consultation to assess city region food systems and monitor the milan urban food policy pact

Expert consultation

“Indicator framework for assessing City Region Food Systems and monitoring the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact (MUFFP) implementation”

Guido SantiniTechnical Adviser

Food for the Cities Programme

1. improve and consolidate the current draft framework of indicators on CRFS; • identify gaps and prioritize indicators; • identify a set of common indicators for all cities.

2. identify existing tools and methods to collect data;

3. identify a set of indicators to monitor the implementation of the MUFPP framework of action.

Scope of the consultation:

1. Presentation of the draft CRFS indicator framework• Insights from pilot cities;

2. Analysis of gaps and consolidation;• Identify data sources, proxies and tools for data collection.

3. Define a set of common indicators

4. Milan’s proposal on indicators and targets to monitor the implementation of the MUFPP

5. identify a set of indicators to monitor the implementation of the MUFPP framework of action; • build on the CRFS indicator framework and align with the SDG

indicators where possible.

Day 1:

Day 2:

Food for the Cities Programme: Systematize and operationalize the concept of City Region Food

Systems

Develop methods and tools to conduct comprehensive and participatory CRFS assessment and validate it in pilot city regions

Strengthen capacity of local stakeholders within a local food system to improve food and nutrition security of urban dwellers

Reinforce urban-rural linkages for more inclusive, efficient and resilient food system

What is a city region food system?

• Food production, processing, marketing and consumption

• Urban centres, surrounding peri-urban and rural hinterland i.e. the “foodshed”

• Exchange and flows of food, people, goods, nutrients/waste and ecosystem services (urban metabolism)

• Urban-rural linkages; nexus between people, agriculture, biodiversity, water and energy

Natural resource management

Forest and trees

Soil and water

Land tenure

Energy

Food and Agriculture

Livestock and aquaculture

Agro-biodiversity

Food markets/supply

Food loss and waste

Socio-economic and health factors

Hunger and malnutrition

Shifting diets and habits (sustainable diets)

Food safety and street food

Migration and labour

Integrated approach: Components of a Food System

Cities engaged in the programme

• Food system assessment• Understand, characterize and map city region

food system (CRFS)

• Analyze critical issues, weaknesses, gaps and bottlenecks and identify local priorities

• Policy support and participatory planning• Define strategies and plans to address critical

issues for more resilient and inclusive food systems

• Foster multi-stakeholder dialogue, engagement and knowledge exchange

Source: Los Angeles Food Policy Council (http://goodfoodla.org/good-food/what-is-a-foodshed/)

Food flows of key food commodities

Jurisdictional boundaries: municipality, sub-region, province

Natural boundaries: rivers, sea, mountain ridges, watersheds

Transport distance

Production potential/capacity in relation to the city’ food demand (for at least fresh products)

social/cultural exchange, people coming for shopping/leisure to the city etc.

Define boundaries of CRFS

http://goodfoodla.org/good-food/what-is-a-foodshed/

Preliminary CRFS Maps in pilot cities:Colombo Lusaka

Kitwe

Medellin

• Integrated approach, shift out of silo-thinking

• Look beyond the city boundaries and address linkages and urban-rural relations

• Research and information exchange: Address limited data availability and costs, hands-on approach (trade-off with scientific preciseness)

• Multi-actor approach, including public administrations, civil society organisations and private sector

• Integration of food and agriculture in urban planning and land use policies

• Political will and policy framework: planning instruments

Operationalization of CRFS concepts

• CRFS characterization: to understand boundaries, elements and relations in CRFS

• Policy operationalization: focused data to define policy actions and possible indicators

• Policy monitoring: focused data to measure policy impacts and changes of time in relation to baseline

• Policy communication: transparent and understandable data to communicate policy aims and impacts to wider audiences

Role of CRFS assessment in different aspects of policy processes

CRFS assessment and indicator framework

• Characterize, assess and monitor different sustainability dimensions of a CRFS along the different components of the food chain.

• Assess the baseline of a CRFS

• Monitor changes from (future) policy and programme implementation

CRFS Indicator frameworknumber of indicators per category

Sustainability areas /Dimensions food system

Improve health and well-being/ Social sustainability and equity

Increase local economic growth and decent jobs/Economic sustainability

Improve stewardship of environmental resources/Environmental sustainability

Improve governance for sustainable food systems

Reduce Vulnerability and increase resilience

Input supply and food production 8 10 15 8 11

Food storage, processing and manufacturing

7 8 5 3 5

Food wholesale and distribution 5 7 5 3 5

Food marketing, catering and retail 6 9 5 8 9

Food consumption 10 3 3 10 10

Food and organic waste management 3 3 9 4 4

(Cross cutting): City region food system policy planning

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Feedback from citiesLusaka







Input supply and food production Lusaka Lusaka Lusaka Lusaka


Lusaka Lusaka

Food wholesale and distribution Lusaka Lusaka

Food marketing, catering and retail Lusaka Lusaka

Food consumption Lusaka

Food and organic waste management


Feedback from citiesKitwe







Input supply and food production Kitwe Kitwe Kitwe


Kitwe Kitwe

Food wholesale and distribution Kitwe Kitwe

Food marketing, catering and retail Kitwe Kitwe

Food consumption Kitwe

Food and organic waste management Kitwe


Kitwe







Input supply and food production Colombo Colombo


Food wholesale and distribution Colombo Colombo

Food marketing, catering and retail

Food consumption Colombo Colombo Colombo

Food and organic waste management Colombo Colombo


Feedback from citiesColombo

Feedback from citiesQuito







Input supply and food production Quito Quito


Food wholesale and distribution

Food marketing, catering and retail Quito Quito Quito

Food consumption Quito Quito

Food and organic waste management


Quito

Feedback from citiesMedellin







Input supply and food production Medellin Medellin Medellin Medellin


Medellin Medellin

Food wholesale and distribution Medellin Medellin Medellin

Food marketing, catering and retail Medellin

Food consumption Medellin

Food and organic waste management Medellin Medellin


Medellin

Feedback from citiesToronto







Input supply and food production Toronto


Toronto Toronto Toronto

Food wholesale and distribution Toronto Toronto Toronto

Food marketing, catering and retail Toronto Toronto Toronto

Food consumption

Food and organic waste management Toronto Toronto Toronto


Toronto

Questions to be addressed

• What are the major gaps do you see in the framework?• How to provide a real city region territorial and spatial

perspective?• How to ensure harmonization and comparability among

cities? to have a minimum group of common indicators to address in all cities?

• What tools can you share to collect data for specific indicators?

Thank youGuido Santini

Food for the Cities [email protected]

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