The food system in the Global South is diverse, characterized by multiple actors but predominantly dominated by local small-scale actors living across multiple landscapes. This session brings together food systems scholars, experts, and practitioners to discuss and provide an outlook on how food system actors navigate the complexities of cultural diversity, human-environment interactions, and the food environment in the Global South.

• 3:15 PM
  Role of Social Capital and Relational Well-being on Small-Scale Fishers’ Response Pathways to Resilience against Tropical Cyclone in Chilika Lagoon, India
  Greeshma Prakash Sherly, University of Waterloo

  3:30 PM
  Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture: Analysis of Its Particularities in Regente Feijó, São Paulo, Brazil
  Bruna Negri, University of Guelph

  3:45 PM
  Agriculture urbaine et urbanisation : pratiques et motivations de l’agriculture urbaine dans les villes de différentes tailles au Cameroun
  Tchinda Paul Emile, Université du Québec à Montréal

Organizers: Richard Nyiawung (University of Waterloo) 

                      Abdul-Rahim Abdulai (Alliance Bioversity International & CIAT)

                      Marcellinus Essah (University of Toronto)