Local Economic Development
Submitted by Femke Hoekstra on Thu, 01/19/2006 - 15:13
Proceedings of the MDP/IDRC workshop on the political economy of urban and peri-urban agriculture in Eastern and Southern Africa compiled by Shingiraj Mushamba. Bronte Hotel, Harare, Zimbabwe, February 28 - March 2, 2001
Organised by the Municipal Development Programme for Eastern and Southern Africa (MDP-ESA) in collaboration with IDRC. The workshop focused on the political economy of urban agriculture, in recognition of the important role it plays: access to resources such as peri-urban land and water are key to determining who practices urban agriculture and who benefits. Secure access to land and water is influenced not only by urban legislation and landuse planning, but also by the range of formal and informal rules, institutions and processes that determine access to and use of resources, and through which competition and negotiation over resources occur. Understanding these processes can assist in establishing political processes and institutions which enable stakeholders to resolve potential conflicts over access to resources.
Submitted by Femke Hoekstra on Mon, 01/16/2006 - 15:34
The BVSDE (English: Pan American Health Organization) website is in Spanish and English and focused on Latin America. It contains a wealth of information on publications, events, training materials, etc.
Submitted by Femke Hoekstra on Wed, 01/11/2006 - 13:18
Extension, Marketing and Credit Services, introduced by: Henk de Zeeuw (ETC-RUAF, Leusden, The Netherlands)In: Annotated Bibliography on Urban Agriculture
Submitted by Femke Hoekstra on Wed, 01/11/2006 - 12:53
Community Development, introduced by: Henk de Zeeuw (ETC-RUAF, Leusden, the Netherlands)In: Annotated Bibliography on Urban Agriculture
Submitted by Femke Hoekstra on Wed, 01/11/2006 - 12:49
Economic Impacts, introduced by: Rachel Nugent (National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States)In: Annotated Bibliography on Urban Agriculture
Submitted by Femke Hoekstra on Wed, 01/11/2006 - 12:28
In conjunction with Sida, ETC Netherlands, TUAN and other organisations, "An Annotated Bibliography on Urban Agriculture" has been produced. It contains 16 themes with State of the Art introductions. This Annotated Bibliography on Urban Agriculture contains a comprehensive literature overview in 17 chapters, each with a "state of the art" overview followed by literature references with abstracts.
Submitted by Femke Hoekstra on Wed, 12/14/2005 - 12:59
Jonathan Rigg and Albert M SalamancaIn: UA Magazine No. 14 - Urban Aquatic Production
Periurban aquatic food production systems are systems in transition. They are always at the cusp of change, on the point of shifting from one thing to another. New activities, physical features, agencies, institutions, populations and infrastructures colonise the periurban space, and may replace or displace existing peoples, institutions and activities, or lead them to respond and adapt to the evolving situation.
Submitted by Femke Hoekstra on Wed, 12/14/2005 - 12:55
Le Thanh Hung and Huynh Pham Viet HuyIn: UA Magazine No. 14 - Urban Aquatic Production
Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) is the second city of Vietnam located in the South-Eastern part of the country.
Submitted by Guest on Tue, 06/28/2005 - 14:25
Dai PetersIn: UA Magazine 10 - Appropriate (Micro) Technologies for Urban Agriculture Dong Lieu commune in Hay Tay province lies some 20km from Hanoi. The area is traditionally agricultural but has, since the late 1960's, specialized in household-level root crop - cassava and canna - processing, due to its proximity to Hanoi and access to its growing markets. Since that time this processing capacity has increased 3-10 times. Cassava and canna are different crops, in the type of roots, properties of the starch, and different profitability of the starch. As the starch processing developed, a starch-based cluster of enterprises emerged in support or in association with starch processing.
Submitted by Guest on Tue, 06/28/2005 - 10:59
Hubert de BonIn: UA Magazine 10 - Appropriate (Micro) Technologies for Urban Agriculture In order to increase the production in the hot and humid season and reduce the use of pesticides on market garden crops, three techniques have been proposed to boost the periurban market garden production in South-eastern Asia: sheltered crops, tomato grafting and the use of insect-proof nets. The rise in the yield varies from one site to another. Tomato grafting appears to be the most efficient and attractive technique in the first year of experimentation, with some positive effects observed in Vientiane. The rise in production, which requires new equipment (nylon nets and shelters with polythene film), conflicts with the farmers' concerns about the investment cost and the availability of the adequate gear on the spot.
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