Food Security & Nutrition

Papussa (2006)

Submitted by Femke Hoekstra on Fri, 10/15/2010 - 14:13

This is a series of 5 Policy Briefs produced under the EU funded PAPUSSA (Production in Aquatic Peri-urban Systems in Southeast Asia) project, a collaborative reserach project of European organisations and Asian partners in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, Phnom Penh in Cambodia, and Bangkok in Thailand (www.papussa.org). Elaboration: Marielle Dubbeling, ETC Urban Agriculture (m.dubbeling@etcnl.nl); language editing: William Lesschen; Graphic design: Zonacuario, Quito, Ecuador.

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Working Paper 1 Multi-stakeholder Policy Formulation and Action Planning for Sustainable Urban Agriculture Development (2007)

Submitted by Femke Hoekstra on Fri, 10/15/2010 - 13:31

By Marielle Dubbeling and Henk de Zeeuw (ETC Urban Agriculture). With contributions from T. Otchere Larbi (IWMI Ghana), G. Merzthal and A. Santandreu (IPES), 2007, RUAF Foundation.

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RUAF Publications

Submitted by Femke Hoekstra on Fri, 10/15/2010 - 13:04

Since the start of the first RUAF programme until now, many RUAF Publications have been published. On this page, you will find links to the the RUAF Publications available online, subdivided per type of publication. If you are looking for non-RUAF publications, you should search our bibliographic database. If you are looking for a certain Urban Agriculture Magazine article, please go to the Urban Agriculture Magazine section of this website.

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Effects of the global financial crisis on the food security of poor urban households (2010)

Submitted by Ellen Radstake on Mon, 08/30/2010 - 09:53

By Gordon Prain, RUAF Foundation in coordination with United Nations HABITAT, Nairobi, Kenya and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), 2010.

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Food Security and Productive Sanitation: Practical guideline on the use of urine in crop production

Submitted by Ellen Radstake on Wed, 06/16/2010 - 08:41

Anna Richert, Robert Gensch, Håkan Jönsson, Linus Dagerskog, Thor-Axel Stenström and Moussa Bonzi

In: UA Magazine no 23 - Urban nutrient management, pp. 43-44

The upcoming publication titled Practical guideline on the use of urine in crop production gives practical guidance on the use of urine in crop production as a vital component of sustainable crop production and sanitation systems. It also includes guidance on how to initiate activities that will facilitate the introduction of new fertilisers to the
agricultural community.

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Improving Food Security through Environmental Management in Ibadan

Submitted by Ellen Radstake on Tue, 06/15/2010 - 15:45

Bolanle Wahab, M.K.C. Sridhar and A.A. Ayorinde

In: UA Magazine no 23 - Urban nutrient management, pp. 25-26

Solid waste disposal is a nagging problem faced by various communities in Ibadan in southwest Nigeria and other state capitals. Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, is the most densely populated city in the state with over three million inhabitants. It is said that in Ibadan every street is a market. Many backyards are used for growing local vegetables and medicinal herbs.

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The Productive Garden: An experience in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Submitted by Ellen Radstake on Tue, 06/15/2010 - 15:40

Bruno Martins Dala Paula, Ivana Cristina Lovo, José Divino Lopes Filho

In: UA Magazine no 23 - Urban nutrient management, pp. 22-24

As part of the RUAF’s Cities Farming for the Future programme (1), a project called the Jardim Produtivo (Productive Garden) was initiated to transform a vacant plot(2) of 3,500 m2 into a multifunctional urban space.

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