Agropolis

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agriculture
Allotment Gardens
Allotment Holders
Botswana College Of Agriculture
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Central Havana
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city farming practices
Commercial UA
development
Differential Socioeconomic Status
El Cerro
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food
Food Security Strategy
food systems analysis
gender roles agriculture
Greater Tunis
international
land use policy
Mole Crickets
participatory urban agriculture research
peri-urban
Peri-urban Agriculture
pest management strategies
research
security
Small Ruminants
supply
system
Tribal Land Board
UA
UA Activity
UA Production
UA Programme
UA Sector
UA System
Urban Economic Sector
Urban Food Security
Urban Food Supply
Urban Livestock
Urban Planning Sector
urban sustainability
Vice Versa

Product details

  • ISBN 9781844072316
  • Weight: 604g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 01 Jul 2005
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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Urban agriculture is an increasingly popular practice in cities worldwide. A sustainable future for it is critical, especially for the urban poor of the developing world. This book presents the first findings of original field research projects funded by IDRC's AGROPOLIS International Graduate Research Awards on Urban Agriculture. Countries studied include Argentina, Botswana, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, France,Togo,Tunisia, the UK and Zimbabwe.Together, these studies examine concrete strategies to better integrate 'city farming' into the urban landscape.
Luc J A Mougeot is Senior Program Specialist at the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), where he initiated the Cities Feeding People initiative in 1997.