Sentences with phrase «urban food security»

Attention to urban food security and (multi-functional) intra - and peri-urban agriculture has increased markedly during the last couple of decades.

The Urban Farm Pod is one of the more ultra-futuristic and technologically interesting solutions we've seen that could potentially improve urban food security.

Tuts discussed integrated planning and management strategies for urban food security and climate change adaptation.

Metropolitan, municipal and other local government institutions can play a proactive and coordinating role in enhancing urban food security and cities resilience by:

It is essential to address the health risks associated with urban agriculture to protect consumers from contaminated foods and farm workers from occupational hazards whilst reaping the benefits of urban agriculture for urban food security, nutrition and other benefits of urban agriculture for sustainable urban development

Fourteen case studies on the role of women in urban agriculture and urban food security and draft guidelines for gender mainstreaming of urban agriculture projects and policies were discussed.

the role of urban agriculture for poverty alleviation and local economic development, enhancing urban food security, offering recreational services to urban citizens, etcetera.

This report (2010) summarizes the results of an analysis of the trends in urban growth and food insecurity of / in cities in East Africa and how national and local policies in Addis Abbeba, Dar es Salaam, Kampala, Antananarivo and Nairobi and Nakuru regarding (intra and peri --RRB- urban horticulture influences urban food security.

The Western Province, Sri Lanka; Rosario and the Province of Santa Fé, Argentina are supporting local agriculture to reduce dependency on imports, as a flood risk reduction strategy, and to improve urban food security.

are supporting local agriculture to reduce dependency on imports, as a flood risk reduction strategy, and to improve urban food security.

Urban agriculture plays an important role in enhancing urban food security since the costs of supplying and distributing food to urban areas based on rural production and imports continue to increase, and do not satisfy the demand, especially of the poorer sectors of the population.

The RUAF Foundation seeks to contribute to reducing urban poverty, enhancing urban food security, improving urban environmental management and stimulating participatory city governance.

This book provides valuable insights and guidelines which are essential reading for the staff of municipal authorities, NGO's producer groups, universities, agricultural research and extension organisations and others who seek to enhance participatory governance, urban food security, urban poverty alleviation and improved urban environmental management.

The RUAF Foundation developed, in cooperation with other organisations, several distance learning courses on urban agriculture and urban food security that are accessible free of charge.

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Reducing food loss in supermarkets is an important issue in terms of the efforts to increase profit in supermarkets, to increase income for small farmers supplying to supermarkets, and to improve food security in urban areas, as well as avoid environmental problems caused by food waste.

His main fields of scientific interest include food and nutrition security, sustainable agricultural, food system analysis, regional and urban food systems, sustainable transitions, ecosystem services, climate change impacts, and climate change adaptation.

What is the potential of urban agriculture to make a substantive contribution to food security and food sovereignty of the families, communities and individuals involved and / or supported by these organisations and their projects?

Rep. Richard (R - Barneveld) Hanna paid a visit to an urban farm in Binghamton on Monday to meet with representatives from organizations that try to address food security.

Environmental challenges, climate change, water and food security and urban air pollution, they are all interlinked, yet each is studied as such, separately.

As more people cluster in urban areas and cities seek long - term food security, it's important to consider what is required to achieve that, and who benefits, the authors said.

Health, food security, climate change, sustainable energy, urban systems, digital technologies, and space will be the national priorities; they will be further refined and periodically revised by a newly created strategic research council, chaired by Prime Minister Jean - Marc Ayrault, with input from the French national research agency (CNRS) and five large research - coordinating networks.

«We compare farms in the past to farms of today, and look to the future in terms of urban agriculture and food security.

Prior to joining Oakland Schools in 2005, Moore was senior deputy chief executive officer for Detroit Public Schools where he oversaw Facility Maintenance, Capital Improvement Programs; Contracting, Real Estate and Urban Planning; Transportation; Food Service; Security; Print Production; Environmental Health and Safety; Warehouse Operations; Financial Functions; and State Legislative Affairs.

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Throughout the 21st century, climate - change impacts are projected to slow down economic growth, make poverty reduction more difficult, further erode food security, and prolong existing and create new poverty traps, the latter particularly in urban areas and emerging hotspots of hunger (medium confidence).

The contributions of urban agriculture to various policy goals are manifold and relate a.o to poverty alleviation, food security, environmental and waste management, local economic development, social and community development and community adaptation to climate change.

The City of Eugene has developed and is implementing strategies include increasing water conservation; increasing investment in the urban forest; removing essential services from the 100 - year flood zone; and increasing energy efficiency to reduce demand for hydroelectricity, a resource that is expected to decline with climate change; conducting a food security assessment

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Such a mindset needs to become an integral part of our urban planning, water - and food - security management, investment policy, and demographic policy development, among others.»

