]> http://www.ruaf.org/taxonomy/term/45/0 en http://www.ruaf.org/node/961 <p><table cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="0" style="width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td style="width: 50%;"><p><b>Edited by René van Veenhuizen (2006). Published by RUAF Foundation, IDRC and IIRR.</b></p> Thu, 27 Jul 2006 12:59:58 +0200 http://www.ruaf.org/node/692 <p> <table style="WIDTH: 100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="0"><tbody><tr><td><p>In conjunction with Sida, ETC Netherlands, TUAN and other organisations, <strong>&quot;An Annotated Bibliography on Urban Agriculture&quot;</strong> has been produced. It contains 16 themes with State of the Art introductions. This Annotated Bibliography on Urban Agriculture contains a comprehensive literature overview in 17 chapters, each with a &quot;state of the art&quot; overview followed by literature references with abstracts.</p> <p>To download the full document as a PDF (4.3MB) please click <a href="files/annotated_bibliography.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> Thu, 22 Feb 2007 14:59:34 +0100 http://www.ruaf.org/node/1662 <p><strong>Gordon Prain and Henk de Zeeuw</strong></p><p>In: UA Magazine no. 19 - Stimulating Innovation in Urban Agriculture</p><p>The preceding article by Critchley et al. presents important experiences gained in rural development programmes regarding how to support technological and socio-organisational innovation in farming systems. To what extent can such rural-based experiences be applied in the urban context? How do the specific urban conditions influence the process of innovation in urban farming systems? What are the main technological and socio-organisational challenges at hand in the urban context? In what ways can local innovation processes in urban farming systems</p> Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:37:42 +0100 http://www.ruaf.org/node/1456 <p><strong>Dick Foeken</strong></p><p>In: UA Magazine no. 18 - Building Communities through Urban Agriculture</p> Thu, 30 Aug 2007 11:59:34 +0200 http://www.ruaf.org/node/1173 <p><strong>Johan van Schaick</strong></p><p>In: UA Magazine 17 - Strengthening Urban Producers' Organisations</p><p>In 2001 the Amsterdam municipality started preparations for a new spatial plan, which became the basis for city planning development in the period 2002-2010. The plan, entitled “Choosing urbanism�, aimed to place residential and economic functions within the city limits, while green areas were to be established on the city fringes. Among other steps, the plan involved sacrificing five allotment garden parks for housing construction and infrastructure developments. It compelled the tenant of the allotment garden parks, the Association of Allotment Gardens (or in Dutch: Bond van Volkstuinders, BvV), to choose an entirely new and different strategy for influencing policy, of which this article provides an account.</p> Fri, 02 Mar 2007 14:44:28 +0100 http://www.ruaf.org/node/1128 <p><b>H. de Zeeuw</b></p><p>Key note paper for the International Conference �Urban Agriculture, Agro-tourism and City Region Development�, Beijing, 10-14 October, 2004 </p><p /> Mon, 08 Jan 2007 14:40:39 +0100 http://www.ruaf.org/node/1103 <p>Please find the sections on Books, Websites and Events in the attachment.</p> Mon, 11 Dec 2006 17:02:52 +0100 http://www.ruaf.org/node/1102 <p><b>Raul Terrile and Antonio Lattuca</b></p> <p>In: UA Magazine 16 - Formulating Effective Policies on Urban Agrilculture</p> <p>While the city of Kampala principally adopted a regulatory approach to urban agriculture based on a system of permits, licenses, control and use of legal instruments, the city of Rosario placed its emphasis on development of an enabling policy framework based on economic incentives, communicative and educative instruments and design instruments (see also article De Zeeuw and Wilbers in this issue).