taskforce on Local and Regional Governments on Towards urban food system governance: Mandates, evidence and roles. This led to discussion and further engagement. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChKZ3KdHYVQ |
| Description | Battersby Farragher Buffalo FAO seminar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Battersby was invited with a colleague from the City of Cape Town to present Community food systems planning: Cape Town, Planning for community food systems in the global south: Implementing an opportunity, innovation and equity framework, University of Buffalo Global Health Equity Seminar. This led to requests for further engagement and strengthened city-to-city food networks |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Battersby Food Dialogues 2020 Overview session |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Battersby presented a food system overview in the opening session of Food Dialogues 2020, 20 July 2020,. this frames the event and let to invites for further engagement with the NGO sector |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLflZksaZg3hJwwzuTea69c77RiG3igKbI |
| Description | Battersby Global Nutrition Summit Milan 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Battersby was invited to speak at the Global Nutrition Summit in Milan, a pre-meeting of the G7 meeting in November 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2g-4Wt6TXo&index=12&list=PLflZksaZg3hJwwzuTea69c77RiG3igKbI |
| Description | Battersby Global Obesity Forum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Battersby presented urban dimensions of the nutrition transition at the Global Obesity Forum. The urban lens sparked discussion amongst participants and generated new networks |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/wof-files/GOF_2021_Programme_FINAL_18092021.pdf |
| Description | Battersby Haysom - Fake Food The Conversation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Battersby and Haysom wrote a Q&A piece for The Conversation on the current public and policy discussion on "fake foods" in Africa. It was published 13 Sept and by 4 Oct had been read over 6100 times. It was republished on Quartz, Eye Witness News (South Africa), This is Africa, All Africa and on a number of local and Africa interest facebook pages. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://theconversation.com/fake-food-in-south-africa-myths-misinformation-and-not-enough-data-10316... |
| Description | Battersby Haysom ICLEI Multiplicities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Battersby and Haysom took part in ICLEI AfricaCity Food Month final webinar on urban food systems governance |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRK3gVLm9UY |
| Description | Battersby Haysom presentation for Provincial Food Systems working group FSPUD |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | We were invited to speak to the provincial government of the western cape on Food sensitive planning and urban design: bringing food back into the planning domain. in 23 July 2021. This provided scope to develop a better understanding of the mechanisms available to provincial government and enabled us to deepen relationships. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Battersby Hungry Cities Blog |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Battersby wrote on the impact of covid 19 on informal food sector actors for the Hungry Cities Blog |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://hungrycities.net/south-africas-covid-19-lockdown-regulations-and-anti%e2%80%91informality-bi... |
| Description | Battersby ICLEI future food |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Battersby presented on Future Urban Food Systems for ICLEI's #AfricaCITYFOOD Webinar Series - Future Resilient Food Systems, 31 July 2020. Material from this session was included in the widely disseminated report https://africa.iclei.org/iclei_publications/african-cityfood-month-event-report/ |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Battersby ICLEI/City of Cape Town |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Battersby presented at Cape Town High-Level Food System Dialogue Planning Meeting: Catalysing local government actions for a sustainable food system in Cape Town, ICLEI/City of Cape Town on The transversal nature of Cape Town's Food System in May 2021. This provoked internal working group discussion and redirected planning within the city of Cape Town |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Battersby IFURL2 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Battersby presented on Incorporating food and nutrition sensitivity into spatial planning: An African perspective, at the 2nd International Forum on Urban-Rural Linkages (IFURL2), UN-Habitat |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8X6RWIPNek&t=1s |
| Description | Battersby IIED Webinar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Battersby presented at the IIED's webinar on sustainable diets in the informal economy webinar. Led to future research plans |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=997080420789143 |
| Description | Battersby ILASA presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Battersby was invited to present for the Institute of Landscape Architects of South Africa in June 2020. The presentation provided a contextualisation of urban food systems issues and possibilities beyond urban agriculture. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/425957661 |
| Description | Battersby Keynote at Global Food Security Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Battersby gave a keynote at the Global Food Security Conference. The outcome was further research contacts, an a general upsetting of the apple cart at the conference. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gci3uvfEc94&index=11&list=PLflZksaZg3hJwwzuTea69c77RiG3igKbI |
| Description | Battersby Milan Urban food Policy Pact meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Battersby presented in an event at the Milan Urban Pact global meeting: Food environments: Cities shaping climate resilient and healthy food future for all in October 2021. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loR19U8Tj2k |
| Description | Battersby N4G side event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Battersby spoke at Nutrition for Growth side event on Informal food markets, Better nutrition, health and wealth: The role of informal markets within future food systems in December 2021. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1Vi_TdUzaM |
| Description | Battersby SAFM Mediated conversation on urban food economy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Battersby took part in SAFM's flagship debate programme on the politics of shopping malls. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://omny.fm/shows/safm-sunrise-1/mediated-conversation-the-politics-of-shopping-mal?fbclid=IwAR3... |
| Description | Battersby Symposium Presentation Global Food Security Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Battersby presented in the Symposiumg session Towards an urban food security agenda. This session gathered researchers from around the world. It sparked significant discussion, led to new research networks and has led to a consultancy for Battersby and Haysom |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.globalfoodsecurityconference.com/resources/updateable/pdf/SECU%202017%20oral%20programme-... |
| Description | Battersby UN Food Systems Summit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Battersby presented on behalf of the FAO/GAIN co-convened Urban Food Systems working group on The need for an urban food coalition at the UN Food Systems summit. This is part of the development of a urban food system coalition, which incoporates CUP material |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3GjbClVMsQ |
| Description | Battersby UNFSS pre-summit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Battersby was invited to present at a UN Food Systems Summit pre-summit event Social protection and resilience in African cities, UN Food Systems Summit Pre-Summit - Cities and Local Food Systems Session, 28 July 2021. This led to dialogue within the meeting and further collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/user145891411/download/580191637/ba65c2c259 |
