Sigrid Wertheim-Heck, P. Quaedackers, Nguyen Trung Anh, Siebe van Wijk

In: UA Magazine no. 24 - From Seed to Table: Developing Urban Agriculture Value Chains, pp 35-37

Rapid economic development, urbanisation and rising income levels, in Vietnam offer potential for pro-poor development, by creating new market opportunities for producers, traders and retailers. This article describes the process of value chain development, which involves all actors in the broad chain of avocado.

Saloua Toumi, Roland Vidal

In: UA Magazine no 24: From Seed to Table: Developing Urban Agriculture Value Chains, pp 31-34

George O’Shea and Paing Soe

In: UA Magazine no. 24 - From Seed to Table: Developing Urban Agriculture Value Chains, pp 28-30

Preliminary research reveals that there are many urban and periurban producers in Myanmar and many of them sell part of their produce at a variety of markets in Yangon. Distance from the city and available transport to a large extent explain the differences.

Marie-Hélène Dabat, Romaine Ramananarivo, Faramalala Evelyne Ravoniarisoa, Tovohery Ramahaimandimbisoa, Christine Aubry

In: UA Magazine no. 24 - From Seed to Table: Developing Urban Agriculture Value Chains, pp 24-27

Jonathan Mittchel and Henri Leturque

In: UA Magazine no. 24 - From Seed to Table: Developing Urban Agriculture Value Chains, pp 21-23

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.

Femke Hoekstra and Rob Small

In: UA Magazine no. 24 - From Seed to Table: Developing Urban Agriculture Value Chains, pp 17-20

Although quite a number of experiences with community supported agriculture (CSA) and box schemes in Europe and the United States have been documented, there are not so many examples from the South. Abalimi/Harvest of Hope is a special case even in the South, as it is a social enterprise that works with poor people in urban areas who are the producers of the vegetables.

Henk de Zeeuw

In: UA Magazine no. 24 - From Seed to Table: Developing urban agriculture value chains, pp 11-16

Marielle Dubbeling, Femke Hoekstra, René van Veenhuizen

In: Urban Agriculture Magazine no 24 - From Seed to Table: Developing urban agriculture value chains, pp 3-10

By Gordon Prain, RUAF Foundation in coordination with United Nations HABITAT, Nairobi, Kenya and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), 2010.