Sentences with phrase «urban farmer groups»

In Brasilia, the Municipality facilitates the development of small agro - processing and / or packaging units managed by urban farmer groups and assisted them in setting up quality labels and other marketing strategies.

The municipality of Governador Valadares has prioritised the marketing of urban agricultural products in different ways: (a) by providing incentives for the formation of cooperatives for the production and commercialization of products, (b) by the creation of sales and distribution centres as well as farmers markets in the city and c) by buying agricultural products from the urban farmer groups to supply to schools, community kitchens, hospitals and other service organizations.

From Seed to Table (FStT) is a major 3 - year programme aimed to encourage urban farmer groups to innovate their local production systems, to engage in value - adding activities and establish innovative short marketing channels in 18 major cities, and to enhance the capacities of NGOs to support them effectively in such activities.

Firstly, the RUAF Foundation cooperates with urban producers, local NGOs, public administrations and other relevant stakeholder groups in setting up of concrete short chain marketing initiatives, for example within the framework of the Market - oriented urban agriculture project in Gaza (implemented in cooperation with Oxfam) agricultural value chains in various specific product groups are supported in a market - for the poor - perspective; The From Seed to Table programme supported 30 urban farmer groups in 17 cities to innovate their local production systems, engage in value - adding activities and establish innovative short marketing channels; The projects in Freetown and Makeni in Sierra Leone implemented in cooperation with COOPI helped to establish various youth - led agro-enterprises (in pig raising and slaughtering; milk and fruit processing and waste management).

Not exact matches

Environmentalist groups and farmers are becoming allies in their concern for tainted and dwindling water supplies, chemical poisoning, urban encroachment and other issues.

Even though resistance takes many different forms (against the MAI, towards a jubilee year in 2000, for the Tobin tax, seeking alternatives, etc.), and even if the struggles are specific in their aims (farmers, workers, indigenous or coloured people, citizens, ecologists or women, the urban poor, etc.) and though the various co-ordination groups are numerous (Peoples Power for the XXI Century in Asia, São Paulo Forum in Latin America, etc.), all of these have a common thread: they all work to highlight the unacceptable nature of the current economic system.

Also at 10 a.m., environmental, business, local government, farmers and urban groups hold a rally for state Environmental Protection Fund funding, hallway leading into the Legislative Office Building, Albany.

A large collaborative initiative that is founded and directed by the New Museum, and involves scores of downtown organizations, including universities, arts institutions, and community groups, the Festival serves as a platform for artists, writers, architects, engineers, designers, urban farmers, planners, and thought leaders to exchange ideas, propose solutions, and invite the public to participate.

The City Strategic Plans on UPA drastically improved the legal status of urban producers and the security of their land use; better service provision to urban farmers (training and extension, veterinary services; improved access of urban producer groups to local sources of financing and credit)

Relevant local and national authorities, civil society organisations, farmer groups and youth groups improved their coordination and enhanced their capacity to identify and develop solutions to issues of land tenure and agriculture - related job creation in the context of the multi-stakeholder forum on urban agriculture and food security.

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Clients of CLSMF represent the diversity that is Florida - encompassing all races, ethnic groups and ages, ranging from veterans and family farmers to the urban low - wage workers and victims of natural disasters.