]> http://www.ruaf.org/taxonomy/term/37/0 en http://www.ruaf.org/node/743 <h3>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.</h3> Organised by: <ul> <li>Resource Centres on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF), ETC-Foundation, Leusden, the Netherlands </li> <li>Abalimi Bezekhaya, Cape Town, South Africa </li> <li>EU-ACP Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), Ede, the Netherlands </li> </ul> <p>The proceedings can be found <a target="_blank" href="/files/0_fullproceedings.pdf">here</a>. The seperate papers are listed in and accesible through the table below. </p> Thu, 23 Mar 2006 15:17:26 +0100 http://www.ruaf.org/node/54 <div align="left">This book on Urban Agriculture is a joint effort of various organisations: </div><div align="left"> <ul> <li><div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">The thematic papers have been prepared for the international workshop &quot;Growing Cities, Growing food&quot; in Havana, Cuba (October 1999) that was organised by DSE, with technical support of ETC and GTZ and funded by BMZ, CTA and SIDA.</div></li> <li><div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">The preparation of the city case studies was coordinated by ETC and funded by GTZ.</div></li> <li><div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">The book was edited by ETC and published by DSE.</div></li> </ul> </div><p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">It contains 7 thematic papers and 16 city case studies from Africa, Latin America, Asia and Europe.</p> Wed, 29 Mar 2006 13:00:32 +0200 http://www.ruaf.org/node/1329 <p>Proceedings of the study visit to Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa in 17-25 August 2005. Compiled and edited by<strong> Resource Centre on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF),</strong> ETC Urban Agriculture, Leusden, the Netherlands; <strong>Abalimi Bezekhaya</strong>, Cape Town, South Africa; and</p> Fri, 29 Jun 2007 09:56:12 +0200 http://www.ruaf.org/node/801 <p>Over 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.</p> Wed, 15 Mar 2006 10:51:11 +0100 http://www.ruaf.org/node/878 <p>Agricultura urbana y peri-urbana en la agenda política (Conferencia Electrónica - 21 Agosto - 30 Septiembre 2000)</p> Wed, 01 Mar 2006 19:00:40 +0100 http://www.ruaf.org/node/870 <p>Métodos adecuados para la agricultura urbana: Investigación, desarrollo de políticas, planificación, implementación y evaluación (Conferencia Electrónica - Febrero 4-16 2002)</p> Wed, 01 Mar 2006 16:50:07 +0100 http://www.ruaf.org/node/864 <p>El Uso Agrícola de Aguas Residuales Urbanas no Tratadas en Paises de Bajos Ingresos (Conferencia Electrónica - 24 Junio - 5 Julio 2002)</p> Wed, 01 Mar 2006 16:43:49 +0100 http://www.ruaf.org/node/755 <p>Workshop on Appropriate Research and Planning on Methodologies for Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture<br />Organised by ETC (RUAF), CGIAR (SIUPA), UNDP-UNCHS (PGU-LAC)</p> <p>The workshop took place from 2-5 October 2001, in Nairobi, Kenya.</p> Thu, 19 Jan 2006 15:43:25 +0100 http://www.ruaf.org/node/511 <p>On July 14-15, 2005, the workshop “Building Participative Municipal Strategies for Urban Agriculture� was held in Lima, Peru. The event was organized by IPES and the RUAF Foundation as part of the “Cities Farming for the Future� programme.</p> <p>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 María de Huachipa.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>The municipal declarations will be posted shortly on our website.</p> <p>Gunther Merzthal<br />Regional Coordinator CFF Programme<br /><a href="node/508">IPES/RUAF Foundation</a></p> Tue, 22 Nov 2005 15:49:10 +0100 http://www.ruaf.org/node/507 <p><strong>Introduction: City context</strong></p><p>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. </p> Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:53:02 +0200 http://www.ruaf.org/node/477 <p>Acceso a tierra y agua, adecuadas normas y regulaciones, integración en la planificación física y ordenamiento territorial (Conferencia Electrónica - 3-22 noviembre 2003)</p> Wed, 15 Mar 2006 11:53:05 +0100 http://www.ruaf.org/node/472 <p>Agriculture urbaine et péri-urbaine dans l'agenda politique (Conférence électronique - 21 août - 30 septembre 2000) </p> Wed, 08 Feb 2006 17:26:13 +0100 http://www.ruaf.org/node/464 <p>Methodes Appropriées pour l'Agriculture Urbaine. Recherche, Développement Politique, Planification, Réalisation Et Evaluation (Conférence électronique - Février 4-16 2002) </p> Wed, 01 Mar 2006 09:08:08 +0100 http://www.ruaf.org/node/439 <p>Usage en agriculture des eaux usees urbaines non traitees dans les pays a faibles revenus (Conférence électronique - 24 juin - 5 juillet 2002)</p> Wed, 08 Feb 2006 17:22:17 +0100 http://www.ruaf.org/node/420 <p>Optimisation de l'utilisation des terres pour une agriculture en milieu urbain (Conférence électronique - 3-22 novembre 2003)</p> Wed, 01 Mar 2006 16:49:16 +0100