Originally published by the Mail&Guardian.
“South Africa’s major cities are home to millions of people facing hunger and food insecurity along with others around the world where rapid urbanisation — even in wealthy countries — is growing.
This is according to research by the University of Cape Town’s Gareth Haysom and Jane Battersby, who co-led the Urban Food System Research Cluster, and Marc Wegerif and Julian May of the DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Food Security.”
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