Policy brief - Promoting integrated and inclusive rural-urban dynamics and food systems
Policy brief - Promoting integrated and inclusive rural-urban dynamics and food systems
June 2017
It is well recognized that with higher incomes and urbanization, patterns of demand for food change and expand – potentially creating new opportunities for food producers in many of today’s developing countries. It is not always equally well recognized that much of the urban expansion involves the growth of (often previously rural) towns, with these settlements retaining many of their rural characteristics.
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