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Database research record2017·Brazil

Agricultura urbana: o desenvolvimento de um projeto social

Joice Zagna Valent, Letí­cia de Oliveira, Vinicius Dornelles Valent

DRd - Desenvolvimento Regional em debate

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This descriptive study aimed to describe a social urban agriculture project in a community located in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Through a literature review and a semi-structured interview with the project coordinator, it was shown that urban agriculture possesses social, economic, ecological, and symbolic dimensions beyond food production. The study concluded that various projects developed around urban food cultivation, with main impacts including the promotion of food security, generation of employment and income, environmental management, social integration, and development of human capital.