Sentences with phrase «urban agriculture research»

This project, funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Canada, brought together experts to jointly design guidelines for gender mainstreaming in urban agriculture research and development projects.

The Five Borough Farm synthesizes urban agriculture research to create innovative metrics and a comprehensive strategy for expanding NYC's capabilities.

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.

A number of key issues in urban agriculture research and innovation are briefly discussed.

Not exact matches

My decision to apply for a Churchill Fellowship followed on from case study research I was involved in with Griffith University (see the Burton pdf attached) in 2012, exploring the scale and nature of urban agriculture in Melbourne.

Slow uptake Projects to promote the application of urine in agriculture have spread worldwide over the last decade: from pee collection and transport systems designed for 6,500 users in urban Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; to research on the application of human urine for carp fish farming in West Bengal, India; and more than 135,000 toilets diverting urine in Sweden.

IDRC also administers the AGROPOLIS award, a new International Research Awards Programme in Urban Agriculture that seeks to promote the advancement of knowledge and inform interventions in critical areas of (peri) urban agriculUrban Agriculture that seeks to promote the advancement of knowledge and inform interventions in critical areas of (peri) urban aAgriculture that seeks to promote the advancement of knowledge and inform interventions in critical areas of (peri) urban agriculurban agricultureagriculture.

The urban riparian stream education program is managed by the Texas Water Resources Institute, part of Texas A&M AgriLife Research, AgriLife Extension and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Texas A&M University.

In light of the growing pressures from urban demand, the entire agriculture research enterprise in the United States and around the world needs to focus on solving the challenges facing food systems.

Amanda White Amanda White is a Toronto - based artist who's current research interests include: cultural imaginations of nature, interdisciplinary and collaborative art practice, art and the environment, posthumanities, issues in agriculture and food, and urban ecologies.

The book is a «must read» for all involved in research, policy development, planning and implementation on urban agriculture.

The research project «Strengthening Organizations of Urban Producers» complemented a similar project led by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO, Italy).

RUAF collaborates with local authorities, research organisations, urban producers and other stakeholders in the assessment of the urban food system and the design of adequate urban agriculture and food policies and - programmes, applying a multi-stakeholder approach.

Another example is the European research programme SUPURBFOOD: Towards sustainable modes of urban and peri-urban food provisioning, for which the RUAF Foundation prepared an inventory and critical analysis of innovative experiences with short food supply chains in (peri --RRB- urban agriculture in the global South and organized the exchange of experiences and mutual learning between cities in Europa, Africa, Asia and Latin America.

Since more than a decade RUAF Foundation is publishing the Urban Agriculture Magazine in English to enable exchange of policy views, practical experiences, research results and other information in the field of urban agriculture and urban food sysUrban Agriculture Magazine in English to enable exchange of policy views, practical experiences, research results and other information in the field of urban agriculture and urban foAgriculture Magazine in English to enable exchange of policy views, practical experiences, research results and other information in the field of urban agriculture and urban food sysurban agriculture and urban foagriculture and urban food sysurban food systems.

The focus of the Urban Agriculture Magazine is on: «Research into Use» and «Policy to Practice».

He says one thing that surprised them in their research was that increasing urban agriculture on vacant land was not likely to cut emissions by much.

Although the head offices of most agricultural research and extension organisations are located in the cities, urban agriculture is often not a priority on the research agenda and urban producers access to technical advice and training services is often rather limited and its content and focus often are not well adapted to the conditions in the urban environment.

Based upon this, the Conference will look ahead and elaborate new approaches for management and research in the field of global urban agriculture.

For example, the Cape Town policy on urban agriculture (South Africa) calls upon the services of the research, training and support organisations in and around the city to provide the urban farmers with training on business administration, technical skills, marketing, etc..

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.

This issue of the UA Magazine includes experiences of two programmes, that studied the functioning and roles of urban producers organisations, including that of IPES and ETC (partners in RUAF - International Network of Resource Centres on Urban Agriculture and Food Security), and of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), both supported by the International Development and Research Centre (Iurban producers organisations, including that of IPES and ETC (partners in RUAF - International Network of Resource Centres on Urban Agriculture and Food Security), and of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), both supported by the International Development and Research Centre (IUrban Agriculture and Food Security), and of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), both supported by the International Development and Research Centre (IDRC).

The results of the research project «Strengthening Organizations of Urban Producers», studying the roles and functioning of organisations of urban farmers in the Netherlands, Hungary, Peru, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay and identifying effective ways to strengthen such organisations, were published as the main body of the Urban Agriculture Magazine # 17 and integrated in the FAO publication «Urban Producers Resourcebook&raUrban Producers», studying the roles and functioning of organisations of urban farmers in the Netherlands, Hungary, Peru, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay and identifying effective ways to strengthen such organisations, were published as the main body of the Urban Agriculture Magazine # 17 and integrated in the FAO publication «Urban Producers Resourcebook&raurban farmers in the Netherlands, Hungary, Peru, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay and identifying effective ways to strengthen such organisations, were published as the main body of the Urban Agriculture Magazine # 17 and integrated in the FAO publication «Urban Producers Resourcebook&raUrban Agriculture Magazine # 17 and integrated in the FAO publication «Urban Producers Resourcebook&raUrban Producers Resourcebook».

