Policy Formulation & Action Planning

Enhancing Technical, Organisational and Institutional Innovation in Urban Agriculture

Submitted by Femke Hoekstra on Fri, 02/08/2008 - 16:32

Gordon Prain and Henk de Zeeuw

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

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

Legislation, Policies and the Practice of Urban Farming in Nakuru, Kenya: an addendum

Submitted by Femke Hoekstra on Thu, 08/30/2007 - 10:56

Dick Foeken

In: UA Magazine no. 18 - Building Communities through Urban Agriculture

Municipal Policy Influencing: Experiences of Gardeners in Amsterdam

Submitted by Femke Hoekstra on Fri, 03/02/2007 - 14:39

Johan van Schaick

In: UA Magazine 17 - Strengthening Urban Producers' Organisations

The Development of Urban Agriculture; some lessons learnt (2004)

Submitted by Femke Hoekstra on Mon, 01/08/2007 - 14:36

H. de Zeeuw

Key note paper for the International Conference ”Urban Agriculture, Agro-tourism and City Region Development”, Beijing, 10-14 October, 2004

Books, Websites and Events

Submitted by Femke Hoekstra on Mon, 12/11/2006 - 16:51

Please find the sections on Books, Websites and Events in the attachment.

An Enabling Policy Framework for Urban Agriculture in Rosario

Submitted by Femke Hoekstra on Mon, 12/11/2006 - 16:50

Raul Terrile and Antonio Lattuca

In: UA Magazine 16 - Formulating Effective Policies on Urban Agrilculture

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).

Effecting Policy Change and Implementation in Urban Agriculture, Kampala, Uganda

Submitted by Femke Hoekstra on Mon, 12/11/2006 - 16:48

Ssemwanga Margaret Azuba and Sarah McCans

In: UA Magazine 16 - Formulating Effective Policies on Urban Agrilculture

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.

Urban Land Use Policy in Peddie; a former homeland town in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

Submitted by Femke Hoekstra on Mon, 12/11/2006 - 16:45

Alexander C. Thornton

In: UA Magazine 16 - Formulating Effective Policies on Urban Agrilculture

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
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.

The importance of legal and political support, the case of PROVE in Brazil

Submitted by Femke Hoekstra on Mon, 12/11/2006 - 16:43

João Luiz Homem de Carvalho

In: UA Magazine 16 - Formulating Effective Policies on Urban Agrilculture

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.

Municipal and Civil Society Food Systems Policy Development

Submitted by Femke Hoekstra on Mon, 12/11/2006 - 16:41

Rodger Cooley

In: UA Magazine 16 - Formulating Effective Policies on Urban Agrilculture

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
maximises community self-reliance and social justice. A variety of efforts are underway to raise the
level of public discourse on this issue in order to design a sustainable food system that will be
able to foster the development of community food security in Chicago.

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