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title: Territorial Governance and Food Markets for Sustainable Food Systems
date: 2025-08-05T14:51:00-04:00
author: Kristie Daniel
canonical_url: "https://healthbridge.ca/library/territorial-governance-and-food-markets-for-sustainable-food-systems"
section: Library
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####  Livable Cities /  
 Nutrition & Food Security /  
 

### Library Publication 

 

  Author: Trevenen-Jones, A., Sietchiping R., Githiri, G., Forster, T., Daniel, K., Troccoli, C., Moon, R. J., & Ramos, J. C./ UN-Habitat 

  

  Year:  2025  

  Regions:  Global  

  Type:  Other Report  

  Languages:  English  

 

 

#### Document

### Summary

 

This White Paper argues for a territorial governance approach that strengthens urban-rural linkages by empowering local actors and facilitating their mobilized agency. Local, traditional, and farmers markets are strategic places offering multiple levers and multi-capital for just food systems transformation within cities as well as across urban-rural and territorial landscapes.

 

 

 [Read the full publication:  Territorial Governance and Food Markets for Sustainable Food Systems   ](https://urbanpolicyplatform.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/White-Paper_-Territorial-Governance-and-Food-Markets-for-Sustainable-Food-Systems.pdf)