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Urban agriculture: another way to feed cities
The Veolia Institute has just published a new issue of Facts Reports on the theme of urban agriculture. To open up discussions on the topic a conference was organized with exchanges between researchers, innovative companies, architects and experts.
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A menu of actions to shape urban food environments for improved nutrition
The menu of actions contains over 70 examples of policies and programmes that city governments have implemented to improve food security and nutrition by making healthy and nutritious food more accessible, desirable, and affordable.
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Comparando la produccion y transporte de vegetales hacia la ciudad de Rosario, Argentina
This publication (in Spanish), looks at fuel consumption and CO2 emissions, comparing the production and transport of vegetables to the city of Rosario, Argentina with local production.
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Urban Agriculture Magazine no. 36 – Food Policy Councils
In this Urban Agriculture Magazine, we explore food policy councils, their approach to inclusiveness, their impacts, and challenges faced.
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City Region Food System Toolkit (2015-2017)
This City Region Food System (CRFS) toolkit provides guidance on how to assess and build sustainable city region food systems. It includes support material on how to: define and map your city region; collect data on your city region food system; gather and analyse information on different CRFS components and sustainability dimensions through both rapid…
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Collaborative framework for food systems transformation
UN Environment Programme (UNEP) led the development of this publication in the context of the Sustainable Food Systems (SFS) Programme, with the objective of engaging and building capacity of governments and stakeholders to apply a food systems approach to their policies, programs, and strategies, in order to achieve sustainable food systems. It includes eight cases…