João Luiz Homem de Carvalho

In: UA Magazine 5 - Methodologies for UA research, policy development, planning and implementation

The PROVE - "Small Agricultural Production Verticalisation Programme", is a programme designed to promote small agricultural production, processing and trade. It involves many urban and peri-urban agricultural systems, including vegetable-gardening, fruit-growing and livestock systems. Intervention is at the individual and/or collective level, especially aimed at the lower income groups. The stages of the approach are given in (eleven) rungs in a ladder