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Jorge Castro Henriques

In: Urban Agriculture Magazine no 22 - Building Resilient Cities pp. 49-50

In recent years, urban agriculture in Lisbon has become more widespread and has received unprecedented media coverage. News articles have appeared on the expansion of agriculture within the city and its suburban areas and on the urban poor who grow vegetables in response to the current crisis. In this way, society has been contributing to the city’s resilience.

José António Ribeiro, Marilda Quintino Magahães

In: Urban Agriculture Magazine no 22 - Building Resilient Cities pp. 15-16

The municipality of Contagem in the State of Minas Gerais, despite being known as an industrial centre, has an enormous potential to develop urban agriculture. The current administration recognises this, and supports the development of agriculture as an important strategy for consolidating its Municipal Food and Nutritional Security Policy.

In: Urban Agriculture Magazine no 22 - Building Resilient Cities p. 14

The Brazilian Ministry of “Social Development and the Combat against Hunger” (MDS) has been implementing national urban and periurban agriculture activities, as part of the national Zero Hunger Campaign. Dr. Crispim Moreira, the National Secretary of Food Security and Nutrition, tells us about the origin of this effort and the progress being made.