Resources Tagged: Urban

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  1. FM 2015 Farming Matters Vol 31 #3

    2015-09-20 Water is the engine of change Protecting the paramo Farming for healthy urban tap water Water harvesting: nourishing the land, body and mind A technology to drastically save irrigation water Struggle and success in an inter-regional water conflict in the Peruvian Andes A watershed evolving From...
    Water Use Water Security Irrigation Farming Andes Watershed Management Urban

  2. FM 2016 Farming Matters Vol 32 #3

    2016-09-20 The true cost of food Seeing is believing - urban agroecological transition How peasants read their farm Short chains bring long-term gains Ideas and initiatives from the field Agroecology contributes to the Sustainable Development Goals New books on assessing impact of agroecology How to...
    Agroecology Food Cost Urban Sustainable Develo...

  3. Technical Details on the Microgardening Production System

    By Abdoulaye Seck The Microgardening technology is mainly based on 1 or 0.5 m2 wood tables and therefore, can be installed everywhere. Land is an issue in peri-urban/urban and even in some rural areas. The technology can be installed everywhere in household compounds (even in terraces and...
    Gardening Microgardening Rooftop Gardening Tire Garden Urban Gardening Urban

  4. Urban Garden Resources

    Many people today are finding themselves in situations where they need to produce food in what is considered unconventional agriculture conditions. Whether it be due to the restrictions of limited space, such is the case for those living in cities or challenges of work with community gardens,...
    Urban Urban Gardening Urban Agriculture

  5. Rooftop Gardening - Tim Motis (2010)

    This video is a description of the Urban Garden landscape at the ECHO Global Farm in North Fort Myers, FL. Dr. Motis describes in detail the methods used and decisions made in its design. This video is split into multiple parts: Part 2:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ax9uqV_mbY Part 3:...
    Urban Agriculture Urban Gardening Urban

  6. Gardening on Rooftops: The Last Agricultural Frontier

    2008-01-01 Low cost, low technology, lightweight methods to produce food on rooftops and other locations above the ground.
    Rooftop Gardening Urban Agriculture Urban Gardening Urban

  7. Gardening on Rooftops: the last agricultural frontier

    2008-01-01 Low cost, low technology, lightweight methods to produce food on rooftops and other locations above the ground. Introduction As this is being written, food riots in Port-au-Prince, Haiti are making the news. Food riots and demonstrations are starting to occur in other cities in other impoverished...
    Urban Rooftop Gardening Urban Agriculture Urban Gardening

  8. BioNica - Grow the Soil / Seed Network

    Sustainable Agriculture for Small-Scale Growers in Nicaragua The mission ofBioNicais to provide training in Nicaragua on how to reclaim depleted soil –“Grow the Soil”– so the soil can grow nutritionally balanced crops. Participants include: 1) agricultural technicians working with...
    Sustainable Agricu... French Intensive Permaculture Agroforestry Urban Gardening Urban

  9. For hunger-proof cities: sustainable urban food systems

    The 20th century witnessed a massive growth in urban populations. In 1990, one-third of the world's people lived in cities of one million or more. As a result, hunger and malnutrition are on the increase worldwide, as the global food system fails to satisfy the growing demand of the urban...
    Urban Food Systems Urban

  10. Urban Malaria in Africa /Proceedings of a Technical Consultation on the Strategy for Assessment and Control Of Urban Malaria, Pretoria, South Africa, 02-05 December 2004

    2004-01-01 This document is a report of the technical consultation on strategy for assessment and control of urban malaria in Africa, held in Pretoria South Africa from 2nd to 5th December 2004.
    Urban Urban Malaria