Promoting a City without Hunger and Indifference: urban agriculture in Bogotá, Colombia

Claudia Marcela Sánchez, Jairo Andrés Silva and Rolando Higuita

In: UA Magazine no. 18 - Building Communities through Urban Agriculture

Just like other cities in the country and around the world, Bogotá, the capital of Colombia, is undergoing rapid population growth leading to more pronounced social inequalities. In 2005, this city of approximately 6.8 million people had a poverty rate of 38.5 percent, and most of the poor were suffering from significant nutritional deficiencies due to the lack of access to food in the necessary quantities and quality.