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RUAF Conferences & WorkshopsGardens of Hope. Urban Micro-farming as a Complementary Strategy for Mitigation of the HIV-AIDS Pandemic.Proceedings and papers of the study visit and workshop that took place from 17 to 25 August 2005 in Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa.Organised by:
The proceedings can be found here. The seperate papers are listed in and accesible through the table below. ( categories: RUAF Conferences & Workshops | RUAF Publications | Publications | Food Security & Nutrition | Health )
Growing Cities Growing Food: Urban Agriculture on the Policy Agenda: A Reader on Urban AgricultureThis book on Urban Agriculture is a joint effort of various organisations:
It contains 7 thematic papers and 16 city case studies from Africa, Latin America, Asia and Europe. ( categories: RUAF Conferences & Workshops | RUAF Publications )
Gardens of Hope: Urban micro-farming as a complementary strategy for mitigation of the HIV-AIDS pandemicProceedings of the study visit to Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa in 17-25 August 2005. Compiled and edited by Resource Centre on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF), ETC Urban Agriculture, Leusden, the Netherlands; Abalimi Bezekhaya, Cape Town, South Africa; and E-conferencesOver the years RUAF has (co-)facilitated various e-conferences, covering topics related to urban agiculture. These pages will guide you to the information and resources that were the input (case studies, discussion papers) and output (proceedings) of those conferences. ( categories: RUAF Conferences & Workshops | E-conference )
Conferencia Electrónica: Agricultura urbana y peri-urbana en la agenda polÃticaAgricultura urbana y peri-urbana en la agenda polÃtica (Conferencia Electrónica - 21 Agosto - 30 Septiembre 2000) Conferencia Electrónica: Métodos adecuados para la agricultura urbanaMétodos adecuados para la agricultura urbana: Investigación, desarrollo de polÃticas, planificación, implementación y evaluación (Conferencia Electrónica - Febrero 4-16 2002) Conferencia Electrónica: El uso agrÃcola de aguas residuales urbanas no tratadas en paises de bajos ingresosEl Uso AgrÃcola de Aguas Residuales Urbanas no Tratadas en Paises de Bajos Ingresos (Conferencia Electrónica - 24 Junio - 5 Julio 2002) Workshop on Appropriate Research and Planning on Methodologies for Urban and Peri-Urban AgricultureWorkshop on Appropriate Research and Planning on Methodologies for Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture The workshop took place from 2-5 October 2001, in Nairobi, Kenya. Building Participative Municipal Strategies for Urban AgricultureOn July 14-15, 2005, the workshop “Building Participative Municipal Strategies for Urban Agricultureâ€? was held in Lima, Peru. The event was organized by IPES and the RUAF Foundation as part of the “Cities Farming for the Futureâ€? programme. The workshop was attended by authorities and representatives of municipalities from Lima metropolitan area: Villa Maria del Triunfo, Villa El Salvador, San Juan de Miraflores, Lurigancho-Chosica and Santa MarÃa de Huachipa. As a result of the seminar, majors and representatives drafted and later signed municipal declarations that recognized urban agriculture as an strategy for enhancing food security and creating more inclusive, productive and ecological cities. Additionally, key guidelines of their municipal strategies for promoting urban agriculture were stated. The latter include: facilitate access to land through use of vacant plots and tax exemptions, to water through use of gray water and re-use of treated waste water, to inputs through re-use of organic waste, to capital through inclusion in existing micro credit systems and participatory budgets, and to strengthen and empower urban producers. The municipal declarations will be posted shortly on our website. Gunther Merzthal ( categories: RUAF Conferences & Workshops | Villa Maria del Triunfo (Lima) )
Hyderabad (India)Introduction: City context Hyderabad is the capital city of the state of Andhra Pradesh located in South India in the heart of the Deccan Plateau at 536 meters above sea level. The core city, together with it’s nine surrounding municipalities are covering an area of 500 square km. It receives an annual rainfall of 700-800 mm during the short monsoon and cyclone season from June-October.  |