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Within the framework of the international debate focusing on experiences emerg- ing from cities in the global North, this paper aims to explore urban food policies under the lens of a global South perspective, paying particular attention to African cities and taking into account the common elements they present –compared with other urban contexts and terri- tories – but also the speci cities with respect to the process of urbanization and the linkages existing amongst cities and food. Under this light, urban food policies in an African context are also placed, on the one side, into a path speci ed by a number of keywords such as food and nutrition security, self-suf ciency and food sovereignty; on the other, they are positioned in a context of internationalization of re ections and actions culminated in the New Urban Agenda and the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact. The prospect of urban food policies is nally presented as an inspiring and propelling opportunity for new forms of territorial partnerships.

The article examines the results of the Commission of Inquiry into the Illegal/Irregular Allocation of Public Land related to the case study of the Mau forest (Rift Valley region). The Commission's work (2002-05) has brought to light the close link between land and political patronage, illustrating how land allocation has been used by the political, judicial and military élite to pursue their own political and personal interests. The paper aims to reflect on the effects of the Ndung'u Commission Report in the south-western region of the Mau forest; in particular, it analyses the process of "degazettement" that in the period of democratic transition (1991-2002) led to the conversion of large portions of forest into agricultural land.