Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum)

Re: Strengthening urban and peri-urban food systems to achieve food security and nutrition in the context of urbanization and rural transformation

The proposed scope is adequate especially in addressing  the impact of urban and peri-urban agriculture on food system.  

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4).  Toku, A., Osumanu, I. K., Owusu-Sekyere, E., & Amoah, S. T. (2021). Conflicting urban land uses at the fringes: issues and experiences of peri-urban farmers in an urbanizing city in Ghana. SN Social Sciences, 1, 1-23.

 

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