The programme
Introduction to the Food for the Cities Programme (6'51)
Guido Santini is the technical advisor and programme coordinator of FAO's Food for the Cities Programme. He provides a general overview and describes the programmes’ objectives, activities, implementation process, and expected results and outcomes.
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Colombo’s city region food system: Challenges, current situation and way forward (6'53)
Dr. Ruwan Wijayamuni is the Chief Medical Officer at the Colombo Municipal Council. He provides an overview of Colombo’s city region food system, including the main challenges the city region is facing regarding its food system, the current situation, and the way forward.
Lusaka, Zambia
Lusaka’s city region food system: Challenges, current situation and way forward (5'00)
Mangiza Chirwa Chongo is the Chief Community Development Officer at the Lusaka City Council. She provides an overview of Lusaka’s city region food system, including the main challenges the city region is facing regarding its food system, the current situation, and the way forward.
Kitwe, Zambia
Kitwe’s city region food system: Challenges, current situation and way forward (5'24)
Shilla Chabalengula Songolo is the Deputy Director of Development Planning at the Kitwe City Council. She provides an overview of Kitwe’s city region food system, including the main challenges the city region is facing regarding its food system, the current situation, and the way forward.
Dakar, Senegal
Dakar's city region food system: Challenges, current cituation and way forward (2'11)
Mbodj Ndeye Ndack Pouye is the coordinator of the Dakar's micro-gardens project, and the Directrice de la Planification Développement Durable at the Ville de Dakar. She provides an overview of Dakar's city region food system, including the main challenges the city region is facing regarding its food system, the current situation, and the way forward.
Medellin, Colombia
FAO presents its Food for the Cities Project in Medellin - TeleMedellin (2'15)
In Antioquia, Medellin's department, only 30% of the food that is consumed, is produced in the department. Meanwhile, 50% of the Antioquia inhabitants are food insecure. The local team presents the main challenges met in the department, and provides some indications on the first activities and initiatives that will be implemented to address those challenges.