Yves Cabannes

Priyanie Amerasinghe, Udaya Gammanpila, Sisira Kodikara, Ramanyake Mahindapala

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.

Marielle Dubbeling, Henk de Zeeuw, René van Veenhuizen

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.

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.

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.

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Sohal Behmanesh

In: UA Magazine no 23 - Urban nutrient management, pp. 27-28

The disposal of waste presents an increasing challenge to the administrative bodies of megacities. The Municipal Corporation of the Indian city Pune has introduced source separation systems and onsite organic waste composting. The citizens concerned are looking for practical ways to treat their organic wastes and they have found city farming to be a viable solution.

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.