Robert J. Holmer and Anselmo B. Mercado

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

In recent years, the Asset-Based Community Development Approach (ABCD) has been recognised as an innovative strategy for community-driven development in urban and rural areas and as an alternative to the traditional needs-based approach applied by national government agencies, NGOs, and institutions such as the World Bank and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (O'Leary, 2007).