Urban Farm DB

Urban farming in Peru

7 citizen-driven urban farms recorded in Peru. Each entry documents who runs it, how the land is held, and where the information came from — nothing is listed without a source.

Gap space
Interim use2004

Huertos en Línea (Villa María del Triunfo, Lima)

PELima, Peru

An urban agriculture project running since 2004 in Villa María del Triunfo, southern Lima, using vacant land under high-voltage power lines for women-led ecological gardens that build food security and community resilience.

CommunityWelfareFood education+1

corresponsables.com+1

Community garden
2018

Biohuerto Ayllu 21 (Villa El Salvador, Lima)

PELima, Peru

In an arid peripheral district of Lima, older women turned wasteland into a 1,400 m² agroecological garden. A resident-led response to food insecurity and the climate crisis, it puts urban agriculture at the heart of neighbourhood food and social life.

CommunityElderlyCompost+2

es.wikipedia.org+2

Gap space
2018

Lima Hydroponics and Community Kitchen Integration

PELima, Peru

Multiple community kitchens in Metropolitan Lima operate hydroponics systems optimizing water and nutrient use. Vegetables produced are directly used in linked community kitchens for meal preparation, linking food security with healthy food access.

Food educationCommunityOrganic cycle

panoramas.secure.pitt.edu

Community garden

MUSA Project (Women United for Food & Environmental Security)

PELima, Peru

MUSA project, led by Cuso International, provides agriculture training and community garden expansion for women farmers in low-income Lima districts. Addresses food insecurity and malnutrition across 350+ farmers and 204 gardens.

CommunityFood educationWelfare

cusointernational.org

Community garden

Feeding Lima from Within

PELima, Peru

30-month initiative to boost Lima's local food production. Transforms gardens into hubs with composting and organic cycle training, plus fair trade labeling to support sustainable local agriculture.

CommunityFood educationOrganic cycle+1

cusointernational.org

Community garden

Biohuertos Comunitarios "Maná Mi Hermosa Huerta" (Comas, Lima)

PEComas, Lima, Peru

A community organic garden in Comas, in the largely rainless megacity of Lima, run largely by elderly migrant women — a citizen-led urban farm fostering food security, climate adaptation and community ties.

CommunityElderlyFood education

foodtank.com+1

Community garden

Project Wawa Illari, Pachacámac, Lima

PELima, Peru

A multi-sectoral project in the rocky peripheral settlements of the Pachacámac district south of metropolitan Lima, Peru, targeting households with children aged 0–3. Community health promoters delivered home and community gardening, nutrition and parenting workshops in sequence, aiming to improve early child development and household food security. The design uses gardens as an entry point to nutrition and parenting rather than as a stand-alone activity.

Food educationCommunityWelfare

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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