Urbanization is transforming agrifood systems across the rural–urban continuum creating challenges and opportunities to access affordable healthy diets : Background paper for The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2023

This paper discusses the dynamics and drivers of urbanization and presents a framework for understanding the different pathways through which urbanization is driving changes in agrifood systems across the rural–urban continuum, and is, in turn, affecting access to affordable healthy diets.