pollution of underground water by agro-chemicals) also need to be recognised. the risks associated with irrigation of food crops with urban wastewater) and the environment (eg. However, the potential adverse effects of urban agriculture on health (eg. urban greening and maintenance of green open spaces.facilitating social inclusion of disadvantaged groups and community development and,.contributing to increased recycling of nutrients (turning urban organic wastes into a resource).creating urban job opportunities and generation of income especially for urban poverty groups and provision of a social safety net for these groups.enhancing urban food security, nutrition and health.Research undertaken in the last two decades indicates that urban agriculture has multiple roles and functions and plays an important role in: These agricultural activities take place in various parts of cities, both in the built-up area (in back yards, along streams and railway reservations, on vacant public or private land) as well as in the rapidly changing sub- and peri-urban areas.Īttention to urban agriculture is steadily increasing. The livelihood of a large number of people in cities in developing countries, especially the poor and women, depends completely or partly on urban agriculture. Stuart Bunting, David Little and William Leschenġ4 Urban Forestry for Multifunctional Urban Land Use Hans Schiere, Eric Thys, Francine Matthys, Barbara Rischkowsky and Jaap SchiereĬase Studies: Addis Ababa, Sweden, Montevideo
Stephanie Buechler, Gayathri Devi Mekala and Ben Keraitaġ0 Participatory Technology Development for Urban Agriculture: collaboration and adaptation along the urban-rural transectĬase Studies: Lima, Cagayan de Oro, KampalaĬase Studies: Hanoi, Dakar, Yaounde, Addis Ababaġ2 Livestock Keeping in Urbanised Areas, does history repeat itself? Adams Bradford and Pay Dreschelĩ Wastewater Use for Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture
Preface by Henk de Zeeuw, RUAF Foundationġ Introduction, Cities Farming for the FutureĢ Sustaining Urban Agriculture Requires the Involvement of Multiple Stakeholdersģ Integration of Agriculture in Urban Land Use Planning and Adaptation of City RegulationsĬase Studies: Abidjan, Beijing, ValadaresĤ Financing and Investment for Urban AgricultureĬase Studies: Kathmandu, Gaborone, Porto AlegreĦ Urban Agriculture and the Building of Communitiesħ Local Economic Development and Marketing of Urban Produced FoodĨ Recycling of Urban Organic Waste for Urban Agriculture Published by RUAF Foundation, IDRC and IIRR. International Institute of Rural ReconstructionĬities Farming for the Future, Urban Agriculture for Green and Productive Cities.
International Development Research Centre Tel: +31 (33) 432 6039 and RUAF Foundation publish e-book editions We also ask that you do not sell copies of this book without permission from the publishers. For educational purposes parts of this book may be copied, provided that written agreement has been granted by the publishers. Published in the Philippines in 2006 by International Institute of Rural Reconstruction and ETC Urban AgricultureĬopyright © ETC – Urban Agriculture, 2006Ĭopyright: ETC – Urban Agriculture. Urban Agriculture for Green and Productive Cities Urban Agriculture for Green and Productive Cities Cities Farming for the Future
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