Urban Agriculture
Urban agriculture, urban farming, or urban gardening is the practice of cultivating, processing, and distributing food in or around urban areas. Urban agriculture is also the term used for animal husbandry, aquaculture, urban beekeeping, and horticulture. These activities occur in peri-urban areas as well. Peri-urban agriculture may have different characteristics.Urban agriculture can reflect varying levels of economic and social development. It may be a social movement for sustainable communities, where organic growers, "foodies," and "locavores" form social networks founded on a shared ethos of nature and community holism. These networks can evolve when receiving formal institutional support, becoming integrated into …
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IUCN: International Union for Conservation of Nature · 6 September 2024 English
Other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs) have been long recognised as an effective approach for safeguarding biodiversity at local, national and global levels. This report takes stock of the policies …
three main territorial spatial use types – urban, agriculture, and ecology. In addition, OECMs further …
UN: The United Nations · 4 September 2024 English
Highlights of the report In its quest to deliver the ambitious promises made by the 2030 Global Agenda in the Tshwane locality, the City implemented various interventions, which at the …
security in Tshwane • Food Security Strategy • Urban Agriculture Programme 3.2.1 Target 2.1: By 2030, end hunger … Goal 2 the City is developing a programme on urban agriculture which includes food and nutritional security … This has a negative impact on expanding urban agriculture production and consequently on the efforts … and the need arises to bring small- scale, urban agriculture to feed those, in cities for example, who … access to agricultural knowledge, even for new urban agriculture members. 3.6 Key summary recommendations The …
World Bank Group · 20 August 2024 English
The World Bank (WB) estimates that, by 2030, up to two-thirds of the global extreme poor will be living in fragile and conflict-affected situations. Of the top 20 countries most …
initiatives already present in the city, such as urban agriculture, local food mar- kets, production organic …
EU: European Union · 16 August 2024 English
This edition of the EU CAP Network magazine focuses on the economic, social and environmental resilience of rural areas and the role networking plays to help build resilience.
lot of land and a boarded-up barn into an urban agriculture hub which offers a meeting point for the … converted into a lively green meeting place and urban agriculture was created where people can participate …
World Bank Group · 14 August 2024 English
The World Bank (WB) estimates that, by 2030, up to two-thirds of the global extreme poor will be living in fragile and conflict-affected situations. Of the top 20 countries most …
initiatives already present in the city, such as urban agriculture, local food mar- kets, production organic …
WaterAid · 8 August 2024 English
Responsibilities and accountability Non-sewered sanitation currently falls under the jurisdiction of the Municipal Officer of Health who oversees the planning and budgeting for health-related services in the municipality, including WASH. …
further growth of the population classified as urban. Agriculture remains the main economic sector, accounting …
APO: Asian Productivity Organization · 29 July 2024 English
Concurrently, the newly initiated Development of a Monitoring and Institutional Capacity Development Plan for the Vietnam National Evaluation Framework of the National Productivity Master Plan for Productivity Institute, Vietnam Bangladesh, …
Integration into Global Value Chains 147 84 32 1 Urban Agriculture 13 3 1 1 Waste Management in Agribusiness …
WFP: World Food Programme · 24 July 2024 English
The 2024 edition of The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report presents updates on the food security and nutrition situation around the world including the …
diversification � Promotion of urban and peri-urban agriculture � Avoiding taxation of nutritious foods …
EU: European Union · 24 July 2024 English
green roofs, vertical gardens and sustainable urban agriculture practices in providing habitats for pollinators …
WFP: World Food Programme · 24 July 2024 English
The 2024 edition of The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report presents updates on the food security and nutrition situation around the world including the …
sprouts with a city backdrop – urban and peri-urban agriculture in action. COVER PHOTOGRAPH ©Dreamstime.com/Manop … Nations Children’s Fund UPA urban and peri-urban agriculture URCA Urban Rural Catchment Areas URCAs urban–rural … to boost the capacity of urban and peri-urban agriculture to supply nutritious foods in cities and …
