Roles of Rural Areas in Sustainable Food System Transformations

Rural areas and their people have not received appropriate appreciation for their necessary contributions to sustainable cities and achievement of the sustainable development goals. Food systems in rural and urban areas are undergoing major transformations, due to drivers that are not always affecte...

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Published inDevelopment (Society for International Development) Vol. 58; no. 2-3; pp. 256 - 262
Main Author Anderson, Molly D.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Palgrave Macmillan UK 01.06.2015
Palgrave Macmillan
Subjects
Autonomy
Cities
Community
Development and Social Change
Development Economics
Development Policy
Development Studies
Ecosystems
Farms
Food security
Food supply
Markets
Migration
Political participation
Population density
Resilience
Rural areas
Rural communities
Rural development
Social Sciences
Sovereignty
Sustainable agriculture
Sustainable development
Thematic Section
Urban areas
Urbanization
Well being
United States > US
rural transformation
food sovereignty
sustainable food system
sustainable development goals
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Summary:Rural areas and their people have not received appropriate appreciation for their necessary contributions to sustainable cities and achievement of the sustainable development goals. Food systems in rural and urban areas are undergoing major transformations, due to drivers that are not always affected by population density. The health and well-being of rural agroecosystems and communities are interlinked inextricably with the well-being, resilience and food security of cities. The goals of food sovereignty for autonomy, localized markets, political participation in decisions affecting producers and agroecological production will serve the right to food of both urban and rural people.
ISSN:1011-6370
1461-7072
DOI:10.1057/s41301-016-0003-7