articles in this issue show how technologies have been adapted to urban-specific situations and how continuous research and training are contributing to their widespread use.
Some of the technologies presented have been developed specifically for the urban setting. Hydroponics or the Cuban ‘organoponics’ for example, will be familiar to many readers. Other practices such as those that make use of waste and wastewater treatment may not be so well known. The small-scale irrigation and composting practices discussed are quite similar to those used in rural settings.
Urban agriculture is increasingly recognised as a vehicle for the development of productive and sustainable cities. Several cities have created specific agencies for urban agriculture or are implementing related policies and programmes. Hopefully this issue of the Urban Agriculture Magazine will encourage stakeholders, including governments, research institutes, NGOs, and farmers, to work together in developing and implementing similar urban agricultural initiatives to make cities cleaner, safer and more healthier places to live in.
Also available in Portuguese, Spanish and French.
Contents:
- The ‘Drum and Drip’ micro-irrigation system, tested in South Africa
- Urban Irrigation Methods and Practices in Ghana and Togo
- Hydroponics in Latin America
- Hydroponics Technology in Urban Lima – Peru
- Organoponics, a Productive Option
- Improving techniques for market garden production in South East Asia
- Basic Cultural Management Practices for Urban Vegetable Production
- Rooftop Gardening in Senegal
- City Farming – the Natural Alternative, Experiences in India
- Mushroom Cultivation in Urban Kampala, Uganda
- Micro-technologies for Congested Urban Centers in Ethiopia
- Innovative Urban Agricultural Technologies in Botswana
- Permaculture in Senegal & Mobile Kitchen Garden in Kenya
- The Abundant Harvest Garden
- Aqua-Terra Gardens
- Worms turn garbage into gold in Lismore
- Organoponics – the Use of Human Urine in Composting
- Container Composting in Peri-Urban Kumasi, Ghana
- Faecal Sludge Application for Agriculture in Tamale, Ghana
- Conversion of Urban Waste to Energy by Anaerobic Digestion
- Waste-Fed Fisheries in Periurban Kolkata
- Improving Agro-enterprises in Duong Lieu Commune, Vietnam
- Treatment of Organic Household Waste Used as Pig Feed in Montevideo