</p> Mon, 11 Dec 2006 16:51:47 +0100 http://www.ruaf.org/node/1101 <p><b>Ssemwanga Margaret Azuba and Sarah McCans</b></p> <p>In: UA Magazine 16 - Formulating Effective Policies on Urban Agrilculture</p> <p>This paper presents the process, experiences and lessons learnt pertaining to urban agriculture policy change in Kampala. Specifically, it chronicles the legal and policy framework related to urban agriculture before 2001, and the participatory process culminating in the formulation of the current Bills for Ordinances that will serve to promote and regulate urban agriculture in Kampala City.</p> Mon, 11 Dec 2006 16:50:23 +0100 http://www.ruaf.org/node/1100 <p><b>Alexander C. Thornton</b></p> <p>In: UA Magazine 16 - Formulating Effective Policies on Urban Agrilculture</p> <p>The promotion of land redistribution, especially for use by the urban poor to meet subsistence needs, often collides with historical and political barriers. Findings from a recent PhD case study conducted<br />by the author in a small former homeland (or black reserve) in South Africa reveal that the availability of vacant land is often not known to those who may seek to use it for urban agriculture.</p> Mon, 11 Dec 2006 16:46:49 +0100 http://www.ruaf.org/node/1099 <p><b>João Luiz Homem de Carvalho</b></p> <p>In: UA Magazine 16 - Formulating Effective Policies on Urban Agrilculture</p> <p>PROVE – Small Agricultural Production Verticalization Programme - is a programme designed to promote small-scale agricultural production, processing and trade. It involves many urban and periurban agricultural systems, including vegetable gardening, fruit growing and livestock keeping. Intervention is at the individual and/or collective level, especially aimed at lower income groups.</p> Mon, 11 Dec 2006 16:45:19 +0100 http://www.ruaf.org/node/1098 <p><b>Rodger Cooley</b></p> <p>In: UA Magazine 16 - Formulating Effective Policies on Urban Agrilculture</p> <p>There is a growing belief among Chicago citizens that all residents should have access to safe, culturally acceptable and nutritionally adequate food through a sustainable food system that<br />maximises community self-reliance and social justice. A variety of efforts are underway to raise the<br />level of public discourse on this issue in order to design a sustainable food system that will be<br />able to foster the development of community food security in Chicago.</p> Mon, 11 Dec 2006 16:43:46 +0100 http://www.ruaf.org/node/1097 <p><b>Wendy Mendes</b></p> <p>In: UA Magazine 16 - Formulating Effective Policies on Urban Agrilculture</p> <p>Although Vancouver is a city of soaring glass towers and modern urban amenities, it is also located<br />within one of the most productive agricultural regions in Canada. Combine the favourable climatic<br />conditions with municipal policies that encourage sustainable development and the result is a city<br />in which urban agriculture is thriving.</p> Mon, 11 Dec 2006 16:41:19 +0100 http://www.ruaf.org/node/1095 <p><b>Ivana Christina Lovo and Zilá Raquel Pereira Costa</b></p> <p>In: UA Magazine 16 - Formulating Effective Policies on Urban Agrilculture</p> <p>In 2003, the project “Optimisation of Use of Vacant Land for Urban Agriculture� started in Governador<br />Valadares. This project was promoted by the Urban Management Program for Latin America and the Caribbean (UMPLAC/UNHABITAT), the International Development Research Center (IDRC) of Canada and IPES – Promotion of Sustainable Development in Peru (see also UAM no 11). </p> Mon, 11 Dec 2006 16:35:57 +0100 http://www.ruaf.org/node/1094 <p><b>Dick Foeken</b></p> <p>In: UA Magazine 16 - Formulating Effective Policies on Urban Agrilculture</p> <p>Despite its importance as a livelihood source, farming in towns is (still) illegal in many African<br />countries. By-laws frequently date from colonial times and forbid all agricultural activity within the<br />boundaries of urban centres, as it does not fit in the western perception of what constitutes ‘urban’ (e.g. the city-is-beautiful idea) and because it is believed to cause all kinds of environmental hazards. However, as the practice has become increasingly widespread over the last two decades, government policy has generally changed from being mainly restrictive to being tolerant or even encouraging. </p> Mon, 11 Dec 2006 16:33:42 +0100