Please find below a series of nine guidelines on different urban agriculture themes. The series is available on the Web sites of the Urban Management Program (www.pgualc.org) and IDRC (www.idrc.ca). This work was coordinated and financed by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), of Canada, the Urban Management Program for Latin America and the Caribbean (PGU-ALC/UN-HABITAT) in Ecuador, and IPES, Promotion of Sustainable Development, Peru.

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.

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.

Nevin Cohen

In: UA Magazine no. 19 - Stimulating Innovation in Urban Agriculture

Innovative US developers are integrating farmland into their residential areas (subdivisions), providing space for food production and linking residents to their farmer-neighbours, with positive consequences for both. Suburban farms can be an important part of a sustainable regional food system. 

Juan Izquierdo, Gilda Carrasco, Juan José Estrada and Sara Granados

In: UA Magazine no. 19 - Stimulating Innovation in Urban Agriculture

Urban and periurban agriculture requires the use of appropriate technologies that reduce environmental impacts, are easy to implement by the urban farmers, are low-cost, and use local inputs. Since 1996, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has been promoting the use of a number of appropriate technologies.

Erika R. Allen

In: UA Magazine no. 19 - Stimulating Innovation in Urban Agriculture

Growing Power is a national nonprofit organisation and land trust that supports people from diverse backgrounds and the environments in which they live. Growing Power provides hands-on training, on-the-ground demonstration, outreach and technical assistance through the development of Community Food Systems that help people grow, process, market and distribute food in a sustainable manner.

Berihun Tefera and Getachew Tikubet

In: UA Magazine no. 19 - Stimulating Innovation in Urban Agriculture

Solid waste management is a major challenge facing the cities in the developing world. The commercial recycling of organic waste into a valuable organic fertiliser called "Bio-compost" is new in Addis Ababa and it is having a noticeable impact on improved organic waste management and urban agriculture

BJ Njokwe and M. Mudhara

In: UA Magazine no. 19 - Stimulating Innovation in Urban Agriculture

In Msunduzi Municipality of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, backyard gardens are growing in popularity. People use small pieces of land to
produce crops, often municipality-owned open grounds or wastelands in their vicinity. Some councillors encourage this and may provide tools and seeds. This policy support is also based on the realisation that sustainable agriculture can contribute to a reduction in pollution in the city.

Hans Peter Reinders and Hans Repko

In: UA Magazine no. 19 - Stimulating Innovation in Urban Agriculture

Wine production in the Netherlands is increasing. Since the Netherlands is not a traditional wine-producing region there is a tremendous need for new knowledge. This knowledge is partly imported from other regions with similar characteristics, such as Germany. But since every location is unique, specific knowledge also needs to be developed. Research is limited for such a small sector in the Netherlands, so a lot of innovations are developed by the growers themselves. A good example of an innovative enterprise is the Dutch vineyard El Placer, located in the city of Lelystad.