RUAF - Resource Centres on Urban Agriculture and Food Security - Relief & Rehabilitation

The Sack Gardens of the Kibera Slum

Femke Hoekstra — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 09:26:20 +0000

Books

Femke Hoekstra — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 12:06:35 +0000

RUAF Publications

Femke Hoekstra — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 12:04:56 +0000

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.

Nairobi’s slum farms

Femke Hoekstra — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:34:48 +0000

By David McKenzie, CNN
April 8, 2010

Health Risk Assessment of Children Exposed to Greywater in Jerash Refugee Camp in Jordan

Femke Hoekstra — Thu, 07 May 2009 13:23:54 +0000

Sahar Dalahmeh and Almoayed Assayed

In: UA Magazine no. 21 - Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development: A role for urban agriculture?, pp. 41-42

A Garden in a Sack: Experiences in Kibera, Nairobi

Femke Hoekstra — Thu, 07 May 2009 13:21:14 +0000

Peggy Pascal and Eunice Mwende

In: UA Magazine no. 21 - Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development: A role for urban agriculture?, pp. 38-40

Farming in Bags: Microgardening in northern Uganda

Femke Hoekstra — Thu, 07 May 2009 13:18:51 +0000

Holly Welcome Radice and Devrig Velly

In: UA Magazine no. 21 - Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development: A role for urban agriculture?, pp. 36-37

The Acholi region of northern Uganda (Kitgum, Pader and Gulu districts) has been affected by rebel activities since 1986. Due to the constant crisis and erratic security situation, access to food, income, and productive assets for the population has become increasingly difficult over the years.

Multi-storey Gardens to Support Food Security

Femke Hoekstra — Thu, 07 May 2009 13:16:51 +0000

Mary Corbett

In: UA Magazine no. 21 - Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development: A role for urban agriculture?, pp. 34-35

Addressing food insecurity in resource-poor settings is difficult in any context. However, in protracted refugee camp situations, where people are almost entirely dependant on humanitarian assistance, the challenges are even greater. The development and adaptation of multi-storey gardens has been tried in refugee camps in Kenya with impressive success.

Urban Agriculture in El Alto: An experience of revitalisation

Femke Hoekstra — Thu, 07 May 2009 13:14:52 +0000

Oscar Rea Campos

In: UA Magazine no. 21 - Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development: A role for urban agriculture?, pp. 32-33

The structural food crisis in the city of El Alto has had an especially negative impact on the lives of the poorest families. Urban agriculture is one of the alternative strategies initiated to improve their food security, but also to enhance the social inclusion of the women involved, who have more time available than the men and who can develop additional skills through this activity.

The Sphere Project Guidelines

Femke Hoekstra — Thu, 07 May 2009 13:12:29 +0000

A. Adam-Bradford

In: UA Magazine no. 21 - Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development: A role for urban agriculture?, p. 31

Tsunami Aftermath: Development of an indigenous homegarden in Banda Aceh

Femke Hoekstra — Thu, 07 May 2009 13:11:01 +0000

A. Adam-Bradford and Moustafa Osman

In: UA Magazine no. 21 - Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development: A role for urban agriculture?, pp. 29-30

The Impact of the Economic Meltdown on Urban Agriculture in Harare

Femke Hoekstra — Thu, 07 May 2009 13:07:13 +0000

Percy Toriro

In: UA Magazine no. 21 - Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development: A role for urban agriculture?, pp. 26-27

Harare is the capital city of Zimbabwe. With approximately 2.5 million inhabitants (1.8 million as of the 2002 census), here almost 50 percent of Zimbabwe’s urban population lives. Recent economic difficulties have led to a phenomenal growth in urban agriculture in Harare as well as in other cities in Zimbabwe.

