Focus-area: Resource recovery & reuse
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The FoodTech Challenge: submit your innovative solution to address food security
The FoodTech Challenge is a global competition that seeks innovative solutions to address food security. The competition supports the United Arabic Emirates (UAE) commitment to providing its population with sufficient, safe and nutritious food. The competition invites applicants from all backgrounds to join. University students and early-stage start-ups with prior experience in urban farming are…
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Call for papers: Levering Sustainable Food Systems to Address Climate Change—Possible Transformations
Sustainability – Special Issue: “Levering Sustainable Food Systems to Address Climate Change—Possible Transformations”. Guest editors: Dr. Alison Blay-Palmer; Dr. Patricia Ballamingie; Dr. Irena Knezevic; Dr. Erin Nelson; and, Dr. Andrew Spring The clock is ticking. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2018), we have until 2030 to enact unprecedented changes to avoid the…
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Atlas of West African urban food systems
This atlas summarises recent research to address different components of West African urban food systems, including urban and peri-urban agriculture.
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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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Policy brief: Integrated development of biogas in West Africa
Policy brief on integrated development of biogas in West Africa based on findings from the Western Africa Bio-wastes for Energy and Fertilizer project.
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Entrepreneurship in Urban Agriculture
RUAF with the University of Bologna, Horticity, Agreenium, Vegepolys, SWUAS, Hei-tro, STePS, Mammut film and Grow the Planet developed a distance learning course in the framework of the Urban Green Train project. The consortium developed a series of 5 modules on urban agriculture and entrepreneurship: 1: Introduction to urban agriculture concept and types 2: Resource…
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Urban Agriculture Magazine no. 32 – Urban Food-Waste-Energy Nexus and the Private Sector
This issue of the Urban Agriculture Magazine discusses this urban-food-waste-energy nexus with a focus on the role of the private sector.
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City region food systems and food waste management
This publication documents 13 case studies from city regions which are developing food system projects, programmes, and policies related to food waste.