Introduction The world's absolute food supply is almost certainly sufficient for six billion or more people now and in the future: yet some 841 million people--nearly one-sixth of the world's population-are chronically malnourished today.			The Greening of Cities: Food from Urban Gardens Rapid urban growth has precipitated a deepening crisis in basic municipal services: City infraestructures simply cannot keep up with popuylation growth.
		More Food for More People But Not for All, and Not Forever More people are bieng fed adequately today than ever before: but it is also true that the numbers of the poor and malnourished have risen.			Women as Land Stewards Since women produce most of the food consumed by their families throughout the developoing world, issues related to environmentally sustainable land use are often central to their lives.
		Women as Food Producers Resource economist and development experts recognize and quantify the enormous contribution women make to food production and marketing in the developing world.			Coordinating Food Security and Population Policies Policies should include enlisting the support of community leaders for action in favour of women, to ensuring that women's voices are heard in community decisions, and to promoting women as policymakers as well as workers.
		Better Diet, Food Security and Reproductive Health For many women, dietary deficiency starts in chilhood and affects the whole course of their lives.  Girls who receive chronically inadequate diets grow into malnourished women who suffer from anaemia and protein energy deficiencies.			Conclusion Discussions as the recent series of internationaal conferences, from the Earth Summit in 1992 to the Food Summit in 1996 underline that integrated policy approaches are needed for social issues sucha as poverty, population, gender equality and food security.