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This is an edited excerpt from the recent ‘The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2023’ report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Read the full report at fao.org/3/cc3017en/cc3017en.pdf
“Urbanisation is the result of urban population growth, urban expansion, namely the reclassification of rural areas to peri-urban or urban, and migration from rural to urban areas. This process is fast-changing, context specific and driven by intertwined factors, including diverse economic developments, such as increasing agricultural productivity, policy choices, availability of natural resources, and external stressors such as conflict, climate extremes or environmental degradation.
Many parts of the world have rapidly urbanised since the Second World
