Juan Izquierdo, Gilda Carrasco, Juan José Estrada and Sara Granados

In: UA Magazine no. 19 - Stimulating Innovation in Urban Agriculture

Urban and periurban agriculture requires the use of appropriate technologies that reduce environmental impacts, are easy to implement by the urban farmers, are low-cost, and use local inputs. Since 1996, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has
been promoting the use of a number of appropriate technologies.