Over the next few decades, virtually all of the anticipated three billion increase in the human population will occur in cities of the South. These cities will absorb 95% of urban growth in the next two decades, and by 2030, will be home to almost four billion people, or 80% of the world’s urban population. Accompanying this urban transition is a growing crisis of food insecurity in urban areas, caused by lack of access due to high food prices and low incomes.
In response, Wilfrid Laurier University’s Jonathon Crush and international colleagues have come together to create The Hungry Cities Partnership. It is an international research project devoted to addressing urbanization and food security worldwide.
