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Webinar: Water, Migration and Rural Development

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This article originally appeared on: https://wle.cgiar.org/solutions/e-learning-water-migration-and-rural-development “The way we talk about migration has major sociopolitical impacts,” said IWMI researcher Liza Debevec in her opening remarks at the webinar, “Water, migration and rural-development: What do we know?” But migration from rural areas – an important and pressing topic – is not a new adaption strategy, she added. […]

February 20, 2020
Policy brief: Urban agriculture as a climate change strategy

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This policy brief provides examples from innovative policies and practices from various cities on urban agriculture as a climate change strategy.
Policy brief: Integrated School WASH in Surkhet, Nepal

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Policy brief on innovations in safe use of waste for urban and peri-urban agriculture in School WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) in Surkhet, Nepal.
Policy brief: Safe and productive use of waste for urban and periurban agriculture

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Policy brief on the safe and productive use of waste for urban and periurban agriculture based on experiences in the WASH Alliance International Programme.
Integrating urban agriculture and forestry into climate change action plans

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This paper describes and gives examples of cities integrating urban agriculture and (agro)forestry in climate change strategies.
Urban Farming in Nepal and Uganda

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This film, by Kyle Robinson, investigates the use of urban and peri-urban agriculture in developing cities in Africa and Asia such as Kathmandu and Kampala. The film assesses its value to a country’s economy and combating environmental threats such as climate change, as well as addressing the challenges involved in nurturing and sustaining effective urban […]

November 21, 2014
Policy brief: Integrating urban agriculture and forestry into climate change action plans

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This policy brief highlights how Sri Lanka develops urban and peri-urban agriculture and forestry as a city and provincial climate change strategy.
Rooftop gardening in Kathmandu, Nepal

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This video shows the results of the rooftop gardening project that was implemented by the NGO ENPHO in close collaboration with Kathmandu Municipality and with technical support of RUAF Foundation in the context of the broader project undertaken by these organisations together with UN Habitat aiming at the integration of (intra- and peri-) urban agriculture […]

February 25, 2014
Effects of the global financial crisis on the food security of poor urban households

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These reports look into the effects of the global financial crisis of 2008 on the food security of low and middle income populations in 5 cities.
Profitability and Sustainability of Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture

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This report reviews available research data on the profitability and sustainability of (intra- and peri-) urban agriculture in cities in Africa and Asia.

RUAF Urban Agriculture and Food Systems website

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