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Reducing Barriers to the Consumption of Traditional Fruits and Vegetables by Migrant Communities in Johannesburg: Recommendations for Urban Policy and Planning

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Abstract

This Briefing Note is the second in a series of four deriving from research conducted between May and July 2023 in the City of Johannesburg (CoJ) at two research sites: the Central Business District and Soweto South. The research explored the role of traditional fruits and vegetables (TFVs) in the lives of local and cross-border migrant communities. This Briefing Note reports key findings on the drivers of, and barriers to, the consumption of these TFVs on the part of migrant communities. It then proposes a series of policy and planning recommendations for national and local government, civil society organisations and communities in order to foster increased consumption of these products, given their cultural and nutritional value. This is important in the context of a city in which more than one-third of residents have recently experienced food insecurity.


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Author(s): Hughes A, Hart T, Altink H, Denby K, Masamha B, Alubafi M, Tirivanhu P, Fundisi E, Mokhele T

Publication type: Report

Publication status: Published

Series Title: Policy Briefing Note 2

Year: 2024

Pages: 8

Print publication date: 19/02/2024

Online publication date: 19/02/2024

Acceptance date: 29/01/2024

Institution: Newcastle University

Place Published: Newcastle upon Tyne

URL: https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/alexhughes/2024/02/19/reducing-barriers-to-the-consumption-of-traditional-fruits-and-vegetables-by-migrant-communities-in-johannesburg-recommendations-for-urban-policy-and-planning-policy-briefing-note-2/


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