The presentation provides a nutrition profile from African data that indicates the prevalence of adult overweight and obesity.
The presentation promotes the integration of local food into city planning. It illustrates how city planners and local governments have no clear planning provisions for food markets/traders, which results in food insecurity and malnutrition.
This presentation by African Food Security Urban Network (AFSUN) reviews the institutional framework within which food systems have to operate. The planning system is one of the most important tools for government to influence society.
The Chisokone food market in urban Kitwe (Zambia) occupied zoned land that could be used for a mall and was relocated to make way for “development.” This presentation by African Food Security Urban Network (AFSUN) reviews the urban planning framew
This policy brief provides facts obtained from Ivory Coast’s country profile (2011 – 2016). The prevalence of smoking was estimated at 14.6% for both sexes. The tobacco industry is exempt from anti-advertising legislation.
People in southern Africa are facing escalating levels of risk, uncertainty and consequently vulnerability as a result of
Conservation of biodiversity, preservation of local knowledge and improved livelihoods are important goals
that many projects strive to achieve. Reconciling these three however poses a number of challenges. Using plant genetic
Traditional leafy vegetables represent inexpensive but high quality nutrition sources for nutritionally vulnerable communities.
The study aimed at assessing availability, cultivation, consumption and general knowledge about indigenous plant foods in rural and urban communities.