COOPI (Italy, project coordination) and RUAF Foundation (the Netherlands), in cooperation with institutions and organisations involved in the Freetown Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (including the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security; Freetown City Council; Ministry of Land, Housing and Environment; Ministry of Health and Sanitation; National Association of Farmers in Sierra Leone (NAFSL); Sierra Leone Youth Empowerment Organisation (SLYEO); Njala University; and other stakeholders).

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.

Flood zones have been earmarked for urban agriculture in the urban land - use plan, thereby reducing the impacts of floods and enhancing local food security

In doing so, growers can reduce their agricultural footprint on the environment and address food security of the urban population.

Fleet Farming recognized by the United Nations Food Gardens Initiative for «outstanding efforts to further sustainable urban agriculture and contribute to the food security and well being of their community.&raFood Gardens Initiative for «outstanding efforts to further sustainable urban agriculture and contribute to the food security and well being of their community.&rafood security and well being of their community.»

One is urban agriculture, which is making a meaningful contribution to food security.

Katherine H. Brown and Anne Carter, Urban Agriculture and Community Food Security in the United States: Farming from the City Center to the Urban Fringe (Venice, CA: Community Food Security Coalition, October 2003), p. 10; U.N. Population Division, World Urbanization Prospects, op.

Ministers» Conference on Urban Agriculture: Prospects for food security and growth in Eastern and Southern Africa (2003)

In those cities, a Multi-stakeholder Forum on Urban Agriculture and / or Food Security has been established, involving all direct and indirect stakeholders in urban food production and consumption, assisted by one or more multi-disciplinary working grUrban Agriculture and / or Food Security has been established, involving all direct and indirect stakeholders in urban food production and consumption, assisted by one or more multi-disciplinary working groFood Security has been established, involving all direct and indirect stakeholders in urban food production and consumption, assisted by one or more multi-disciplinary working grurban food production and consumption, assisted by one or more multi-disciplinary working grofood production and consumption, assisted by one or more multi-disciplinary working groups.

Next to food security, urban agriculture contributes to local economic development, poverty alleviation and social inclusion of the urban poor and women in particular, as well as to the greening of the city and the productive reuse of urban wastes (see below for further explanations and examples).

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).

«Throughout the 21st century, climate - change impacts are projected to slow down economic growth, make poverty reduction more difficult, further erode food security, and prolong existing and create new poverty traps, the latter particularly in urban areas and emerging hot spots of hunger,» the report stated.

In preparation of the conference international experts reviewed literature and practical experiences regarding the following three main topics for sharing and discussion at this conference and prepared thematic discussions papers: 1: Urban agriculture, household food security & nutrition; 2: Urban agriculture, health & environment; 3: Urban agriculture and urban plaUrban agriculture, household food security & nutrition; 2: Urban agriculture, health & environment; 3: Urban agriculture and urban plaUrban agriculture, health & environment; 3: Urban agriculture and urban plaUrban agriculture and urban plaurban planning

By Ines Raimundo 2017-10-14T15:20:54 +00:00 April 10th 2017 Categories: GREEN & SMART DEVELOPMENT, URBAN AGRICULTURE Tags: Africa, food borrowing, food security, Mozambique, poverty, urban faURBAN AGRICULTURE Tags: Africa, food borrowing, food security, Mozambique, poverty, urban faurban farming

RUAF member organization MDP (Municipal Development Partnerships, Zimbabwe) organized jointly with the Zimbabwan Ministry of Local Government, FAO, the FANRPANetwork (and with financial support from UNDP, IDRC and UNICEF) the Ministers» Conference on Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture: Prospects for food security and growth in Eastern and Southern Africa.

A group of organisations, including the UN FAO, the International Sustainability Unit - Prince of Wales Charity Foundation, the CFS - Civil Society Mechanism, Communitas Coalition, Global Food Security Cluster - Urban working group, ICLEI — Local Governments for Sustainability, RUAF Foundation, IUFN, UCLG, ILO, IFAD, UNCD and Habitat International Coalition jointly organised at the World Urban Forum a session on city region food systFood Security Cluster - Urban working group, ICLEI — Local Governments for Sustainability, RUAF Foundation, IUFN, UCLG, ILO, IFAD, UNCD and Habitat International Coalition jointly organised at the World Urban Forum a session on city region food systfood systems.

By Stephanie Buechler & Christopher Scott 2017-10-14T15:15:07 +00:00 May 17th 2017 Categories: GREEN & SMART DEVELOPMENT, URBAN AGRICULTURE Tags: community gardens, food security, urban agriculture, urban farming, urban gardURBAN AGRICULTURE Tags: community gardens, food security, urban agriculture, urban farming, urban gardurban agriculture, urban farming, urban gardurban farming, urban gardurban gardening

Own - growing makes an important contribution to food security in urban areas globally, but its effects on soil qualities that underpin ecosystem service provision are currently unknown.

Sectors assessed for specific effects included freshwater resources, terrestrial and ocean ecosystems, coasts, food, urban and rural areas, energy and industry, human health and security, and livelihoods and poverty.