Urban Greens
Cairo, Egypt · Operator: Urban Greens (Social Startup)
Overview
A Cairo-based social startup using rooftops to address food security and build community resilience through urban agriculture.
Citizen participation
Citizen-led rooftop agriculture initiative addressing food security and community resilience in Cairo.
Operating model
Social startup model building community resilience through urban agriculture, especially during food crises.
Impact
Contributes to food security in Egypt and demonstrates rooftop farming viability in water-scarce regions.
Crops
- vegetables
- herbs
- greens
Scale
Multiple rooftop sites across Cairo focusing on food security and community resilience
Sources（1）
This entry is compiled from the public sources, official sites and research below.
Related cases
Rooftop Republic
HKHong Kong, Hong Kong
Founded in 2015, this Hong Kong social enterprise turns underused spaces such as rooftops into organic farms, having built 50+ urban farms across the city, and links food-loss reduction with education by composting building food waste back into the farms.
rooftoprepublic.com+1
Taito Ward x Daimaru Matsuzakaya Rooftop-Garden Compost Cycle (Ueno)
JPTokyo, Japan
A public-private food cycle in central Tokyo where Taito Ward, the Daimaru Matsuzakaya department store, and Local Food Cycling partner to compost household food scraps and grow vegetables at the Matsuzakaya Ueno rooftop garden.
matsuzakaya.co.jp+2
Kochi organic terrace farming (household initiative)
INKochi, India
An urban homestead-farming initiative in the Kochi Corporation area in which households grow organic vegetables on terraces toward self-sufficiency. It uses grow bags and vermicompost to recycle household waste efficiently into cultivation.
cityfarmer.info+1
P-Patch Community Gardens
USSeattle, United States
Seattle's municipal community-garden program, P-Patch, dates to the 1970s. Residents grow food organically at sites across the city, and each garden's 'Giving Garden' donates its harvest to food banks.
seattle.gov+1