| Description | Battersby UWC COP Informal food |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Battersby presented at the special event on Food security and informal food retail, Reviewing Informal Trade governance in the City of Cape Town hosted by the University of the Western Cape's Food Systems governance community of practice in May 2021. This included representative from local government and led to invitations to comment on district plan revisions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/CoEinFS/videos/498993128100706 |
| Description | Battersby Urban Health 360 podcast |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Battersby was interviewed on the Urban Health 360 podcast on urban food environments in Africa and their impact on health. This brings the CUP issues to the public health audience |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://urbanhealth360.org/podcast/addressing-food-environments-in-an-urbanizing-africa/ |
| Description | Battersby and Hunter Adams Food Environments and Health |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Battersby was invited to speak at the inaugural session of the Provincial government's food systems working group.This enables us to put CUP perspectives at the heart of the working group discussions going forward/ |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Battersby lecture Cardiff |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Battersby was invited to talk at Cardiff University at an event on "the New Urban Food Agenda" with key researchers in the urban food field (Harriet Friedmann, Tim Lang and Nevin Cohen). The session was attended by over 100 people and the event was recorded and uploaded onto youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXg0vWam2p8 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/events/view/the-new-urban-food-agenda-addressing-global-challenges,-develo... |
| Description | Battersby presentation at SSAG Conference 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presentation "Why food? Using food as a lens to understand urban development trajectories: An analysis of food in the New Urban Agenda" in CUP special Session at the Society of South African Geographers conference in Stellenbosch. The special session had an extended discussion at the end. This not only elicited interesting discussion from the audiences and useful suggestions, but also provided a valuable space for intra-project dialogue |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.ssag.co.za/pdf/Final%20conference%20programme%20for%20SSAG.pdf |
| Description | Battersby presentation at World Nutrition and Public Health Congress |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Battersby presented on "What is food and what has food become?" at the WPHNA. This session was attended by students, academics, nutritionists, NGOs and policy makers. The session provoked debates on the drivers of food system change in developing world countries |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.wncapetown2016.com/programme/ |
| Description | Battersby, J. (2016) Urban agriculture has many benefits. Is one of them a contribution to urban sustainability?, The Nature of Cities Roundtable "Urban agriculture has many benefits. Is one of them a contribution to urban sustainability?" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Participation on roundtable on role of urban agriculture on the Nature of Cities website, an urban ecology focussed website aimed at practitioners and researchers. Gained a wide readership |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.thenatureofcities.com/2016/06/30/urban-agriculture-has-many-benefits-is-one-of-them-a-con... |
| Description | Battersby, J. (2017) Not just urban agriculture, Catholic Parliamentary Liaison Office Roundtable, Cape Town, 29 November 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at session organised by Catholic Parliamentary Liaison Office on the role of urban agriculture in African cities. The presentation on "Not just urban agriculture" provoked discussion and new research and practice connections were made. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.cplo.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Urban-Agriculture-Solution-to-urban-poverty-and-un... |
| Description | Borel-Saladin presentation at South African Sociological Association conference 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Borel-Saladin presented "Migration and polarisation in Africa cities" at the SA Sociological Association's conference in Grahamstown in 2016. The purpose was to draw comparison between Johannesburg and Kisumu. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Borel-Saladin presentation at Southern African Cities Conference 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Borel-Saladin presented "Where to draw the line? Defining the urban, data problems and difficulties in estimating urbanisation" at the SASC as part of a CUP sponsored session designed to speak to methodological issues faced by researchers working on urban issues in Africa. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://ddt72ar9zv4px.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/FinalProgrammeSACSC.pdf |
| Description | CUP PhD workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | CUP hosted a PhD workshop for 16 students in Cape Town in 2018. This workshop sought to capacitate African students working on urban food issues, but also to develop a network of next generation researchers. Students reported significant learning and have remained in contact with CUP team and each other |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySCHcVgkcTQ |
| Description | CUP Policy video = understanding food poverty in African cities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Video policy brief produced on food poverty in african cities. Thus far it has been used in teaching and presentations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM66ZQMClQo |
| Description | CUP Seminar Series at the African Centre for Cities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | CUP hosted a four talk seminar series at the African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town presenting key CUP perspectives. These sessions were well attended by researchers from across Cape Town's four universities, representatives from local government and civil society and visiting researchers (including two from India) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://consumingurbanpoverty.wordpress.com/2016/08/12/seminar-series-annoucement/ |
| Description | CUP co-hosted workshop at WPHN Congress on role of urban governance in food security |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | CUP co-hosted (with Hungry Cities Partnership and AFSUN) a workshop at the World Public Health and Nutrition Congress which developed the Call to Action on urban food systems that was subsequently put to public comment via MovingOnEmpty and the CUP social media platforms. This has subsequently been published as CUP's Working Paper 1. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.wncapetown2016.com/programme/ |
| Description | CUP hosted symposium at Global Food Security Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Hosted symposium Urban food systems and urban food security as levers for sustainable development and human well-being. Chair Dr Gareth Haysom African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town, South Africa Speaker Dr Jane Battersby African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town, South Africa; A/Prof Alison Blay-Palmer Geography and Environmental Studies and Director of Centre for Sustainable Food Systems, Wilfred Laurier University, Canada; Dr Andrea Calori EStà, Italy; Mr Rene van Veenhuizen RUAF Foundation, Netherlands; Prof David Sanders School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape, South Africa ;Dr Ana Moragues Faus School of Geography and Planning. Generated significant debate and has led to further consultancy funding for Battersby and Haysom |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.globalfoodsecurityconference.com/resources/updateable/pdf/SECU%202017%20oral%20programme-... |
