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Mapping food flows across the urban-rural gradient[s] in secondary cities in Uganda : lessons from Mbale City and Kasese Municipality

Mukwaya, Paul Isolo ; Mugagga, Frank LU ; Lwasa, Shuaib ; Kasaija, Peter ; Nakanjako, Ritah ; Kiggundu, Patricia Nagawa ; Ologe, Daniel Ochieng ; Jistrom, Magnus ; Mackay, Heather LU orcid and Emenyu, Anthony Philip , et al. (2025) p.323-336
Abstract

Uganda is experiencing rapid rates of urbanisation that include huge demographic changes and the incorporation of surrounding rural areas into the urban fabric. This demographic and land use transformation has altered several supply and delivery systems (in)to urban areas including food provisioning. Local authorities in secondary cities need to understand the nature of their food supply and, considering the challenges experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic, prepare and plan for future crises. Although the available literature shows that the spatial extent of food source areas is shifting in boundaries and size, a clear understanding and empirical evidence on food flows across an urban-rural gradient for secondary cities in Uganda is... (More)

Uganda is experiencing rapid rates of urbanisation that include huge demographic changes and the incorporation of surrounding rural areas into the urban fabric. This demographic and land use transformation has altered several supply and delivery systems (in)to urban areas including food provisioning. Local authorities in secondary cities need to understand the nature of their food supply and, considering the challenges experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic, prepare and plan for future crises. Although the available literature shows that the spatial extent of food source areas is shifting in boundaries and size, a clear understanding and empirical evidence on food flows across an urban-rural gradient for secondary cities in Uganda is relatively thin. We draw on co-design workshops with urban households, individual farmers and farmers’ groups/associations, (in)formal retailers/vendors, food processors and industrialists, urban policy actors and transporters to map urban food flows in two secondary cities in Uganda, Mbale City and Kasese Municipality, to inform a better understanding of the urban food shed and what it means for future food supplies for secondary cities.

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Food flows, Food shed, Kasese, Mbale, Uganda, Urban-rural gradient
host publication
Handbook on Rural-Urban Linkages in the Global South
editor
Tacoli, Cecilia ; Agergaard, Jytte ; Hoppe Andreasen, Manja and Brown, Donald
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14 pages
publisher
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
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  • scopus:105011457041
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9781802207712
9781802207705
DOI
10.4337/9781802207712.00031
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English
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yes
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Publisher Copyright: © Cecilia Tacoli, Jytte Agergaard, Manja Hoppe Andreasen and Donald Brown 2025
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2025-10-14 10:12:20
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  author       = {{Mukwaya, Paul Isolo and Mugagga, Frank and Lwasa, Shuaib and Kasaija, Peter and Nakanjako, Ritah and Kiggundu, Patricia Nagawa and Ologe, Daniel Ochieng and Jistrom, Magnus and Mackay, Heather and Emenyu, Anthony Philip and Kizza, Allen and Kemigisha, Mary and Muyama, Eunice and Wepukhulu, Juma}},
  booktitle    = {{Handbook on Rural-Urban Linkages in the Global South}},
  editor       = {{Tacoli, Cecilia and Agergaard, Jytte and Hoppe Andreasen, Manja and Brown, Donald}},
  isbn         = {{9781802207712}},
  keywords     = {{Food flows; Food shed; Kasese; Mbale; Uganda; Urban-rural gradient}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{02}},
  pages        = {{323--336}},
  publisher    = {{Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.}},
  title        = {{Mapping food flows across the urban-rural gradient[s] in secondary cities in Uganda : lessons from Mbale City and Kasese Municipality}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781802207712.00031}},
  doi          = {{10.4337/9781802207712.00031}},
  year         = {{2025}},
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