Sentences with phrase «urban agriculture stimulates»

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The purpose of CITYFOOD is to raise awareness on resilient city - region food systems and (intra - and peri --RRB- urban agriculture, create an advocacy platform for cities to gain political recognition and support from national governments and international support organizations, to provide information to cities around the world, stimulate exchange of experiences, identify and disseminate important lesson and good practices, and facilitate cooperation between cities worldwide and between local governments and civil society in this area.

Also important is stimulating the dialogue and co-operation among the direct and indirect stakeholders in urban agriculture.

Existing policies and by - laws regarding urban agriculture will have to be reviewed in order to identify and remove unsubstantiated legal restrictions and to integrate more adequate measures to effectively stimulate and regulate the development of sustainable urban agriculture.

The municipality and sectoral organisations can play a crucial role in stimulating micro-enterprise development related to urban agriculture.

Municipalities can provide budget and expertise for local technology development, and / or to stimulate research organisations and universities to put urban agriculture issues on their research agenda and to undertake participatory action - research with urban producers.