| Description | Chigumira - Food systems governance and planning in Epworth - RGS Conference 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at RGS conference in Cardiff 2018. Good discussion on findings reported |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Chigumira presentation at Southern African Cities Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Chigumira presented "Profiling Epworth District" at a CUP special session at the SACS conference aimed at profiling food and poverty linkages in secondary cities in Africa |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://ddt72ar9zv4px.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/FinalProgrammeSACSC.pdf |
| Description | Chigumira, E. & Mbenga, I. (2016) Green Economy, Climate Change, and Agrarian Intensification in the Urban Landscape, The Nature of Cities Roundtable "Urban agriculture has many benefits. Is one of them a contribution to urban sustainability?" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Participated in roundtable discussion on role of urban agriculture on Nature of Cities, an urban ecology focussed website aimed at practioners and researchers |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Comparative perspectives on food value chains - MISTRA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | vanessa Watson presented at a meeting of the MISTRA Realising Just Cities Conference in Cape Town in November 2018. The purpose was to reflect on food policy and practice trajectories in the MISTRA cities. The session provides significant discussion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.mistraurbanfutures.org/en/rjc-2018-conference/programme-rjc-conference-2018 |
| Description | Crankshaw Borel-Saladin ACC Conference paper |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Causes of urbanisation and de-urbanisation in Zambia, 1990-2010 - Owen Crankshaw, Jacqueline Borel-Saladin. Conference paper reflecting on CUP findings |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.africancentreforcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ACC_final_programme-detailed_20180... |
| Description | Crush - Governing informal cities conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Crush provided rationale for framing of informal economic activities as central to urban wellbeing. Ideas followed up in Hungry Cities Partnership |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Dodson - Food, social reproduction and imaging the urban in african cities - Feminist geography conference, Montreal 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dodson presented a gender paper at the feminist geography conference. The feedback provided fed into the submitted journal paper |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Donald and Smit presentation at Southern African Cities Conference 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Donald presented "Satellite-based mapping of urban and peri-urban land use and land cover in Africa: A review" at the SASC Conference as part of the CUP session on methodological issues facing urban researchers in Africa. the session was designed to capacitation current and future researchers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://ddt72ar9zv4px.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/FinalProgrammeSACSC.pdf |
| Description | Duminy ACC Conference Presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Conference presentation: 'Thinking urbanisation in Africa through a food lens: the case of colonial Kenya, c. 1900 to 1952'. Presented at the African Centre for Cities International Conference 2018, University of Cape Town, 2 February 2018. Conference presentation. Provided networking and dissemination opportunities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.africancentreforcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ACC_final_programme-detailed_20180... |
| Description | Duminy African Urban Planning Conference II Presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Conference presentation: 'Rethinking colonial urban planning and governance through food problems'. Presented at African Urban Planning Conference II, IGOT, University of Lisbon, 7 September 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://sites.google.com/site/cpcup2017conference/home |
| Description | Duminy presentation at International Planning History Conference, Delft 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Duminy presented "Examining the history of regional planning through the lens of food security, c. 1930-1960" at the International Planning History Conference. This was presented in a session co-hosted by CUP and the Urban ARK project, which has fostered a longer term relationship between projects. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Duminy presentation at SSAG Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Duminy presented "The problem of food: Examining the history of food security policy in Kenya, Zambia and Zimbabwe, c. 1920-1974" in the CUP hosted session of the SSAG. For impact see notes under Battersby presentation at SSAG. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.ssag.co.za/pdf/Final%20conference%20programme%20for%20SSAG.pdf |
| Description | Haysom & Tawodzera presentation at Southern African Cities Studies Conference 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Tawodzera presented "Measurement drives diagnosis and response: Breadth or depth in urban food security assessment?" at the SACS conference as part of CUP's special methodology focused session aimed to guide current and future researchers on urban issues in Africa |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://ddt72ar9zv4px.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/FinalProgrammeSACSC.pdf |
| Description | Haysom - Commonwealth Geographical Bureau Conference - Jamaica |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at geography conference which provided insights into the CUP approach. CUP methods were adapted by participants in the Hungry Cities Programme |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Haysom - Food Water energy nexus - Future Water meeting Cape Town 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | haysom's présentation highlighted the need to reframe the scale at which food water and energy are framed in policy debates. Provoked debate and contestation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Haysom - Governing Informal Cities Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Haysom's presentation provoked conversation about the nature of food vending in cities of the south |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Haysom - Urban food security nascent findings - Swedish Development Studies Research Conference, Gothenburg 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Findings from CUP presented. Audience engaged with presentation, but no clear outcome |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Haysom ACDI conference Food Access and Livelihoods strategies |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | haysom presented at the ACDI Conference in Cape Town in 2018, this presentation raised the question of urban food security in the context of climate change. It placed urban food on the agenda of climate change experts and practioners. It also attracted new graduate students to projects in this field |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Haysom Article to support talk on urban food security |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Haysom, G. (2020). We all need to be concerned about urban food insecurity - and we all have a role to play: New forms of urban food security governance are long overdue In Barends, Z. and Drimie, S. (eds) Challenging False Narratives in a Global Crisis Reflections on Human Rights, Inequality and Securing Food Systems. Community Chest World Hunger Day 2020 special publication. 20 - 22. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://issuu.com/eltena/docs/world_hunger_2020_final_02062020 |
| Description | Haysom Battersby SAVAC presentation on food security measurement 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to the South African Vulnerability Assessment Committee on measuring food security to better acknowledge the urban condition. Significant discussion and requests for further information from policy makers |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Haysom Blog focusing on hunger and food insecurity in South Africa |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Haysom, G. (2020). When "Slow Violence" Collides with Visceral Hunger: COVID-19 and the Current and Future Food System of Cape Town, South Africa. BoasBlog Witnessing Corona blog post. This article was simultaneously published on the Blog Medical Anthropology / Medizinethnologie. Witnessing Corona is a joint blog series by the Blog Medical Anthropology / Medizinethnologie, Curare: Journal of Medical Anthropology, the Global South Studies Center Cologne, and boasblogs. June 29, 2020. Concept of Slow Violence the then used by many others, including wife of president of South Africa when lobbying for child health focus |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://boasblogs.org/witnessingcorona/when-slow-violence-collides-with-visceral-hunger/ |
