The growth of cities in East-Africa: consequences for urban food supply. A paper developed by RUAF with financial support from the World Bank and the European Union.

By Henk de Zeeuw, Marielle Dubbeling, René van Veenhuizen and Joanna Wilbers, 2007, RUAF Foundation.

By Marielle Dubbeling and Henk de Zeeuw (ETC Urban Agriculture). With contributions from T. Otchere Larbi (IWMI Ghana), G. Merzthal and A. Santandreu (IPES), 2007, RUAF Foundation.

Since the start of the first RUAF programme until now, many RUAF Publications have been published. On this page, you will find links to the the RUAF Publications available online, subdivided per type of publication. If you are looking for non-RUAF publications, you should search our bibliographic database. If you are looking for a certain Urban Agriculture Magazine article, please go to the Urban Agriculture Magazine section of this website.

Jan Willem van der Schans

In: UA Magazine no. 24 - From Seed to Table: Developing Urban Agriculture Value Chains, pp 40-42

Despite the domination of large-scale farming for export in the Netherlands, urban agriculture is growing in popularity. The reasons for this have not yet been studied systematically, but growing dissatisfaction with the conventional food system plays a part. This article looks at different strategies adopted by urban farmers and considers the implications of urban agriculture for public planning.

Slideshow on lessons learned in urban agriculture on the website of IDRC

Land use policy offers a valuable set of tools to promote and enhance healthy communities. Local governments, private developers, and community groups can all work to create patterns of development that improve community health--by ensuring that farmers' markets and neighborhood grocery stores are supported, for instance, or by promoting sidewalks, parks and other environmental components that encourage physical activity.