Policy Formulation & Action Planning

Cities, Poverty and Food ; Multi-stakeholder Policy and Planning in Urban Agriculture (2010)

Submitted by Ellen Radstake on Mon, 11/07/2011 - 15:21
Marielle Dubbeling, Henk de Zeeuw and René van Veenhuizen The numbers of the urban poor are on the increase; at the same time their position has been made more vulnerable by the recent food and economic crises. City authorities need to find innovative strategies to eradicate urban hunger and improve the livelihoods of the urban poor. Urban agriculture provides such a strategy by enhancing access to fresh and nutritious food, and contributing to local economic development and social inclusion of the urban poor, especially women.
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Developing Institutional Synergies for Effective Urban Agriculture Development in Sri Lanka

Submitted by Ellen Radstake on Mon, 10/31/2011 - 13:05

Priyanie Amerasinghe, Udaya Gammanpila, Sisira Kodikara, Ramanyake Mahindapala

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Creating the Urban Agriculture Forum in Belo Horizonte: a multi-stakeholder experience

Submitted by Ellen Radstake on Mon, 10/31/2011 - 12:11

Ivana Cristina Lovo, Katia Maria Silveira Pessoa, Zoraya Bernadete Souza, Sonia de Fátima Rabelo Coutinho, Ana Barros, Daniela Almeida

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.

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Multi-Stakeholder Policy Formulation and Action Planning on Urban Agriculture

Submitted by Ellen Radstake on Mon, 10/31/2011 - 12:08

Marielle Dubbeling, Henk de Zeeuw, René van Veenhuizen

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International Support to Research and Policy on Urban Agriculture (1996-2010): achievements and challenges

Submitted by Ellen Radstake on Mon, 10/31/2011 - 12:05

Luc J.A. Mougeot

In the last 15 years urban agriculture has become a research and policy field in its own right, thanks to an unprecedented growth of interest and action by a widening spectrum of sectors and actors within local, national and international arenas.

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International Conference "Urban Agriculture for Resilient Cities: Lessons learnt in Policy, Research and Practice"

Submitted by Ellen Radstake on Mon, 10/31/2011 - 11:59

Marco Serena, René van Veenhuizen

To mark its tenth anniversary, the RUAF Foundation organised this international event on 19 and 20 May 2011 in cooperation with CAH Almere University of Applied Sciences. The conference took place, in a multi-functional urban farming estate in Almere, the Netherlands, with financial support from the International Development Research Centre, Canada and the Economic Development Bureau of the City of Almere.

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Formulating Effective Policies on Urban Agriculture - UA Magazine 16

This issue of Urban Agriculture Magazine seeks to provide conceptual and methodological insights, practical examples of policy
formulation and action planning on urban agriculture. This issue of the UA Magazine contains thirteen articles on cities around the world and three introductory articles that systematise these and other experiences.

Click here to go to the magazine.

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