| Description | Haysom Blog post on Research units website |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Disucssion blog on the complexity at the heart of urban food systems |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.africancentreforcities.net/spilling-the-beans-revealing-the-complexity-at-the-heart-of-u... |
| Description | Haysom E-Reader on role of infrastrucutre in informal economy - reader |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Skinner, C. and Haysom, G. (2020). Feeding cities: Informal retailers play crucial role in urban food security. Street Vendors and Public Space. An E-Reader by WIEGO, 17 - 20. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.wiego.org/sites/default/files/resources/file/Street%20Vendors%20and%20Public%20Space%20-... |
| Description | Haysom Food security, food access and space - UWC Public Health |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | haysom presented on food security, food access, retail and space - a role for the city in the food system at the UWC Centre of Excellence on food security. This fed into a set of local debates on governance of the food system |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Haysom Keynote address at annual African Landscape Architecture and Design conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Haysom, G. (2021). The state of food and nutrition security in African cities - a case for food sensitive planning. Presentation at the Institute of Landscape Architects of South Africa/International Federation of Landscape Architects Conference (15 October 2021) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://app.swapcard.com/event/health-and-vitality/planning/UGxhbm5pbmdfNzA0MTU4 |
| Description | Haysom Presentaiton linking urban systems to food system |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Haysom, G. (2021). On the table: Designing food security solutions for South Africa. Presentation and panel as part of the Craft and Design Institute/Dutch CoCreate creative exchange festival 02 June 2021) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOsH8alxQ-k) |
| Description | Haysom Presentation at Ostrom Colloquium. Focus on food security and measurement deficiencies given grid nature |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Haysom, G. & Blekking, J. (2021). Socio-material 'griddedness' and its role in driving food system outcomes in African cities. Presentation at the Ostrom Colloquium 25 October 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2UjF35rrrY) |
| Description | Haysom StreetNet |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Haysom presented perspectives on the role of food in the informal economy to street net. it was well received and let to invitation for further engagement |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/StreetNetInternational/posts/8737655512984598 |
| Description | Haysom Talk on food security |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk given to support a later newspaper-type article as part of a series on World Hunger Day. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://issuu.com/eltena/docs/world_hunger_2020_final_02062020 |
| Description | Haysom The Conversation Piece Urban Food Security needs a Fresh Approach |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Op-ed of a book |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://theconversation.com/food-security-in-african-cities-needs-a-fresh-approach-our-book-sets-out... |
| Description | Haysom University of Cape Town food security task force |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Haysom presented on the drivers and consequences of food insecurity to the university of cape town's taskforce on food security. The session provided data and interpretation of food insecurity in the Cape town context and provoked ongoing discussion about the university's strategy to address food insecurity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Haysom on SAITA webinar on informal food |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Haysom took part in a panel discussion on the role of informal food vendors in urban food systems for teh South African Informal Trader Association. This sparked discussion on the neglect of food in informal sector discussions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/saitamedia/videos/242160504758672/ |
| Description | Haysom presentation at SSAG Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Haysom presented "urban food economies: for whom, why and who plans such economies?" at the CUP session at the SSAG Conference. for impact see Battersby SSAG conference entry. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.ssag.co.za/pdf/Final%20conference%20programme%20for%20SSAG.pdf |
| Description | Haysom, G. (2017) Complex Systems in Transition: A perspective through the lens of food. D.R.I.F.T. Urban Sustainability Transitions: Food (and empowerment) in Urban Informal Settlements. Stellenbosch, 21 November 2017. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Haysom, G. (2017) Complex Systems in Transition: A perspective through the lens of food. D.R.I.F.T. Urban Sustainability Transitions: Food (and empowerment) in Urban Informal Settlements. Stellenbosch, 21 November 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Haysom, G. & Sitas, R. (2017) Serious Fun: Food for thought. Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), London. 01 September 2017. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Haysom, G. & Sitas, R. (2017) Serious Fun: Food for thought. Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), London. 01 September 2017. Presentation focussed on the interface between cultural practice and food in cities. Shifted perceptions about the nature of research on African cities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Haysom, G. (2017) Considering Alternative Food Networks from the Global South: Expanding the debate. Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), London. 01 September 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Haysom, G. (2017) Considering Alternative Food Networks from the Global South: Expanding the debate. Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), London. 01 September 2017. Paper presented as part of session on urban food in the global south session at RGS Conference London |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Haysom, G. (2017) Research into the Cape Town Food System. MISTRA Urban Futures Conference: Realising Just Cities. - Kisumu, 15 November 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Haysom, G. (2017) Research into the Cape Town Food System. MISTRA Urban Futures Conference: Realising Just Cities. - Kisumu, 15 November 2017. Presentation within workshop of the MISTRA urban futures conference. Challenges Northern generated assumptions about nature of food system and got commitment to funding from MISTRA for future food work. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Haysom, G. (2017) Supermarkets in South Africa - emerging trends in food system change. Presentation: Open Society Workshop, Windhoek, 24 October 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at Open Society Foundation workshop on Supermarket expansion in Africa. A number of local government officials were present and reported interest in the findings presented and their implications. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Haysom, G. (2017) The food - water - energy nexus. IARU Global Summer Programme on 'Sustainable Water Management 18 July 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | 41. Haysom, G. (2017) The food - water - energy nexus. IARU Global Summer Programme on 'Sustainable Water Management 18 July 2017. Students reported changed perceptions on the nature of the food water energy nexus. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Haysom, Opyo - Understanding multi-dimensional poverty in Africa - ESRC/DFID power of partnership meeting- India 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | haysom and Opiyo presented CUP findings and pathways to impact. The Tomatoes & Taxi Ranks book was distributed and provoked significant discussion on generating impact. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | IDRC workshop presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Battersby was invited to present at an IDRC-hosted meeting in Cape Town in Sept 2016 to help them identify future directions for food systems related work in Africa. As a result, Battersby received a number of requests for direction of methodologies and research framings. The IDRC has subsequently provided R10m funding. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Lecture at University of Oregon: Easther Chigumira |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Title: Consuming Urban Poverty: Twists and Turns in Zimbabwe's Urban Food System and Food Security: A case of Epworth Abstract: Africa is considered the fastest urbanising continent in the world, however, rapid urbanisation is not going hand-in-hand with economic growth and increased well-being (Van Vark, 2013). Policy-makers and international institutions, such as the United Nations and the World Bank, recognise the problems resulting from urbanisation in African mega-cities, and frame cities as overpopulated, chaotic and as representing a failed urbanism full of poverty, disease and slums (Auclair 2005, McLees 2012). Despite this recognition of 'failed urbanism' and that even more poor people are living in African cities, development intervention and government policies continue to be biased toward rural localities. The ESRC/DFID -funded Governing Food Systems in African Secondary Cities project, commonly referred to as the Consuming Urban Poverty Project (CUPP) focuses on the dynamics of poverty in Africa's secondary cities in order to provide information and insights which can address poverty reduction. The project argues that poverty cannot be understood or addressed by focusing on poor individuals or households alone. Rather it needs to be understood as having many intersecting drivers operating at a range of scales, from the individual, to the neighborhood, to the city and beyond. The project therefore sought to understand the dynamic connections between poverty, governance and urban poverty. It positioned food as a powerful lens to understand these connections, by embracing Carolyn Steel's assertion that "in order to understand cities properly, we need to look at them through food". Therefore the central question for the project was "what does the urban food system in three secondary cities in Africa (Kitwe, Zambia; Kisimu, Kenya; and Epworth, Zimbabwe) reveal about the dynamics of urban poverty and its governance?" This seminar focuses on key empirical findings from the project, which include a reverse value chain analysis of five key food products, spatial mapping of the formal and informal food retail environment, and in-depth household interviews to determine food systems and experiences of food insecurity in Epworth, Zimbabwe. This research coincided with the 'twists and turns' in economic policy instruments set by the government of Zimbabwe (GoZ), which led to food-related protests and civil unrest across most urban localities. Civil unrest primarily centred on food and access thereof and was mostly visible in secondary cities like Epworth that have high prevalence of poverty and food poverty. The 'timely' coincidence of collecting data during such a period in which the GoZ introduced economic instruments that adversely affected the urban food system and household food security, reinforced the positioning that food is a critical entry point for understanding urban poverty, particularly in secondary cities and in shaping a new urban agenda and policy for Zimbabwe. Chigumira presented findings from the CUP project at the University of Oregon, which raised a number of questions and debate around food issues in zimbabwe. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Leibbrandt, Lloyd & Shifa presentation at Southern African Cites Studies Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Shifa presented "Profiling contemporary poverty in Kenya, Zambia and Zimbabwe with a focus on methods and debates in measuring poverty in secondary cities" at the SACS conference in the CUP special session on methodological issues aimed at capacitating current and future researchers to conduct urban research in Africa |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://ddt72ar9zv4px.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/FinalProgrammeSACSC.pdf |
| Description | Lesley Sibanda and Harro von Blottnitz at World Sustainability Forum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Sibanda and von Blottnitz presented food life cycle assessment findings at the 6th World Sustainability Forum in Cape Town (27-28 January 2017). The conference is targeted at different stakeholders (i.e. academics, researchers, policymakers, practitioners, private sector and civil society) working within the sustainability field. The presentation sparked discussion about the project's methodology and the use of a food system as an object of analysis. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://sciforum.net/conference/wsf-6 |
| Description | Listeriosis newspaper article |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | interview with newspaper about the outbreak of listeriorsis in South Africa and its connections to poverty, and food systems governance. Piece shared multiple times on Twitter and Facebook. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.news24.com/Analysis/why-the-listeriosis-outbreak-is-just-the-tip-of-the-iceberg-20180308 |
| Description | Newspaper article - The Conversation - Urban Agriculture |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Newspaper article intended to shift discourse on urban food from productionist focus. Over 3000 audience reach, article reposted on All Africa and Econotimes, 73 Tweets and 173 Facebook shares |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://theconversation.com/why-urban-agriculture-isnt-a-panacea-for-africas-food-crisis-57680 |
| Description | Newspaper article - the Conversation - Malnutrition |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Newspaper article designed to shift discourse on food security from hunger alone to poverty-driven nutrition transition discourses. Published on The Conversation Africa and The Conversation France (in French). French article reached 651 people and republished in Actualité Houssenia Writing with 16 tweets and 12 Facebook shares. English version - 3180 post reach, 127 tweets, 288 Facebook shares, republished on Eye Witness News, Mail and Guardian, All Africa and others |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://theconversation.com/whats-driving-sub-saharan-africas-malnutrition-problem-55579 |
| Description | Newspaper piece on the role of African universities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This article was a write up of a presentation made at the launch conference of the ARUA network (African Research universities Association). The paper sought to highlight the ways in which universities can engage in urban policy, informed by the CUP findings. It generated considerable debate at the conference. As of 1 August 2017 it has been read 1812 times online, republished in various media, used in teaching at UCT and been FB shared 126 times and tweeted 36 times. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Opiyo - ACC Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Characteristics of the urban food system and food security in Kisumu, Kenya - Paul Opiyo. Conference presentation. Generated comments and questions within session |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.africancentreforcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ACC_final_programme-detailed_20180... |