The Role of Urban Agriculture in Kirkuk, Iraq

Femke Hoekstra — Thu, 07 May 2009 13:04:54 +0000

Galawezh B. Ormizyari

In: UA Magazine no. 21 - Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development: A role for urban agriculture?, pp. 24-25

Kirkuk is located in the northeast of Iraq, along the Khasa River, about 250 kilometres northeast of the capital Baghdad. After the toppling of Saddam Hussein’s regime in 2003, tension rose among ethnic groups as thousands of internally displaced people (IDPs) returned to Kirkuk. Most of the Kurdish returnees have started using land in Kirkuk illegally for housing and agriculture.

Urban Agriculture in and around Monrovia, Liberia

Femke Hoekstra — Thu, 07 May 2009 13:02:14 +0000

Timothy Korty

In: UA Magazine no. 21 - Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development: A role for urban agriculture?, pp. 22-23

Promoting Urban Agriculture in Post-conflict Greater Freetown Area, Sierra Leone

Femke Hoekstra — Thu, 07 May 2009 12:59:56 +0000

Saidu Kanu, Paul Tengbe, Thomas R.A. Winnebah and Pamela Konneh

In: UA Magazine no. 21 - Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development: A role for urban agriculture?, pp. 19-21

Sierra Leone experienced a civil conflict between 1991 and 2002 as a result of which many people fled to the Greater Freetown Area (GFA). During and after this unfortunate period, urban agriculture became an important livelihood strategy. It is increasingly being recognised as a reliable coping mechanism for redressing food shortages and gaining employment.

Towards a more formal approach on refugee gardening with UNHCR

Femke Hoekstra — Thu, 07 May 2009 12:57:16 +0000

Femke Hoekstra

In: UA Magazine no. 21 - Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development: A role for urban agriculture?, p. 18

Comments by Ahmed Baba Fall (December 19, 2008) Senior WFP liaison and Food Security Officer

Enhancing Household Food Security in Refugee Camps in Ethiopia

Femke Hoekstra — Thu, 07 May 2009 12:32:12 +0000

Mulugeta WTsadik

In: UA Magazine no. 21 - Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development: A role for urban agriculture?, pp. 16-17

From Dependence to Self-reliance: Experiences from northern Uganda

Femke Hoekstra — Thu, 07 May 2009 12:28:45 +0000

Astrid van Rooij and Loan Liem

In: UA Magazine no. 21 - Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development: A role for urban agriculture?, pp. 13-15

For over twenty years, the people of Acholiland in northern Uganda have been struggling to survive in the midst of violent conflicts. Many people have been killed. The long conflict has created high levels of dependency. A food security and livelihoods programme was started to enhance self-reliance of displaced people.

The Accidental City: Urbanisation in an East-African refugee camp

Femke Hoekstra — Thu, 07 May 2009 12:25:34 +0000

Bram J. Jansen

In: UA Magazine no. 21 - Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development: A role for urban agriculture?, pp. 11-12

Refugee camps are regarded as temporary settlements,organised according to the functionality of humanitarian operations. According to this political view, refugees are passive recipients of aid and the dynamics of life in the camps remain hidden. Instead, refugee camps can be seen as emerging urban environments.

Editorial

Femke Hoekstra — Thu, 07 May 2009 12:21:08 +0000

A. Adam-Bradford, Femke Hoekstra, René van Veenhuizen

In: UA Magazine no. 21 - Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development: A role for urban agriculture?, pp. 3-10

UA Magazine no. 21 - Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development - A role for urban agriculture?

Femke Hoekstra — Thu, 07 May 2009 12:08:26 +0000

Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development: A role for urban agriculture?

UNICEF

Femke Hoekstra — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 12:10:19 +0000

UNICEF's first action in the area of water and sanitation was in response to a crippling drought that affected hundreds of villages in northern India in 1966. Since then, UNICEF has worked in more than 80 countries improving access to safe water and sanitation and promoting hygiene awareness. This website includes statistics, information about the importance of hygiene, priorities and strategies, the role of woman and girls, UNICEF’s actions and news.