Linking Urban Dietary Transitions to Food Security and Environmental Sustainability: Evidence from Five African Cities

Radical dietary transitions have occurred across Africa in the past two to three decades, especially in major African cities. Urbanization is a significant driver of dietary transitions, and it is often believed that large cities experience diet transitions earlier and faster than entire countries as a whole. The aim of this project is to identify the driving forces behind dietary transition in five major cities of Africa and examine the inter-linkages between food security and environmental sustainability.