| Description | Opiyo, P. (2017) Insights into the urban food system of Kisumu, Kenya, Food Security and Value Chains Workshop, Mistra Urban Futures Conference, 13-15 November, Kisumu, Kenya |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Opiyo, P. (2017) Insights into the urban food system of Kisumu, Kenya, Food Security and Value Chains Workshop, Mistra Urban Futures Conference, 13-15 November, Kisumu, Kenya. Presentation of CUP findings at MISTRA workshop. Shifted discourse from northern centred approaches to urban food issues. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Parnell - ACC Conference Roundtable |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | What (global) science-policy futures for African cities? Reporting from the UCL-Nature Sustainability Expert Panel at the African Centre for Cities Conference. Plenary session attended by well over 100 researchers, students and policy makers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.africancentreforcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ACC_final_programme-detailed_20180... |
| Description | Podcast interview for food blog |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview discussing food policy in New York and Cape Town with Nevin Cohen (CUNY), lead by Geoff Tansey. Tansey is a well known sustainable food advocate who has a series of interviews with food researchers and activists on his blog site. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://geofftansey.wordpress.com/2018/06/26/a-food-tale-of-two-cities-cape-town-and-new-york-grappl... |
| Description | Policy video - Formal and informal retailers - making space for both |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Video policy brief on food and informal food retail. This far it has been used for teaching and presentations |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu8Wbzs9N0Y |
| Description | Presentation - British Academy - Watson |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Urban planning and the informal economy: the example of food in Africa - Innovative informality: business, society and the sustainability in and of the informal economy British Academy Sustainable Development Programme Creative Kampongs End of project conference The British Academy 16 March 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Presentation at public event in Gent, Belgium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The event was the public component of a workshop held by the City of Gent to help them think through their food policy response. The public event stimulated discussion and provoked conversation about the validity of the assumption that urban agriculture should be the default urban policy response. After the talk, I have remained in contact with several of the attendees who have asked for further information on our project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.oikos.be/denktank/evenementen-denktank/zal-stadslandbouw-de-wereld-redden |
| Description | Project podcast series |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | As a key deliverable of this project, we produced a 6 part podcast series for Africa planning scholars and the general public. The series was supported by readings and discussion questions. We used a range of dissemination strategies (direct mailing of Association of African Planning Schools networks, mailing lists, social media). The podcasts received a wide listenership and was recommended by a number of people globally. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://consumingurbanpoverty.wordpress.com/podcast-series/ |
| Description | Publication of newspaper article |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Article sparked local debate and reach was increased by reproduction of piece After publication the author received expressions of interest and a television interview on eNCA (South Africa news channel) followed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://groundup.org.za/article/why-thepriceofbreadmustfall-matters_3421 |
| Description | Radio interview - SAFM April 2016 - on Urban Agriculture |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview in response to The Conversation piece on urban agriculture not being the panacea to urban food insecurity in Africa |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://iono.fm/e/281664 |
| Description | Radio interview on SAFM |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | No direct results |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Report on battersby's Keynote at Global Food Security conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Write up of Battersby's keynote presentation at Global food security conference. The piece has been republished in an African regional newspaper, thus achieving greater reach |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://foodsecurity.ac.za/news/provocative-call-for-hike-in-food-prices/ |
| Description | SDG Germany - No 2 without 11 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | CUP co-hosted a special session at the SDG Germany conference on the need to include food in the urban SDG. The session was attended by international development agency representatives, researchers and activists. The CUP contribution was reflected in the final plenary session of the SDG conference as a whole which was attended by senior German government officials. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.sdgsgermany.de/en/system/files/documents/sdgsgermany-2016_df-3.pdf |
| Description | Sibanda and von Blottnitz Poster presentation at International Conference on Life Cycle Assessment of Food |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Sibanda presented "A comparative systems description of maize production in Southern and Eastern Africa" at the 10th International Conference on Life Cycle Assessment of Food, Dublin. The presentation received positive feedback from participants and elicited useful suggestions for future research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://lcafood2016.org/programme/ |
| Description | Sibanda and von Blottnitz presentation at SSAG Conference 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Sibanda presented "Studying food value chins in secondary african cities: The example of fish in Kisumu" at the CUP session at the SSAG conference. For impact see Battersby SSAG Conference entry |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.ssag.co.za/pdf/Final%20conference%20programme%20for%20SSAG.pdf |
| Description | Sibanda, L. & von Blottnitz, H. (2017) The urban end of food value chains in African secondary cities, World Sustaianability Forum, 27-28 January 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Sibanda, L. & von Blottnitz, H. (2017) The urban end of food value chains in African secondary cities, World Sustaianability Forum, 27-28 January 2017 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Sibanda, Opiyo, von Blottnitz - Fish value chain in Kisumu - RGS Conference 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Sibanda presented CUP findings at the RGS conference in Cardiff. No reported outcome or impact |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Sichone presentation at Southern African Cities Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Sichone presented "Governing food systems in Kitwe, Zambia" at a CUP special session at the SACS conference aimed at profiling food and poverty linkages in secondary cities in Africa |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://ddt72ar9zv4px.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/FinalProgrammeSACSC.pdf |
| Description | Skiner on ENCA News on covid impact on informal traders |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Skinner was interviewed on ENCA about the impact of covid 19 on informal traders in South Africa |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a44VJhHwQ2Y |
| Description | Skinner - Governing Informal Cities Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Skinner presented findings from a review of the role of informal food retail in African cities. This fed into the CUP working paper on this issue |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Skinner ACC Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Intersections between the informal economy and a Radical Social Enterprise lens - Caroline Skinner. Conference paper in Session on Radical Social Enterprise |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.africancentreforcities.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ACC_final_programme-detailed_20180... |
