Urban and peri-urban agriculture sourcebook

Urban and peri-urban agriculture sourcebook
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2022-06-03
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9251361118

The purpose of this book is to set out the key lessons learned and to provide recommendations and guidance based on existing cases and examples for a wide range of actors involved in urban food systems. In particular, the aim is for this publication to serve as a sourcebook for local decision-makers, policy advisors, urban planners, specialists, practitioners and others involved in urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA). The sourcebook is also for those involved in the design and implementation of production schemes, planning of urban food strategies, and policies concerning agriculture in urban and peri-urban areas.

Land Assessment Framework for Peri-Urban Agriculture

Land Assessment Framework for Peri-Urban Agriculture
Author: Rajesh Bahadur Thapa
Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2010-06
Genre: Hanoi (Vietnam)
ISBN: 9783838301891

In order to gain higher productivity and profitability, the competition between demand and supply of land for different activities plays crucial role in land use morphology that challenges urban and peri-urban land use planners and managers. The transformation of conventional agricultural areas to modern cash crops and urban areas is a current trend in peri-urban Hanoi. The land assessment framework for sustainable peri-urban agriculture was a result of the combined techniques of Remote Sensing (RS), Geographic Information System (GIS), and Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP) integrated with local knowledge. The whole framework identifies the urban sprawl dynamics and directions over the last decade, the land use patterns, and the linkages between peri-urban and urban areas, and it prepares a spatial decision scenario for the peri-urban agriculture at different levels of suitability. This empirical framework provides a cost effective, rapid land evaluation framework which can be easily propagated to other areas and may help policy makers, urban and regional planners, and researchers working in developing countries.

Cities Farming for the Future

Cities Farming for the Future
Author: International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Publisher: IDRC
Total Pages: 474
Release: 2014-05-14
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1552502163