27 March 2017, Rome--- Managing urbanization sustainably poses new challenges and opportunities to recast food and agriculture systems in ways that benefit both cities and the countryside, according to a new report presented by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and FAO. IFPRI’s Global Food Policy Report, to which FAO contributed in the lead chapter, addresses a wide range of issues linked to urbanization. Growing urban populations will be especially visible in Africa, as a majority of the continent’s fast-growing population will be living in cities by 2030. Globally, some 2.5 billion more people than today will be living in urban areas than they do today.