José António Ribeiro, Marilda Quintino Magahães

In: Urban Agriculture Magazine no 22 - Building Resilient Cities pp. 15-16

The municipality of Contagem in the State of Minas Gerais, despite being known as an industrial centre, has an enormous potential to develop urban agriculture. The current administration recognises this, and supports the development of agriculture as an important strategy for consolidating its Municipal Food and Nutritional Security Policy.