Marie-Hélène Dabat, Romaine Ramananarivo, Faramalala Evelyne Ravoniarisoa, Tovohery Ramahaimandimbisoa, Christine Aubry

In: UA Magazine no. 24 - From Seed to Table: Developing Urban Agriculture Value Chains, pp 24-27

Jonathan Mittchel and Henri Leturque

In: UA Magazine no. 24 - From Seed to Table: Developing Urban Agriculture Value Chains, pp 21-23

This paper summarises work attempting to answer two apparently simple questions: Can urban agriculture reduce urban poverty? And, if it can, in what ways can poverty be reduced? It also explores the role of value chain analysis in understanding better the role of urban agriculture.

Femke Hoekstra and Rob Small

In: UA Magazine no. 24 - From Seed to Table: Developing Urban Agriculture Value Chains, pp 17-20

Although quite a number of experiences with community supported agriculture (CSA) and box schemes in Europe and the United States have been documented, there are not so many examples from the South. Abalimi/Harvest of Hope is a special case even in the South, as it is a social enterprise that works with poor people in urban areas who are the producers of the vegetables.

Henk de Zeeuw

In: UA Magazine no. 24 - From Seed to Table: Developing urban agriculture value chains, pp 11-16

Marielle Dubbeling, Femke Hoekstra, René van Veenhuizen

In: Urban Agriculture Magazine no 24 - From Seed to Table: Developing urban agriculture value chains, pp 3-10

The RUAF Foundation, together with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the International Development Research Centre, Urban Harvest, the Chinese Urban Agriculture Association and the Nanjing Agriculture and Forestry Bureau, organised a session called "Urban and peri-urban agriculture for Resilient Cities (Green, Productive and Socially Inclusive)" during the World Urban Forum of UN Habitat from 3 to 7 November 2008 in Nanjing, China.

Oscar Rea Campos

In: UA Magazine no. 21 - Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development: A role for urban agriculture?, pp. 32-33

The structural food crisis in the city of El Alto has had an especially negative impact on the lives of the poorest families. Urban agriculture is one of the alternative strategies initiated to improve their food security, but also to enhance the social inclusion of the women involved, who have more time available than the men and who can develop additional skills through this activity.

Percy Toriro

In: UA Magazine no. 21 - Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development: A role for urban agriculture?, pp. 26-27

Harare is the capital city of Zimbabwe. With approximately 2.5 million inhabitants (1.8 million as of the 2002 census), here almost 50 percent of Zimbabwe’s urban population lives. Recent economic difficulties have led to a phenomenal growth in urban agriculture in Harare as well as in other cities in Zimbabwe.

Astrid van Rooij and Loan Liem

In: UA Magazine no. 21 - Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development: A role for urban agriculture?, pp. 13-15

For over twenty years, the people of Acholiland in northern Uganda have been struggling to survive in the midst of violent conflicts. Many people have been killed. The long conflict has created high levels of dependency. A food security and livelihoods programme was started to enhance self-reliance of displaced people.