Vancouver Food Strategy

Ellen Radstake — Thu, 16 May 2013 00:37:58 +0000

Vancouver Food Strategy

ICLEI and RUAF come together for urban agriculture and food security

Ellen Radstake — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 23:52:29 +0000

Urban agriculture gets policy-level support in Sri Lanka’s Western Province

Ellen Radstake — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 22:19:05 +0000

The urban poor in South Asia often lack livelihood opportunities and adequate nutrition. One way to address both these shortcomings is to encourage urban farming. Projects facilitated by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), one of the partners of the Resource Centres on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF) Foundation, assisted urban gardeners and entrepreneurs in Gampaha, Sri Lanka, with marketing, business planning and agricultural water management.

Integrating urban and peri-urban agriculture and forestry in city climate change strategies

Ellen Radstake — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:19:15 +0000

Integrating urban and peri-urban agriculture and forestry in city climate change strategies

Call for papers; Between public policies and local initiatives, how to integrate city-agriculture links?

Ellen Radstake — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 23:30:20 +0000

Between public policies and local initiatives, how to integrate city-agriculture links?

URBAN AND PERI-URBAN AGRICULTURE AND SHORT FOOD CHAINS: LESSONS FROM THE SOUTH

Ellen Radstake — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:00:56 +0000

URBAN AND PERI-URBAN AGRICULTURE AND SHORT FOOD CHAINS: LESSONS FROM THE SOUTH

Update # 18

Ellen Radstake — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 10:11:43 +0000

RUAF Update 18

Call for Abstracts/Papers for Special Issue: Innovations and Trends in Sustainable Urban Agriculture (Nationally and Internationally)

Ellen Radstake — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:16:31 +0000

The editors are seeking papers for a special issue of Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems (RAFS) focusing on sustainable urban agriculture production systems, as well as the social/economic underpinnings of these systems in North America and abroad.

Publication: Growing greener cities in Africa

Ellen Radstake — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:09:50 +0000

FAO has published this week "Cidades mais verdes na África", the Portuguese edition of its report, "Growing greener cities in Africa" (FAO, 2012).

The report is based on an Africa-wide survey and on country case studies. It reviews the current state of urban and peri-urban horticulture (UPH) in cities across the continent. It presents major findings, profiles of UPH in 22 countries, and recommendations for the development of market gardens to serve Africa's urban population.

Resilient Urban Food Systems Forum, Saturday 1 June 2013, Bonn-Germany

Femke Hoekstra — Tue, 01 May 2007 13:04:09 +0000

RUAF is an endorsing partner of the upcoming Resilient Urban Food Systems Forum.

RUAF - Resource Centres on Urban Agriculture and Food Security

Vancouver Food Strategy

ICLEI and RUAF come together for urban agriculture and food security

Urban agriculture gets policy-level support in Sri Lanka’s Western Province

Integrating urban and peri-urban agriculture and forestry in city climate change strategies

Call for papers; Between public policies and local initiatives, how to integrate city-agriculture links?

URBAN AND PERI-URBAN AGRICULTURE AND SHORT FOOD CHAINS: LESSONS FROM THE SOUTH

Update # 18

Call for Abstracts/Papers for Special Issue: Innovations and Trends in Sustainable Urban Agriculture (Nationally and Internationally)

Publication: Growing greener cities in Africa

Resilient Urban Food Systems Forum, Saturday 1 June 2013, Bonn-Germany