post-type: Videos and podcasts
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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
More information on the website of Ecocity Builders. @Ecocity Builders
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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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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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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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Recordings of FAO-RUAF event on assessing and planning sustainable city region food systems
FAO and RUAF Foundation hosted the closing event of their joint programme on assessing and planning sustainable city region food systems (CRFS). The programme provided assistance to local governments in identifying and understanding gaps, bottlenecks and opportunities for sustainable planning of food policies and strategies to improve urban food systems with strong rural urban linkages.…
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Lecture by Luc Mougeot (IDRC) on urban agricultures without borders
Luc talks about: Urban Agricultures Without Borders: Lessons, Logics and Liabilities. Recorded at the Agri4D Conference on Rural Transformation and Urbanization – 20 September 2017 in Uppsala, Sweden.
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Using food as tool for settlement and integration in Toronto
Toronto won the 2017 Milan Pact Awards with the highest score for the good practice Community Food Works for Newcomers: Using food as tool for settlement and integration. The programme provides training at no cost to obtain a Food Handler Training and Certification and supports refugees and low-income residents who are job-ready to access employment…
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Alison Blay Palmer on why she works on food
This video was used as a trailer for Alison’s induction into the Royal Society of Canada at their Annual General Meeting. Shot at the Balsillie School of International Affairs to highlight the research Alison is doing on Global Food Systems. @John Ternan.