RUAF Urban Agriculture and Food Systems website





RUAF is a global partnership

on sustainable urban agriculture 

and food systems
Find out who we are

City Region Food Systems and COVID-19

Food is an effective entry point to improve a city’s resilience. It impacts many other urban issues such as transportation, health, land use and waste management.
Why RUAF is needed

The RUAF Magazine

shares policies, practice

and research results.
Read the Urban Agriculture Magazine

What we work on


Spotlight: 

Urban farmers' networks 

in East Africa
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Facts and Figures
  • 1000+

    In 2018-2019 RUAF trained over 1000 staff in city region food systems and urban agriculture projects, policies and indicators in over 20 cities across Europe, Asia, MENA, Africa and America.

  • 36

    Issue 36 of the RUAF Magazine reinforces the movement towards inclusive, multi-stakeholder food systems governance for cities and city regions.

  • 70

    The Menu of Actions report contains over 70 policies and programmes that city governments have implemented to improve food security and nutrition by making healthy food more accessible, desirable and affordable.

Latest resources

"We strongly believe that RUAF has a unique niche on the trajectory from research to impact".

Pay Drechsel, International Water Management Institute, RUAF partner

"RUAF helps us to build bridges to other front runners such as Toronto and Quito and to strengthen Ghent's local food policy". 

Tine Heyse, Deputy Mayor, City of Ghent, RUAF partner

“Supported by RUAF, Quito joined the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact and became one of the 8 cities that implemented a city region food system assessment".

Mauricio Rodas, Mayor of Quito, RUAF partner

"RUAFs evaluation of our food policy has had real impact on our organisation".

Froukje Idema, Programme Manager Food, Municipality of Ede

“The City Deal helps to operationalise the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact framework because it is creating a strong national network of cities in the Netherlands”.

Holly Freishtat, Food Policy Director, Baltimore City