The purpose of the CSFS is to facilitate research, community action, and professional practice to increase food security through focusing on the issues of health, income, and the evolution of food system (including attention to ecological sustainability and sociocultural diversity). The Centre has special focus on the unique organization and problems of urban and metropolitan food systems and the way in which these systems are linked to rural communities and the agricultural sector.
In fulfilling their goal to contribute knowledge and provide information, the centre for Studies in Food Security endorses a variety of Publications and Conferences.