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Belo Horizonte (MG): três décadas inovando na agricultura urbana e na agroecologia

Eduardo Sá

Articulação Nacional de Agroecologia (ANA)

Urban Farm DB summary

An article tracing three decades of Belo Horizonte's urban agriculture and agroecology policy, from the 1993 founding of the municipal food and agriculture policy department (SMAB) through the 2004 creation of Amau and the 2018 launch of a participatory organic-certification system (SPG-RMBH). It reports that in 2019 the city's food bank handled 387,905 tons of food and school meal programs served 84.7 million meals.

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  • 387,905 t

    food distributed(food bank belo horizonte)

    Social
    region
    Belo Horizonte, Brazil
    year
    2019
    method
    banco de alimentos municipal
  • 84,700,000 meals

    meals served(school meals belo horizonte)

    Social
    region
    Belo Horizonte, Brazil
    year
    2019
    method
    programa municipal de merenda escolar
  • 82,600,000 brl↑ Increase

    annual budget(belo horizonte food security budget)

    EconomicsControl: orçamento de 2016 (R$60,06 milhões)
    region
    Belo Horizonte, Brazil
    year
    2020
    method
    null
  • 840 families

    participant count(rede sisal belo horizonte)

    Social
    region
    Belo Horizonte, Brazil
    year
    2021
    method
    Rede Sisal: 90 organizações, 840 famílias

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  • Policy and governanceSupports
  • Food securitySupports

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