International Development Grant
Urban Food Security and HIV/AIDS
Project Number: CA-3-S063441001
Status: Closed
Country/Region: Unknown
Regional Focus:
Maximum Contribution: $2,640,310.00
Start Date: December 10, 2006
End Date: March 31, 2014
Duration: 7.3 years
Project Description
The project goal is to enable at least 12 countries in Southern Africa to enhance food security for the urban poor particularly for HIV/AIDS affected groups with a focus on women and children. The principal local partner is the University of Cape Town and its African Centre for Cities. The project builds the capacities of regional national and municipal institutions to design local solutions for reducing vulnerability to food insecurity. In order to do so the project: (1) provides training for academics government officials and members of civil society; (2) supports applied baseline research and vulnerability assessments in the area of urban food systems; (3) contributes to food security policy and advocacy efforts promoting responsiveness to the needs of the urban poor; and (4) builds community support for better food security for the urban poor by involving community groups.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved as of March 2013 include: (i) establishing a program in Urban Food Security at the University of Cape Town (with 600 undergraduate 70 Masters and 45 Ph.D. students); (ii) disseminating policy research on the causes and effects of urban food insecurity based on household surveys done in 11 Southern African cities; (iii) holding four regional policy conferences on urban food insecurity; (iv) training 147 municipal officials from 11 cities to respond more effectively to the complex challenges of food insecurity and its link to HIV/AIDS; (v) training 35 non-governmental and community-based organizations to improve their ability to mitigate food insecurity at the community level; and (vi) preparing radio dramas and a ten-part documentary radio series on urban food for broadcast on community radio stations. These results are helping to increase the knowledge base in Southern Africa on the extent and causes of urban food security. The results are also contributing to greater North-South and South-South cooperation in addressing the growing problem of urban food security in African cities.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
Queen's University
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
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Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Project-type interventions
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Pre-APP