Resource-type: Publications
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The growth of cities in East-Africa: consequences for urban food supply
The report identifies effective strategies to strengthen urban food supply and city regional food systems in cities in East Africa.
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Women Feeding Cities – Mainstreaming gender in urban agriculture and food security
Women Feeding Cities analyses the roles of women and men in urban food production, and suggests with guidelines and tools how women’s contribution might be maximised.
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Key Issues and Courses of Action for Municipal Policy Making on Urban Agriculture
The RUAF working paper 2 presents policy measures and strategies applied by local governments to facilitate the development of urban agriculture.
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Cities, Food and Agriculture: Challenges and the way forward
RUAF Working paper 3 discusses a number of challenges cities in developing countries are facing nowadays and what role urban agriculture can play.
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Cities Farming for the Future Programme. Final report
Final report of the Cities Farming for the Future programme with a synthesis of the main results achieved during the project period (2005-2008).
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Urban Agriculture Magazine no. 19 – Stimulating Innovation in Urban Agriculture
This issue of the Urban Agriculture Magazine takes stock of a broad range of experiences related to innovation by urban farmers and the efforts of other actors to support the farmers’ initiatives. It explains concepts and gives examples of farmers’ innovation and how it is being stimulated.
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Profitability and Sustainability of Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture
This report reviews available research data on the profitability and sustainability of (intra- and peri-) urban agriculture in cities in Africa and Asia.