The 16th of October marks World Food Day. Each year the FAO proposes a World Food Day theme, this year’s theme is the "Right to Food for a Better Life and a Better Future.” This Op Ed draws on my work conducted locally and the findings of the Committee on World Food Security’s High Level Panel of Experts report on strengthening urban and peri urban food systems for food security which I led this year.
Assoc Prof Jane Battersby,  a senior lecturer in the Environmental and Geographical Science Department gives more insight in her recent article in Daily Maverick.