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Feeding Cities in the Global South: Challenges and Opportunities for Action in Cartagena

Graduate · Historical course

Fall 2009

Topics

  • Initial Work: Diagnostic by Universidad Tecnológica de Bolivar (UTB)
  • Introduction to the Seminar and the challenges of food provisioning in global south cities
  • Food markets and development policy
  • A discussion on informality, economic development and mobility in developing countries
  • What does food market modernization look like?
  • The contradictions of food marketing in developing cities
  • Developing policy to improve food supply
  • A discussion on planning
  • A discussion on participation and challenges for planning
  • Introduction to qualitative research as a tool for planning and field work agenda and preparation.
  • Best practices report on market efficiency cases
  • Reflection meetings and final presentation at MIT

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