Leonora C. Angeles

In: UA Magazine 6 - Transition to Ecological Urban Agriculture: A Challenge

The promotion of sustainable local livelihoods through urban agriculture will be unsustainable if urban farmers get trapped in the same cycle of dependency on expensive chemical farm inputs, like fertiliser and pesticides. This realisation has led to the promotion of organic urban farming by local community organisations in the cities of Valencia and Malaybalay in Bukidnon province, and Cagayan de Oro city in Mindanao, Philippines.