Urban food security in South Africa: Case study of Cape Town, Msunduzi and Johannesburg

Abstract

5 Introduction 6 Urban food security in the context of urbanisation and the economy 7 Methodology 1 Summary of regional survey 11 Characteristics of the sample for Cape Town, Msunduzi and Johannesburg 11 Analysis and discussion of urban food security in Cape Town, Msunduzi and Johannesburg 12 Conceptual framework 12 Access to food: satisfied city 13 Quantifying urban food insecurity 13 Poverty and food security 14 Gender and food security 16 Impact of food prices 17 Economic perceptions 18 Policy issues in relation to access 19 Percent respondents 20 Dietary diversity: healthy city 21 Policy issues in relation to dietary diversity 25 Local production: Sustainable City 26 Case study 1: The City of Cape Town’s urban agriculture policy 27 Overview 27 Critique of the policy 28 Policy issues in relation to local production 30 Local markets: Productive City 31 Case study 2: Food sources and food security in Cape Town 32 Policy issues in relation to local markets 35 Supportive planning: democratic city 36