| Description | Skinner Hungry Cities Conference 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Caroline Skinner presented on Policy Reflections at the Hungry Cities Conference which focussed on informality and the urban food system, policy practice and inclusive growth. Cape Town February 2016.The session generated discussion and informed the research plans of the Hungry Cities Partnership |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Skinner International institute for environment and development |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | skinner presented on Covid19 and informal workers at a workshop on transformative urban economic recovery at the IIED in Marc 2021. This provoked discussion on governance of informal sector actors. Informed this work: https://www.iied.org/framework-for-transformative-urban-recovery |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Skinner LED World Forum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Skinner presented on Informal workers and economic recovery at the LED World Forum in May 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Skinner South African Treasury |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Skinner presented on current challenges and the promise formalisation at the Job Fund event on Stimulating enterprise development in the informal economy to the South African Treasury in March 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Skinner Streetnet webinar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Skinner presented on street vendors and economic recovery: key demands at the StreetNet international webinar |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Skinner and Haysom paper at WPHNA Congress |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Skinner and Haysom presented "The informal sector's role in food security: The missing link in policy debates?" at the World Public Health and Nutrition Congress. The Project's stand at the Congress directed interested attendees to CUP's project materials. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.wncapetown2016.com/programme/ |
| Description | Skinner presentation at Summer school on urban disasters |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Skinner presented on informal workers and covid 19 at the association of commonwealth universities summer school on urban disasters in August 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.acu.ac.uk/acu-events/acu-summer-school-2021-urban-disasters-vulnerability-and-resilience... |
| Description | Skinner presentation at the SSAG conference 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Skinner presented "The informal sector's role in feeding cities - A missing link in policy debates?" at the SSAG conference. for outcomes and impacts see entry under Battersby SSAG Conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.ssag.co.za/pdf/Final%20conference%20programme%20for%20SSAG.pdf |
| Description | Skinner presentation to City of Cape Town |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Skinner took part in a webinar hosted by the City of Cape Town's Food Systems working group to discuss informal trade governance. This laid the foundations for ongoing discussions on informal trade governance. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Skinner presentation to UWC Centre of Excellence |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Skinner presented on t 'COVID-19 and Informal Food Trade', at the UWC Centre of Excellence in Food security's community of practice on urban food governance. The audience was diverse and included policy makers and activists |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG3Q1x6H34k |
| Description | Skinner, C and Watson, V (2017) Informality and Urban Planning in Africa, Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing, 20th Anniversary Research Conference, Harvard University, Boston, 10-12 November, 2017. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | 45. Skinner, C and Watson, V (2017) Informality and Urban Planning in Africa, Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing, 20th Anniversary Research Conference, Harvard University, Boston, 10-12 November, 2017. Achieved outcome of raising presence of food as an object of study and political engagement for researchers and activists working in the informal economy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Skinner, C. Infrastructure for the Informal Economy in South Africa - Issues to Consider, Informal Economy Summit, South African Local Government Association, 30 June, Cape Town. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Skinner, C. Infrastructure for the Informal Economy in South Africa - Issues to Consider, Informal Economy Summit, South African Local Government Association, 30 June, Cape Town. Presentation to the Local Government Association attempting to enhance understanding of the functioning, value of and barriers to the informal sector. Generated further networks and anticipate longer term incremental shifts in regulation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Smit - Migration, urbanisation and health in Southern Africa - Interdisciplinary conversations, Johannesburg |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Smit spoke about the connections between migration, urbanisation and health from a food and environment perspective |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Smit - United Nations University - International Institute for Global Health (UNU-IIGH) - Nairobi |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Smit's paper place urban food on the urban health agenda. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Smit - Urban Transformations workshop, Brazil 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Smit presented on food environments and health at the Urban Transformations workshop in Rio. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Smit, W. (2017). The food environment and health in African cities: Analysing the linkages and exploring possibilities for improving health and wellbeing. Urban Transformations workshop on "Research and metropolitan health in unequal cities", Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 22-24 November |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Smit, W. (2017). The food environment and health in African cities: Analysing the linkages and exploring possibilities for improving health and wellbeing. Urban Transformations workshop on "Research and metropolitan health in unequal cities", Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 22-24 November. Presentation part of ESRC Urban Transformation Workshop. Connected ESRC urban projects. possibility of joint publication. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.urbantransformations.ox.ac.uk/media/here-4.pdf |
| Description | Speaker on IUFN-FNH-UNEP webinar on Food, Climate Change and the City |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Provoked discussion afterwards and generated contacts No notable impacts yet |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.iufn.org/en/our-work/think-tank/climate-change-urban-food/ |
| Description | TV Interview - eNCA on urban food systems planning |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | TV Interview discussing potential urban food systems planning. Battersby contacted by potential researchers following interview |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCN9nX-FKdU&feature=youtu.be |
| Description | TV Interview -eTV on urban food security |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview with Jeremy Maggs on food insecurity, drought and informal trade. Gareth Haysom received emails and enquiries by potential students as a result. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91lXK9NTiEg |
| Description | Tawodzera - Governing informal cities conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Tawodzera's presentation provided important data to support arguments being made about the role of informal food retail in cities. The work provoked methodological discussions |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Tawodzera presentation at SSAG Conference 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Tawodzera presented "Tracking basic food stuffs central to household food security in Epworth, Zimbabwe" at the CUP special session of the SSAG. See Battersby presentation at SSAG entry for details on impact |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.ssag.co.za/pdf/Final%20conference%20programme%20for%20SSAG.pdf |
