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Call for Contributions Urban Agriculture Magazine no. 23Please click here to read the call for contributions for the next issue of the UA Magazine on Urban Nutrient Management. African Indigenous Vegetables in Urban AgricultureCharlie M. Shackleton, Margaret W. Pasquini and Axel W. Drescher African Indigenous Vegetables in Urban Agriculture provides a comprehensive synthesis of current knowledge of the potential and challenges associated with the multiple roles, use, management and livelihood contributions of indigenous vegetables in urban agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa. Based on critical analysis of current debates and practices, it presents a multidisciplinary analysis of the realities and future opportunities. More information about the book is available here. To request a review or inspection copy, and for all queries, please contact andrew.miller@earthscan.co.uk. Download a 20% discount for the book from the website.
Healthy city harvests: Generating evidence to guide policy on urban agricultureEditors: Donald Cole, Diana Lee-Smith and George Nasinyama This publication presents research results on potential health risks from exposure of crops to urban contaminants and from livestock production as well as the nutritional and food security benefits of urban farming. These results are embedded in the specific policy context of the city of Kampala, Uganda, but the lessons about the links between research results and policy have relevance for cities in other parts of Africa and beyond. The book contains contributions by leading research specialists in the fields of urban agriculture and public health from Uganda and the broader science community. The publication can be downloaded here: http://www.cipotato.org/publications/pdf/004361.pdf. RUAF-CFF Final reportThe RUAF Cities Farming for the Future programme ended in 2008 with very positive results. Activities of RUAF continued in most of the cities in the follow up programme From Seed to Table. The final report, has been finalised and a summary can be found here. "Urban and peri-urban agriculture for Resilient Cities" (proceedings WUF IV session)The RUAF Foundation, together with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the International Development Research Centre, Urban Harvest, the Chinese Urban Agriculture Association and the Nanjing Agriculture and Forestry Bureau, organised a session called "Urban and peri-urban agriculture for Resilient Cities (Green, Productive and Socially Inclusive)" during the World Urban Forum of UN Habitat from 3 to 7 November 2008 in Nanjing, China. The conference proceedings , as well as the DVD with main publications of the organisers and the city posters that were presented, are now available online. Foodprint: Symposium[26 June, The Hague, The Netherlands] Food, health and adaptation to climate change in East and Southern Africa |
RUAF From Seed to Table (FSTT) programmeThe RUAF Partners have started the new phase of the RUAF programme: From Seed to Table (2009-2010), which builds on the results of the Cities Farming for the Future Programme (2005-2008). Distance learning course on urban agricultureRyerson University’s G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education and Centre for Studies in Food Security (www.ryerson.ca/foodsecurity), ETC-Urban Agriculture (www.etc-urbanagriculture.org) and RUAF (www.ruaf.org) are offering the following distance learning course on urban agriculture: Dimensions of Urban Agriculture (CVFN 411) Duration: 42 hours Fee: $474 (Canadian dollars), Schedule: September-December, 2009. Towards a Water-Sustainable City of the FuturePlease click here to watch this SWITCH video (18 min). "SWITCH is a project supported by the European Commission, a global effort of 33 partners from 15 countries to bring the Water-Sustainable City of the Future one step closer. The SWITCH recipe is a combination of scientific research, innovative technologies and demonstrations in several cities. To find out more about the project, watch the video." |
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