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Database research record2021·Argentina

Sustainable Food Production for a Resilient Rosario

WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities

WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities

Urban Farm DB summary

Rosario, Argentina launched an urban agriculture program in response to the 2001 economic crisis, evolving through a 2004 ordinance allowing temporary use of vacant land, two flood-mitigating 'Parques Huerta' opened in 2007-2008, and a 2011 ordinance designating 800 hectares of peri-urban land as a green belt. The program now covers 75 hectares of agroecological production plus the 800-hectare peri-urban belt, yields 2,500 tons of produce a year, involves more than 2,400 participating families, and has created 7 new permanent market spaces. Locally produced vegetables are estimated to cut associated greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 95%, and the project won the WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities 2020-2021 grand prize.

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  • 75 hectares

    land area agroecological production(urban agriculture rosario)

    Yield
    region
    Rosario, Argentina
    year
    2020-2021 prize cycle
  • 800 hectares

    protected periurban agricultural land(peri urban greenbelt)

    Policy
    region
    Rosario, Argentina
    year
    designated 2011
  • 2,500 tons_per_year

    annual produce output(urban agriculture rosario)

    Yield
    region
    Rosario, Argentina
  • 2,400

    participating families count(urban agriculture rosario)

    Social
    region
    Rosario, Argentina
    method
    reported as '2,400+ families' (floor value)
  • 95 %↓ Decrease

    ghg emissions reduction pct(local vegetable supply chain)

    ClimateControl: emisiones asociadas a la entrega convencional de vegetales (no cuantificada en la página)
    region
    Rosario, Argentina
    method
    estimated ('as much as 95%')
  • 7↑ Increase

    new permanent market spaces(urban agriculture rosario)

    Economics
    region
    Rosario, Argentina
  • 36 %

    municipal area suitable for agriculture pct(land inventory agriculture conversion)

    Policy
    region
    Rosario, Argentina
    method
    inventory with UN-Habitat and National University of Rosario
  • 3,000

    people evacuated flood 2007(2007 flood)

    Climate
    region
    Rosario, Argentina
    year
    2007
    method
    record rainfall over 5 days

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