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🧵"The right to the #city focuses on the idea that urban spaces should be inclusive, participatory & designed to meet the needs of all residents", Jane Battersby, lead author of the @UN_CFS HLPE-FSN report #19 during the event at @FAO 📖Read the report: fao.org/cfs/cfs-hlpe/p…

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Don't forget to register to attend this important CFS Side event online

📅 Mark your calendars! Join us on 23 Oct, 8:30 – 9:45 CEST at FAO HQ (Green Room) in Rome or online, for an important discussion on bridging urban and food justice at #CFS52. Let’s build a common agenda on inequalities & urban food systems.🌍 🔗 fao.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

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"With 1.7 billion people facing food insecurity in urban & peri-urban areas, we can no longer ignore the need for targeted interventions & investments", @CUP_at_UCT Jane Battersby, lead author of the HLPE-FSN 🆕report⤵️ 📺 Launch recording 📘 Report 🖥️PPT fao.org/cfs/cfs-hlpe/i…


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Did you miss the launch of the HLPE-FSN report on strengthening urban and peri-urban food systems? No worries! All the information is now available online. Access the report, the PPT, the recording, the short presentation video ▶ & key concepts here: fao.org/cfs/cfs-hlpe/i…


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Missed the launch of the HLPE-FSN report on strengthening urban and peri-urban food systems? No worries! All the information is now available online. Access the PPT, the recording, the short presentation video ▶⤵ and key concepts here: 🔗 lnkd.in/d5SKu5sE


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🧵"This report is dedicated to the current and future residents of cities and peri‑urban areas, some yet unbuilt, predominantly in Africa and Asia", Jane Battersby, HLPE-FSN drafting team leader, during the launch. 📘Download your copy of the report⤵️ fao.org/cfs/cfs-hlpe/p…

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This is a great opportunity for food scholars working on resilience.

📢The @UN_CFS HLPE-FSN is looking for dedicated experts to draft a crucial report on "Building resilient food systems," set to launch in June 2025. 🙋‍♀️ Apply: forms.office.com/pages/response… ⏰ Deadline: 12 June. 📃More information about the call and the report: fao.org/cfs/cfs-hlpe/i…



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🆕📰We know the world's future is urban, but what lies ahead for food security? 🏙️🍽️There is an urgent need for interventions to strengthen food security and nutrition within urban and peri-urban food systems. Read why🗞️⤵️ fao.org/cfs/cfs-hlpe/i…


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📢We're looking forward to Jane Battersby @UCT_news, @jesshalliday, Emily O'Brien @TheGreenParty, Sofia Parente @UKSustain & @ProfTimLang discussing how local and regional initiatives contribute to diverse and resilient #foodsystems at our City #FoodPolicy Symposium on 18 April!


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⚠️#DYK over 3/4 of individuals experiencing moderate or severe food insecurity worldwide reside in urban and peri-urban areas? #DYK the HLPE-FSN is working on urban and peri-urban FSN? The🆕 report will be launched on 2 July. Save the date! Read more⤵️ fao.org/cfs/cfs-hlpe/i…


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The communities in which they grow up shape children’s food choices,” says an expert from @CUP_at_UCT Here’s more about helping kids to eat healthy and curb #obesity. bhekisisa.org/health-news-so…

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Interested in urban food governance? See our new paper proposing a new analytical framework w/@anamoraguesf Jane Battersby and Jill Clarke sciencedirect.com/science/articl… @cultivateEU @TCD_Geography @TCD_NatSci @foodgovernance @oonamorrow @SharingSolutio @Deanphelan


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[PODCAST] Annual consumer inflation increased for a third consecutive month in October, verging on the upper limit of the South African Reserve Bank’s inflation target range. Earlier on #SAfmSunrise with @StephenGrootes spoke to Dr Jane Battersby. omny.fm/shows/safm-sun…


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🔴Join us now! 👉 Tune in to the #CFS51 session on addressing multiple dimensions of inequalities: buff.ly/493wdOJ

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🚨 Happening today! 👉 Tune in to the #CFS51 session on addressing multiple dimensions of inequalities: buff.ly/493wdOJ

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🔴Live now: #CFS51 side event on "Mobilizing urban #youth in climate change adaptation solutions in #Africa". 👥With HLPE-FSN @ble_switzerland and Jane Battersby, @FAO, @IFAD, @UCT_news, @ClimateKIC, @CUP_at_UCT Check out the programme and join us online: buff.ly/3LYn4x6

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🗓 Wednesday’s side events will take place at 8.30 and 13.30 (UTC+2)! 👉 Check out the programme and join virtually: buff.ly/3LYn4x6

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Exciting times as UCT Press relaunches as an open access press to enable research to be more accessible in Africa and beyond.

UCT Chancellor Oppenheimer Library was a hive of activity as the UCT Press Board, members of the Leadership Lekgotla and other university delegates gathered to celebrate the homecoming of UCT Press. Read more: bit.ly/3S8rQM7

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Proud to be part of the Living Off Grid Food and Infrastructure Collaboration - our first journal paper, setting out our thinking & agenda, just out! doi.org/10.1007/s10460…


Please help me raise money for the Masi Ambassadors Project as I try to over exert myself at the end of a work trip to Canada. givengain.com/ap/jane-batter…

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Taxi strike / Hot Spots / Apartheid: What's the connection? #cityofcapetown #jpsmith #santaco #TaxiStrike


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🗓️Reminder! I'm hosting the next @DGMurrayTrust #PerspectivesSeries with guests @CUP_at_UCT @SAFoodlab @lutfiyah_ts live on LinkedIn this Friday at 11AM. #escapingtheinequalitytrap 🌐 Register here loom.ly/g-bV9BA

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