Title & Author:

Growing cities, growing food : urban agriculture on the policy agenda : a reader on urban agriculture / edited by Nico Bakker [and others].

Publication:

Feldafing, Germany : Deutsche Stiftung für Internationale Entwicklung, Zentralstelle für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft, [2000]

Description:

531 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm

Notes:
"April 2000"--Title page verso.
Outgrowth of an international workshop held in Havana, Cuba, Oct. 11-15, 1999.
At head of title: Deutsche Stiftung für Internationale Entwicklung (DSE), Swedish International Development Agency (Sida), Centre for Technical Co-operation in Agriculture (CTA), German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ), Cuban Association of Animal Production (ACPA).
Includes bibliographical references.
Pt 1. Thematic papers on urban agriculture -- Urban agriculture: definition, presence, potentials and risks -- Urban agriculture and sustainable cities -- The impact of urban agriculture on the household and local economies -- Urban agriculture and food security, nutrition and health -- Policy options for urban agriculture -- Institutional aspects of urban agriculture in the city of Dar es Salaam -- The integration of agriculture in urban policies. Part 2. City case studies from Africa, Latin America, Asia and Europe -- Accra: urban agriculture as an asset strategy, supplementing income and diets -- Cairo: urban agriculture and visions for a "modern" city -- Market-oriented urban agricultural production in Dakar -- Urban agriculture in Dar es Salaam: providing for an indispensable part of the diet -- Urban agriculture in Harare: between suspicion and repression -- Increasing food security through urban farming in Nairobi -- Urban agriculture in the city of Havana: a popular response to crisis -- NGO experiences in Lima targeting the urban poor through urban agriculture -- Mexico City: the integration of urban agriculture to contain urban sprawl -- La Paz: urban agriculture in harsh ecological conditions -- Urban agriculture in Cagayan de Oro: a favourable response of city government and NGOs -- Waste recycling through urban farming in Hubli-Dharwad -- Jakarta: urban agriculture as an alternative strategy to face the economic crisis -- Shanghai: trends towards specialised and capital-intensive urban agriculture -- Urban agriculture in London: rethinking our food economy -- Sofia: urban agriculture in an economy in transition.

ISBN:

3934068251 (paperback)
9783934068254 (paperback)

Subject:

Urban agriculture Congresses.
Urban agriculture Government policy Congresses.
Agriculture urbaine Congrès.
Agriculture urbaine Politique gouvernementale Congrès.
Urban agriculture.
Urban agriculture Government policy.

Form/genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Added entries:

Bakker, Nico.
Deutsche Stiftung für Internationale Entwicklung. Zentralstelle für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft.
Sweden. Styrelsen för internationell utveckling
Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (Ede, Netherlands)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit
Asociación Cubana de Producción Animal
Growing Cities, Growing Food (1999 : Havana, Cuba)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 256188
Call No.: BIB 186506
Status: Available