| Description | Television interview |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Gareth Haysom was interviewed by Senior Journalist, Jeremy Maggs on eNCA a national and regional news channel in Southern Africa on issues of the urban food economy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Television interview |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Unknown |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | The Nature of Cities Blog Roundtable event - Battersby |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Blog roundtable contribution on urban agriculture contribution to sustainability. Jane Battersby's contribution elicited several responses on the comments section and sparked email conversations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.thenatureofcities.com/2016/06/30/urban-agriculture-has-many-benefits-is-one-of-them-a-co... |
| Description | The Nature of Cities Roundtable on Urban Agriculture - Chigumira & Mbengo |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Blog roundtable on urban agriculture's contribution to urban sustainability. Chigumira and Mbengo's contribution was critically reflected on within the UCT urban food security course's final exam in 2016. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.thenatureofcities.com/2016/06/30/urban-agriculture-has-many-benefits-is-one-of-them-a-co... |
| Description | Toriro presentation at SSAG Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Toriro presented "Food governance in Harare: The law vs practice" at the CUP special session of the SSAG Conference. For impact see entry under Battersby presentation at SSAG. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.ssag.co.za/pdf/Final%20conference%20programme%20for%20SSAG.pdf |
| Description | UN Habitat FAO Expert Panel group meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Prof Watson was invited to be a part of an Expert Panel meeting hosted by FAO and UN Habitat in New York City in May, which looked into embedding food into urban planning as part of the New Urban Agenda. Conclusions from this meeting were fed into the drafts and final version of the New Urban Agenda document finalised at Habitat III in Quito in October 2016. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://consumingurbanpoverty.wordpress.com/2016/05/23/cups-response-to-the-new-urban-agenda-contrib... |
| Description | UNEP IUFN Food and Climate video - Battersby |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Building on Battersby's contribution to the IUFN UNEP urban food and climate change dialogue, the following video and position paper (http://www.unep.org/resourceefficiency/Portals/24147/documents/CCUF_PolicyPerspectivesPaper_VERSION_GB.pdf) was released drawing on Battersby's work. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoBhghBVGhA&feature=youtu.be |
| Description | University seminar on CUP project |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Extensive discussion afterwards involving researchers, academics and students. The ACDI requested a further presentation at the point where field-work findings have been assembled. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://acdi.uct.ac.za/events/dr-jane-battersby-lennard-talks-working-towards-resilient-urban-food-sy... |
| Description | Urban Transformations Blog Piece on Tablets |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Blog piece reflecting on the impact of the project's use of tablets as a means to collect data. On the basis of this, we are getting the "junior researchers" in the partner cities to write a reflective piece for Area journal |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.urbantransformations.ox.ac.uk/blog/2016/developing-innovative-research-in-urban-food-secu... |
| Description | Video policy brief = How local is the local food system |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Video policy brief on how local is the local food system. Thus far it has been used in teaching and presentations |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gjRQf2etbA |
| Description | Wagah presentation at Southern African Cities Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Wagah presented "Governing food systems to alleviate poverty in Secondary cities in Africa: The case of Kisumu, Kenya" at a CUP special session at the SACS conference aimed at profiling food and poverty linkages in secondary cities in Africa |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://ddt72ar9zv4px.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/FinalProgrammeSACSC.pdf |
| Description | Watson Blog post Challenging the myth of planning for city-regions |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Watson published an article "Challenging the myth of planning for city-regions" on the site of the free online course: Development and Planning in African Cities: Exploring theories, policies and practices from Sierra Leone UCL (University College London). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/african-cities/1/steps/407013 |
| Description | World Bank Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Battersby was invited to attend a small working group at the World Bank offices in Washington DC in Sept 2018 to work on the zero draft of the Bank's publication on urban food governance. This report will shape World Bank engagement in urban food policy and funding. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | World Food Day Event 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | CUP co-hosted, and the related other African Centre for Cities food project (Hungry Cities Partnership), co-hosted with the UWC Centre of Excellence in Food Security the Annual World Food Day event, attended by representatives from local, provincial and national government, researchers, and civil society organisations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-10-24-health-e-news-fighting-for-food-as-costs-soar/#.W... |
| Description | battersby Nature sustainability blog |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | battersby wrote a blog piece for the Behind the Paper section of Nature Sustainability on the need for urban planning to be a part of african food security programming. no sense of impact |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://sustainabilitycommunity.nature.com/channels/1385-behind-the-paper/posts/33323-urban-planning... |
| Description | haysom - Food Water energy nexus - and scale - IARU GSP Sustainable Water Management in Africa - Cape Town 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Haysom argued for a different approach in addressing water and food issues in Africa. Questions raised by audience and reports of discomfort with critique of dominant framing |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | haysom Cirolia Africa's urban trends Pinsent Masons |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | haysom and cirolia presented on urban trends in africa, with a focus on informality and food. This talk influenced key funders and policy makers |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | haysom Impact Initiative Vlog |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | At the 'Power of Partnership: Research to Alleviate Poverty' Conference in India on the 3-5 December, participants shared their impact stories. Here is Gareth Haysom, African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town, sharing impact from his work 'Governing food systems to alleviate poverty in secondary cities in Africa' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKE_GkXkPgk |
| Description | haysom et al - Food, food security, cities, value chains = MISTRA Conference Cape Town |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presenters from provincial government, academia around the world - Provoked discussion on the nature of food systems and food justice. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | skinner IIED podcast |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Skinner took part in the IIED Making Change Happen podcast (Inclusive vision of urban recovery episode(). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.iied.org/wanted-inclusive-vision-urban-recovery-covid-19-make-change-happen-podcast-epis... |
| Description | toriro presentation at Hungry Cities conference 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Toriro presented at hungry cities conference on harare's informal food economy. Feedback from this session helped highlight questions about the governance of informality |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |