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Urban agriculture in Nairobi
This video portrays Francis Wachira, one of Kenya’s most successful urban farmers in Nairobi. Francis a pioneer, leader, a mentor and role model embodies the spirit and promise of a new dawn of urbanisation, one that recognises the vital role of urban farmers.
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Andrea Calori on how to encourage a municipality on food system change
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How can you transform your food habits and the global food system?
Believe it or not, you have the power to change the global food system through your own food habits. How? Check out the Hivos-supported video from the One Planet Network below for 10 tips on how to support a more sustainable food system while also living a healthier life at the same time. The universality…
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Future Policy Award 2018: Participatory urban agriculture programme in Quito
With its Participatory Urban Agriculture Programme (AGRUPAR), Quito won the Silver Award of the Future Policy Award 2018 on Agroecology. AGRUPAR was developed on the basis of a broad, largely women-led community consultation. It explicitly recognizes the role of urban agriculture for wider social, ecological and economic development and works along the entire food chain.…
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Quito, first city of Ecuador with a food strategy
On 2 October 2018, Quito signed the Pacto Agroalimentario Quito and presented its agrifood strategy, in order to promote a sustainable, resilient, diversified and inclusive food system, aligned with the global challenges to fight hunger and malnutrition, reduce waste and face the effects of climate change. Quito is the first city in Ecuador, and one…
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24 Recipes for urban food challenges
RUAF documented 24 case studies on urban food policy in the Netherlands (in Dutch). The so-called “recipe book” is a result of the City Deal Food on the Urban Agenda an initiative of 12 municipalities, the province of Gelderland and 3 national Ministries. Each case deals with a specific problem in the food system. Four…
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CITYFOOD webinar: Food Policy Councils
Marielle Dubbeling (RUAF) and Thiago Soares Barbizan (ICLEI) organised this CITYFOOD webinar in May 2018. Webinar hosts presentations from the City of Antananarivo (Madagascar) and the Municipality of Ede (The Netherlands).
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Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries
Humans generate millions of tons of waste every day. This waste is rich in water, nutrients, energy and organic compounds. Yet waste is not being managed in a way that permits us to derive value from its reuse, whilst millions of farmers struggle with depleted soils and lack of water. This book shows how Resource…
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Mayor of Quito invites other local governments to reflect on their current food system
In this video, the Mayor of Quito (Ecuador) explains how Quito considers the development of urban agriculture as an indicator of sustainability and has included it as a relevant action in the Quito Resilience Plan. Quito was one of the seven city-regions of the world in the city region food system assessment project of RUAF…
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Rooftop Urban Agriculture
This book guides architects, landscape designers, urban planners, agronomists and society on the implementation of sustainable rooftop farming projects. The interdisciplinary team of authors involved stresses the different approaches and the multi-faceted forms that rooftop farming may assume in any context. While rooftop farming experiences are sprouting all over the world the need for scientific…