This video shows the results of the rooftop gardening project that was implemented by the NGO ENHPO in close collaboration with Kathmandu Municipality and with technical support of RUAF Foundation in the context of the broader project undertaken by these organisations together with UN Habitat aiming at the integration of (intra - and peri --RRB-
urban agriculture into the city climate change mitigation and adaptation plans.
Cities across the country, especially in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, should integrate
urban agriculture into their planning materials and zoning codes in order to promote this all around beneficial green infrastructure tool.
The Edible Urban Landscape: an assessment method for retro - fitting
urban agriculture into an inner London test site.
The RUAF Foundation organises electronic conferences in cooperation with leading international organisations, including E-conferences on: «Urban agriculture, nutrition and health» with UN FAO (Rome); «Integration of
urban agriculture into urban land use planning» with UN Habitat (Nairobi); «Productive reuse of organic wastes and wastewater» with IWMI (Sri Lanka); «Urban aquaculture» with Stirling University (Scotland); and «The dynamics of urban food systems» with Wageningen University (the Netherlands).
A growing number of cities are designing policies and programmes on urban agriculture, applying multi-stakeholder planning approaches to identify effective ways to integrate
urban agriculture into urban sector policies and urban land use planning and to facilitate the development of safe and sustainable and multi-functional urban agriculture.
The Botswana policy paper on urban agriculture assigns a critical role to farmer education through the production of books, brochures, posters, and community level demonstration projects and advocates for the integration of
urban agriculture into the formal training and education system (e.g. agricultural colleges, technical schools).
As part of these processes, specific attention is given to land use mapping and the integration of
urban agriculture into urban land use planning and neighbourhood design or upgrading, as showcased by the project
As part of these processes, specific attention is given to land use mapping and the integration of
urban agriculture into urban land use planning and neighbourhood design or upgrading, as showcased by the project Making the Edible Landscape: integrating
urban agriculture into urban development and design.
Although this was not a specific objective of the RUAF - CFF programme, the programme also yielded important results at the national level: in 13 countries, facilitated by RUAF - CFF, initiatives have been taken to integrate
urban agriculture into existing policies (agriculture, poverty alleviation) or to formulate a special policy or national programme on urban agriculture.
Not exact matches
His beautiful structures would soar
into the air, releasing most of the land now covered by
urban sprawl for
agriculture, recreation, or wilderness.
And here, in the spirit of openness, I have to stop to announce a tie - in with the parklands — I was on the masterplanning team, as the
urban agriculture adviser, that looked
into potential future uses of the area.
The hasty implementation of modern mechanised
agriculture causes massive unemployment and drives the dispossessed
into hopeless
urban poverty.
As the war died down and population moved away from
agriculture and
into more
urban settings, gardening in the backyard became more impractical and began to decline.
The U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance and Discovery Education have partnered on an exciting new initiative to engage
urban youth with a first - hand glimpse
into modern
agriculture.
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's (PHS) Farm for the City transforms center city Philadelphia's Thomas Paine Plaza
into a temporary, 2,000 - square - foot «farm - as - art installation» to encourage public conversations about the role of
urban agriculture in strengthening communities.
The companies working with the European Centre for Medium - range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)- which operates the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) and the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) on behalf of the European Commission - are developing products with applications across the energy, water,
agriculture, financial and
urban planning sectors; turning perspective
into insight and data in to information.
The focus of the
Urban Agriculture Magazine is on: «Research
into Use» and «Policy to Practice».
For an introduction
into this subject please go to the Editorial of the
Urban Agriculture Magazine on Multifunctional landuse
Integrating
urban agriculture and forestry
into climate change action plans: Lessons from Sri Lanka (2014)
Several examples exist of municipalities or NGOs that have initiated
urban agriculture projects that involve disadvantaged groups such as orphans, disabled people, women, recent immigrants without jobs, or elderly people, with the aim to integrate them more strongly
into the
urban network and to provide them with a decent livelihood.
Formal acceptance of
urban agriculture as an
urban land use and its integration
into urban development and land use plans is a crucial step towards effective regulation and facilitation of the development of
urban agriculture.
Secondly,
urban agriculture may also positively impact upon the greening and cleaning of the city by turning derelict open spaces
into green zones and maintaining buffer and reserve zones free of housing, with positive impacts on the micro-climate (shade, temperature, sequestration of CO2).
The most striking feature of
urban agriculture, which distinguishes it from rural
agriculture, is that it is integrated
into the
urban economic and ecological system:
urban agriculture is embedded in - and interacting with - the
urban ecosystem.
Urban agriculture can help to solve such problems by turning urban wastes into a productive reso
Urban agriculture can help to solve such problems by turning
urban wastes into a productive reso
urban wastes
into a productive resource.
When preparing such a zoning and related regulations, factors like population density, the ecological sensitivity of the area concerned, closeness to polluting industry, closeness to sources of drinking water, etc. should be taken
into account as well as the potential risks related to certain types of
urban agriculture.
RUAF partners analysed the roles of women and men in
urban food production in 16 cities from three developing regions and tested guidelines guidelines and tools to bring women
into the mainstream of
urban agriculture research and development.
Join our colleagues at Green Roofs for Healthy Cities (GRHC) in Toronto on June 1st — 2nd, 2015 to delve
into the latest ideas and innovations in
urban agriculture at their 2015 Grey to Green: A Conference Exploring the Economics of Local and Regional Food Systems and Resilience.
about Integrating
urban agriculture and forestry
into climate change action plans: Lessons from Sri Lanka (2014)
This policy brief was elaborated by the RUAF Foundation on the basis of the results of an on - going UN-Habitat and CDKN funded programme to integrate
urban and peri-
urban agriculture and forestry
into city and provincial climate change actions plans.
Agriculture and venture capital have joined forces to take the centuries - old concepts of hydroponics and aquaponics to new heights, turning them into what some are calling the future of urban a
Agriculture and venture capital have joined forces to take the centuries - old concepts of hydroponics and aquaponics to new heights, turning them
into what some are calling the future of
urban agricultureagriculture.
This paper explores the potential contributions of various forms of
urban agriculture and forestry to city climate change mitigation and adaptation plans and the need to include food security considerations
into urban climate change strategies.
Throughout the day, the current global food crisis provided as useful rationale for more food to be grown in cities.The day was split
into a series of sessions focusing in on opportunities to increase the amount of food being grown in London and what
urban agriculture projects are currenty running in the capital.
Piacentini and Tenaglia then presented a project that integrates
urban and peri-
urban agriculture and forestry
into city climate change strategies at work in Rosario, Argentina.
via Nuestras Raíces via The New York Times via Replanting New Orleans More On How Food Builds and Rebuilds Communities Detroit Charity Turns Wasteland
into Farms Transition Town Plants Up Nut Trees for Food Security
Urban Agriculture Leader, Will Allen, Named MacArthur Genius
The latest entry
into the growing
urban agriculture sector pairs a high - tech hydroponic growing and monitoring system with one of the darlings of the repurposing movement, the humble shipping container, yielding a «farm in a box» that can produce large quantities of fresh local vegetables year - round.
Such terms as «
urban agriculture» are sneaking
into our vocabulary.
Get
into urban agriculture.