Feeding Hanoi's urbanisation: What policies to guide the transformation of the urban food system?

In countries experiencing rapid urbanisation, there is a question of which path for urban food systems to follow. Southern countries, such as Vietnam, seem to favor modernisation to enhance market efficiency and food safety. Yet this same path is questioned today in developed countries for its tende...

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Published in:Policy File 2013
Main Author: Shields, Lauren
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
Agriculture
Environment
Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations
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Summary:In countries experiencing rapid urbanisation, there is a question of which path for urban food systems to follow. Southern countries, such as Vietnam, seem to favor modernisation to enhance market efficiency and food safety. Yet this same path is questioned today in developed countries for its tendency to result in longer chains between producers and consumers and its inability to correct negative environmental impacts and to distribute benefits to all stakeholders. Studying the transformation of Hanoi's food system gives an opportunity to examine the question "how do we build a modern urban food system without irreversibly losing the 'working' characteristics of the traditional system such as mutual trust between its stakeholders, from producers to consumers?""