The report also analyses important gaps in the available data and important challenges for future research on the socio - economic aspects of urban agriculture.

RUAF Foundation and the Urban Harvest programme of CGIAR (International Agricultural Research Institutes) organised an expert consultation on «Gender Mainstreaming in Urban Agriculture», 20th -23 rd September, 2004 in Accra, Ghana.

The RUAF Foundation, together with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the Urban Harvest programme of the CGIAR institutes, the Chinese Urban Agriculture Association and the Nanjing Agriculture and Forestry Bureau, organised a session called «Urban and peri-urban agriculture for Resilient Cities (Green, Productive and Socially Inclusive)» during the World Urban Forum of UN Habitat from 3 to 7 November 2008 in NanjAgriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the Urban Harvest programme of the CGIAR institutes, the Chinese Urban Agriculture Association and the Nanjing Agriculture and Forestry Bureau, organised a session called «Urban and peri-urban agriculture for Resilient Cities (Green, Productive and Socially Inclusive)» during the World Urban Forum of UN Habitat from 3 to 7 November 2008 in NanjAgriculture Association and the Nanjing Agriculture and Forestry Bureau, organised a session called «Urban and peri-urban agriculture for Resilient Cities (Green, Productive and Socially Inclusive)» during the World Urban Forum of UN Habitat from 3 to 7 November 2008 in NanjAgriculture and Forestry Bureau, organised a session called «Urban and peri-urban agriculture for Resilient Cities (Green, Productive and Socially Inclusive)» during the World Urban Forum of UN Habitat from 3 to 7 November 2008 in Nanjagriculture for Resilient Cities (Green, Productive and Socially Inclusive)» during the World Urban Forum of UN Habitat from 3 to 7 November 2008 in Nanjing, China.

The Expert consultation on Appropriate Research and Planning Methodologies for (Intra - and Peri --RRB- Urban Agriculture was jointly organised by RUAF and the Strategic Initiative on Urban and peri-Urban Agriculture of the CGIAR (international Agricultural Research Centres) and Urban Management Programme in Latin America of UNDP and UN Habitat.

Staff of local governments, research organisations and NGOs participating in the UN Habitat Cities and Climate Change Programme and in 2 CDKN - funded projects were trained on the potential impacts of urban agriculture and - forestry on climate change adaptation and mitigation, and on practical methods for monitoring them; climate - smart urban agriculture technologies; and the design and assessment of alternative strategies for the development of urban agriculture as part of city climate change strategies.

Further research on urban agriculture needs to be carried out, looking specifically at models producing commercial quantities of food.

In such analysis, design, implementation and monitoring, RUAF always incorporates proper attention to gender issues (see also the research project Designing guidelines for mainstreaming gender in urban agriculture projects and the book Women Feeding Cities that was produced by the RUAF Foundation in cooperation with the CGIAR - Urban Harvest progrurban agriculture projects and the book Women Feeding Cities that was produced by the RUAF Foundation in cooperation with the CGIAR - Urban Harvest progrUrban Harvest programme.

In order to further enhance the recognition and visibility of urban agriculture and its contributions to food security and social inclusion among bilateral and multinational donors, RUAF also implements research and produces reports, facts sheets, policy narratives and briefs.

Gender mainstreaming in research and action projects on urban agriculture has been facilitated by producing a book with tested guidelines and tools (per phase of the project cycle) and a series of project case studies.

If urban agriculture is to meet its potential to contribute to a more sustainable, just and equitable food system, more research is needed to demonstrate its benefits and to support the work that urban agriculturalists worldwide are doing.

RUAF partners IGSNRR, IWMI and IPES implemented research on productive reuse of urban water (including storm and wastewater) in urban agriculture in Beijing (China), Accra (Ghana) and Lima (Peru); RUAF partner ETC (the Netherlands) systematised the results of the three studies.

Project partners: RUAF Foundation (coordination, the Netherlands); Applied Plant Research International of the Wageningen University and Research Centre (The Netherlands); School of Forestry of the University of Florida (USA); The International Water Management Institute (Sri Lanka); The Ministry of Agriculture, Agrarian Development, Minor Irrigation, Industries and Environment of Western Province (Sri Lanka); Kesbewa Urban Council (Sri Lanka); The Ministry of Water, Public Services and Environment, Santa Fe Province (Argentina); Municipality of Rosario (Argentina); Institute of Physics — CONICET Rosario (Argentina); The National University of Rosario (Argentina); Comune de Bobo Dioulasso (Burkina Faso); l'Institut d'Application et de Vulgarisation en Sciences (Burkina Faso); Kathmandu Metropolitan City Office (Nepal); Institute for Social and Environmental Transition (Nepal).