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Peer-reviewed research and reports on community urban agriculture, food education, composting, welfare and more.
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Conservation and Use of Latin American Maize Diversity: Pillar of Nutrition Security and Cultural Heritage of Humanity
2021Guzzon F., Arandia Rios L.W., Caviedes Cepeda G.M., Céspedes Polo M., Chavez Cabrera A., Muriel Figueroa J., Medina Hoyos A.E., Jara Calvo T.W., Molnar T.L., Narro León L.A. · Agronomy 11(1):172 · Latin America
Reviews the fundamental role of Latin American maize landraces for food security, livelihoods and culture, the threat of genetic erosion, and the current state of their conservation and use.
Heirloom & landraceBiodiversityHealthCommunity秋田県における在来ナス品種の遺伝的類縁関係および導入経路
2021中川 睦司, 高橋 秀和, 上田 健治, 渡辺 明夫, 赤木 宏守, 櫻井 健二 · 園芸学研究（Hort. Res. (Japan)）, 20(4): 379-385 · Japan
Using SSR markers on four Akita native eggplant varieties and 46 domestic landraces, phylogenetic and population structure analyses inferred the genetic relationships and likely introduction routes of traditional Akita eggplant cultivars.
Heirloom & landraceBiodiversityCommunityThe Greenery of Early Modernist Housing Estates: The 1919–1927 Wałbrzych Agglomeration
2021Ludwig B. · Sustainability (MDPI) · Germany
Analyzes the significance of green-space design in early modernist housing estates (1919–1927) in then-German Lower Silesia, addressing urban layout, public/private greenery systems including gardens, and protection of valued trees from natural, landscape, and social perspectives.
BiodiversityCommunityHealthPractices in building housing and settlements in the Nazi era. Case study: Breslau
2021Störtkuhl B. · Architectus, No. 3(67), pp. 25–37 · Germany
Studies how the self-build Reichsheimstätten, originating as a late-Weimar crisis measure, became central to Nazi housing policy aimed at 're-rooting' the population in German soil, using Breslau as a case study.
PolicyCommunityConsumer attitudes to vertical farming (indoor plant factory with artificial lighting) in China, Singapore, UK, and USA: A multi-method study
2021Ares G., Ha B., Jaeger S. R. · Food Research International 150:110811 · Global
Examines consumer attitudes to vertical farming across the USA, UK, Singapore and China using online surveys and a novel text-highlighting method, contrasting perceived benefits like sustainability with concerns over price and naturalness across markets.
EconomicsGrowing-Service Systems: New Business Models for Modular Urban-Vertical Farming
2021Martin M., Bustamante M. J. · Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 5:787281 · Sweden
Proposes and analyzes 'growing-service systems'—a product-service-system business model for modular urban-vertical farming—exploring how service-oriented value provision beyond product sales can create new commercial opportunities for the sector.
EconomicsA qualitative comparative analysis of collaborative governance structures as applied in urban gardens
2021Molenveld A., Voorberg W., Van Buuren A., Hagen L. · Public Management Review · Netherlands
Fuzzy-set QCA of 14 Dutch urban gardens with partnerships among citizens, public authorities, and private actors, identifying financial independence, institutionalization, and a small core volunteer group as key to garden durability.
PolicyCommunityThe global rise of urban rooftop agriculture: A review of worldwide cases
2021Appolloni E., Orsini F., Specht K., Thomaier S., Sanyé-Mengual E., Pennisi G., Gianquinto G. · Journal of Cleaner Production 296:126556 · Global
Systematic review of rooftop agriculture cases worldwide, mapping diverse business forms including commercial and social models, and their integration into urban food policy and planning.
EconomicsPolicyFood security: The role of urban and peri-urban agriculture. A case of Dar es Salaam City, Tanzania
2021Malekela A. A., Nyomora A. M. S. · International Journal of Biosciences (INNSPUB) 18(6):204-214 · Tanzania
This case study in Dar es Salaam finds urban and peri-urban agriculture positively contributes to food security: 84% of crop-producing farmers engaged primarily to obtain food and income, underscoring UPA's role for the urban poor.
WelfareEconomicsAssociations between Food Policy Councils and Policies That Support Healthy Food Access: A National Survey of Community Policy Supports
2021Lange S. J., Calancie L., Onufrak S. J., Reddy K. T., Palmer A., Warnock A. L. · Nutrients 13(2):683 · United States
National survey showing that the presence of food policy councils is associated with local policies supporting healthy food access, including for food-insecure populations, underscoring their role in food system governance.
PolicyWelfareHealthSchool-based gardening, cooking and nutrition intervention increased vegetable intake but did not reduce BMI: Texas sprouts - a cluster randomized controlled trial
2021Davis J. N., Pérez A., Asigbee F. M., Landry M. J., Vandyousefi S., Ghaddar R., Hoover A., Jeans M., Nikah K., Fischer B., Pont S. J., Richards D., Hoelscher D. M., Van Den Berg A. E. · International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 18:18 · United States
Cluster RCT in 16 elementary schools. A one-year gardening, cooking and nutrition program significantly increased children's vegetable intake but did not reduce BMI or other obesity outcomes.
HealthFood educationHome gardening improves dietary diversity, a cluster-randomized controlled trial among Tanzanian women
2021Blakstad M. M., Mosha D., Bellows A. L., Canavan C. R., Chen J. T., Mlalama K., Kinabo J., Noor R. A., Madzorera I., Sando M. M., Spiegelman D., Masanja H., Fawzi W. W. · Maternal & Child Nutrition 17(2):e13096 · Tanzania
Cluster RCT among 1,006 reproductive-age women in Tanzania. A home gardening intervention improved women's dietary diversity and household food security after one year compared with controls.
