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   The state of poverty and food insecurity in Maseru, Lesotho

   Urban Food Security Series Number 21

   Reports & Research

   January, 2015

   Lesotho

   Land & Food Security

   food security

   urban planning

   urbanization

   Lesotho regularly features in the African and international media as a country blighted by drought, hunger and food insecurity. Much of the discussion about the causes and remedies for food insecurity, including within Lesotho itself, focuses on the rural population and the precipitous decline in domestic food production in recent decades. This report argues that the rural bias of both donors and government ignores the fact that poverty and food insecurity are increasingly important urban issues as well.