Cities Farming for the Future - Urban Agriculture for Green and Productive Cities

Thu, 27 Jul 2006 12:59:58 +0200

Edited by René van Veenhuizen (2006). Published by RUAF Foundation, IDRC and IIRR.

Annotated Bibliography on Urban Agriculture

Thu, 22 Feb 2007 14:59:34 +0100

In conjunction with Sida, ETC Netherlands, TUAN and other organisations, "An Annotated Bibliography on Urban Agriculture" has been produced. It contains 16 themes with State of the Art introductions. This Annotated Bibliography on Urban Agriculture contains a comprehensive literature overview in 17 chapters, each with a "state of the art" overview followed by literature references with abstracts.

To download the full document as a PDF (4.3MB) please click here.

Sustainable Use of Water in Urban Agriculture

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:03:18 +0200

Olufunke Cofie & René van Veenhuizen

In: UA Magazine no. 20 - Water for Urban Agriculture, pp. 3-6

The number of people in the world who live in and around cities is increasing steadily. The “State of the World Cities” report by UN- Habitat (2004) predicted that by 2030, 60 percent of the world’s population will live in cities, while the threshold of 50 percent of the world’s inhabitants living in cities was reached in 2007. Most often, this rapid urbanisation is only demographic as it is not accompanied by a similar rate of infrastructural transformation, but rather puts pressure on limited urban resources. Coincidentally, the areas of the world with the fastest-growing population already have severe water problems, and the shortages will get much worse.

Complete issue

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:00:01 +0200

UA Magazine no. 20 – Water for Urban Agriculture

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:55:58 +0200

Recycling realities in African Cities

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:17:10 +0200

Recycling realities in African cities; towards safe wastewater use in agriculture

In Sub-Saharan Africa, where sanitation infrastructure does not keep pace with city growth, the use of polluted water for urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) is a common reality. While UPA puts consumers at risk, it also plays an important role in food supply and job creation. The question is how to preserve the benefits while minimising the risks? This short video clip (3 min 30 sec) gives voice to the people most closely involved, to articulate their own solutions to the challenges they face.

WASTE

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:53:54 +0200

"WASTE works towards sustainable improvement of the urban poor's living conditions and the urban environment in general. Our multi-year, multi-country programmes and projects have a focus on bottom-up development in relation to recycling, solid waste management, ecological sanitation and knowledge sharing. WASTE, located in the Netherlands, teams up with organisations in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe that share its goals and approaches."

Solid Waste Recycling in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Making a business of waste management

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:42:55 +0100

Berihun Tefera and Getachew Tikubet