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Database research record2000·Peru

NGO experiences in Lima targeting urban poor through urban agriculture.

Andres Dasso, Teobaldo Pinzas

Urban Farm DB summary

In Lima, Peru, a city with an infertile sandy environment and 0.0 mm average rainfall, urban agriculture has been implemented since the late 1980s to improve the living conditions of the resource-poor urban population. This initiative addresses the rapid urban growth experienced by Lima between the 1950s and 1990s, primarily due to migration.