Project: Urban Food Resilience under Climate Change Challenges
| Acronym | URBANFOSC (Reference Number: FOSC-085) |
| Duration | 01/06/2021 - 31/05/2024 |
| Project Topic | URBANFOSC addresses the triple challenge of achieving food and nutrition security in African (secondary) cities by addressing the interaction between rapid urbanization, climate chains and the increased production for international value chains. The project aims to contribute to transformative adaptation strategies that enhance the resilience of urban food systems in connection with climate impacts on agricultural production in the urban hinterlands. The project uses a food systems analysis and modelling approach to identify critical linkages, actor networks and leverage points in urban food systems. Network models allow to see the cascading impacts of climate change on the urban food system. Using such food system understanding, the project aims to co-design with stakeholders in government, the private sector and civil society, possible interventions and governance processes that contribute to improved urban nutrition and a higher resilience of urban food systems to climate change. Specific attention will be given to the role of international value chains operating in the sourcing regions of urban fresh produce in terms of competition for land and water resources, or as leverage points for new value chains feeding into the urban food system. The consortium will work in 3 African secondary cities that differ in anticipated climate change impacts and types of international value chain interaction. This allows developing a generic approach the has high transferability to other (secondary) cities across Africa. A transdisciplinary approach is chosen in which stakeholders are playing a role throughout the full project life-time and where consortium members provide complementary expertise to address the multi-dimensionality of urban food systems in an integrated manner. |
| Network | FOSC |
| Call | 1st FOSC Joint Cofund Call |
Project partner
| Number | Name | Role | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU University Amsterdam) | Coordinator | Netherlands |
| 2 | Moi University | Partner | Kenya |
| 3 | Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement | Partner | France |
| 4 | University of the Western Cape | Partner | South Africa |
| 5 | University of Constantine 3 | Partner | Algeria |