WelfareHealth団地内のコミュニティスペースが地域の繋がりに与える影響に関する研究
2021千葉 舞優, 西村 亮彦 · 景観・デザイン研究講演集 No.17 · Japan
Using Odakyu's regenerated Hoshinotani Danchi as a case study, this research examines the planning and operation of community spaces including the Hatamusubi rental farm, Kissaten Laundry café, and childcare support facilities, showing how movement between facilities generates small-scale exchange including the surrounding area.
CommunityPolicyHealth農地保全等にかかる検討報告書
2021世田谷区 · 世田谷区 検討報告書 · Japan
Setagaya's review report from its urban-agriculture and farmland-conservation PT after the 2022 productive-green-area issue, outlining the current state and future direction of publicly supported urban farmland use including buy-out conservation, agriculture-welfare collaboration, ward allotments and community farms such as Tamaribatake.
PolicyCommunityWelfareFood educationGlobal mapping of urban-rural catchment areas reveals unequal access to services
2021Cattaneo, A., Nelson, A., McMenomy, T. · PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences) 118(2) · Global
The foundational paper on the Urban-Rural Catchment Areas (URCA) typology, mapping the urban-rural continuum worldwide as 30 classes (7 city sizes × 3 travel-time bands) and showing unequal access to services.
PolicyEconomicsEconomic and Social Development along the Urban-Rural Continuum: New Opportunities to Inform Policy
2021Cattaneo A., Adukia A., Brown D.L., Christiaensen L., Evans D.K., Haakenstad A.M., McMenomy T., Partridge M., Vaz S., Weiss D.J. · World Development / World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 9756 · Global
About 25% of the world's people live in the peri-urban areas of small and mid-size cities. Proximity to large cities is strongly correlated with lower poverty, while mid-size-city fringes face a 'peri-urban penalty'. Establishes URCA as a core policy framework.
PolicyEconomicsCity Region Food Systems: Building Resilience to COVID-19 and Other Shocks
2021FAO, RUAF · FAO / RUAF · Global
A casebook on strengthening COVID-19 resilience of urban-rural food connections through the City Region Food Systems (CRFS) approach, demonstrating the interlinkage of food distribution, waste, food security and farmer livelihoods.
PolicyRe-energizing Japan's teikei movement: Understanding intergenerational transitions of diverse economies
2021Kondo C. · Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 10(4):103-121 · Japan
A case study of generational handover in two Kansai teikei groups, analyzing how the transition to a successor generation re-energizes the groups as 'diverse economies'.
CommunityEnvironmental impacts and resource use of urban agriculture: A systematic review and meta-analysis
2021Dorr, E., Goldstein, B., Horvath, A., Aubry, C., Gabrielle, B. · Environmental Research Letters 16, 093002 · Global
A systematic review and meta-analysis (53 studies) of urban agriculture's environmental impacts and resource use, quantitatively showing that effects vary widely by farm form, scale and technology, and evaluating life-cycle assessment against rural farming.
BiodiversityUrban agriculture — A necessary pathway towards urban resilience and global sustainability?
2021Langemeyer J., Madrid-López C., Mendoza Beltran A., Villalba Méndez G. · Landscape and Urban Planning 210, 104055 · Global
Critically examines whether urban agriculture is a 'necessary pathway' to urban resilience and global sustainability, evaluating its contributions and limits across five dimensions: food, water, energy, ecosystem services and social integration.
BiodiversityUrban and Peri-Urban Agriculture as a Tool for Food Security and Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: The Case of Mestre
2021Lucertini G., Di Giustino G. · Sustainability (MDPI) 13(11), 5999 · Italy
Using Mestre (near Venice) as a case, analyzes how peri-urban agriculture can combine food security with climate mitigation and adaptation, quantifying linked benefits of carbon sequestration, urban heat-island mitigation and local food self-sufficiency.
As the city grows, what do farmers do? A systematic review of urban and peri-urban agriculture under rapid urban growth across the Global South
2021Follmann, A., Willkomm, M., Dannenberg, P. · Landscape and Urban Planning 215, 104186 · Global
A meta-analysis of 92 studies across 83 Global South cities, showing that peri-urban agriculture under rapid urbanization faces both pressures—displacement/marginalization of farmland and expansion/intensification driven by rising food demand.
EconomicsUptake of Climate Smart Agriculture in Peri-Urban Areas of South Africa's Economic Hub Requires Up-Scaling
2021Chitakira, M., Ngcobo, N. · Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems · South Africa
A mixed-methods study (n=36) of peri-urban smallholders in the Tshwane metro (Gauteng), South Africa, documenting a knowledge-practice gap—high experiential awareness of climate change but low recognition of 'Climate Smart Agriculture' as a framework—and calling for up-scaling its uptake.
PolicyCommunity gardening in Hellinikon as a resistance struggle against neoliberal urbanism: spatial autogestion and the right to the city in post-crisis Athens, Greece
2021Apostolopoulou E., Kotsila P. · Urban Geography, 43(2), 293–319 · Greece (Athens)
Examining the Hellinikon self-organized guerrilla garden that emerged as resistance to real estate redevelopment of the former Athens international airport, the paper argues that community gardening can embed grassroots opposition to neoliberal urban transformation and assert the right to urban space.
CommunityPolicyWelfareEconomicsAssembling agroecological socio-natures: a political ecology analysis of urban and peri-urban agriculture in Rosario, Argentina
2021Hammelman C., Shoffner E., Cruzat M., Lee S. · Agriculture and Human Values · Argentina (Rosario)
Drawing on interviews with 30 stakeholders in Rosario, the study applies assemblage and urban political ecology frameworks to reveal how institutionalized agroecology constructs valued socio-natures amid land pressure and economic marginalization.
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