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Evaluación de la gestión de proyectos de inversión en la agricultura urbana
2019Milagros de la Caridad Mata Varela, Johana Meza Salvatierra, Ana Yilian Santana Mata · DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) · Global
This research evaluated investment project management in urban agriculture through its life cycle, applying eighteen indicators and a management index. The study concluded that an agroecological farm development project exhibited economic inefficiency during its first two years of operation due to an imbalance between income and expenses, preventing high management values.
Economic viabilityEconomicsPolicyPengembangan Model Usaha Tanaman Hidroponik Melalui Pemanfaatan Teknologi Tepat Guna Berbasis Media Informasi Pada Komunitas Umkm Pertanian Perkotaan
2019Chabib Musthofa, Muhammad Andik Izzuddin · DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) · Indonesia
This study developed a hydroponic plant business model using information-based appropriate technology for urban agricultural UMKM communities in SERPIS KRPL, Wonocolo, Surabaya, Indonesia. Employing the ADDIE method, the research quantitatively measured the effectiveness, efficiency, and attractiveness of the developed products. Validation tests showed high scores: content expert validation at 81.29%, media and design expert validation at 96.43%, and individual trials at 81.67%. The developed website and social media successfully met the communication needs of the UMKM KRPL SERPIS community and diverse online users for their business processes.
Digital agricultureEconomicsCommunityAgricultura Urbana e Periurbana
2019Maira dos Santos, Mariana Campos Martins Machado · Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional · Brazil (Florianópolis)
A qualitative study was conducted with 11 participating families of a community garden in the Campeche neighborhood of Florianópolis, Brazil, to evaluate the impact of Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture (AUP) on Food and Nutritional Security (SAN) and eating behavior. Through interviews using semi-structured questionnaires, the community garden was understood as a space for health promotion, strengthening healthy eating practices, and preserving the municipality's food culture. The community garden proved effective in promoting and guaranteeing SAN principles, strengthening healthy eating practices, and fostering citizenship.
CommunityFood sovereignty & justiceHealthOrganic cycleCollaborative Planning for Sustainable Urban Infrastructure in Frankfurt am Main
2019Michael Peterek, Susana Restrepo Rico, Yaman Hebbo, Ulrike Reichhardt · Technical Transactions · Germany (Frankfurt am Main)
This paper showcases sectoral and trans-sectoral projects in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, focusing on sustainable urban infrastructure across energy, water, wastewater, solid waste, and urban agriculture. The city has developed a collaborative approach to infrastructure planning, increasing possibilities for trans-sectoral projects and reducing natural resource consumption. The showcased projects were selected from a study of 36 operational, programmatic, and educational initiatives implemented by the city.
PolicyCommunityClimate changeThe foreseen future of urban gardening
2019Efrat Eizenberg · Manchester University Press eBooks · Global
This concluding chapter reviews the literature on urban gardening, outlining both enthusiastic approaches that focus on its transformative potential and critical approaches that analyze it as greenwash or a strategy of neoliberal development. The chapter discusses how the book's chapters address this gap in understanding urban gardening and the resolutions and new directions they offer. It states that urban gardening is sometimes analyzed as a form of greenwash and a strategy of neoliberal development.
Equity & displacementCommunityPolicyFood sovereignty & justicePotencialidades da produção de alimentos nas cidades: experiências de agricultura urbana no município de Pirapozinho – São Paulo
2019Daiara Batista Mendes · Geografia em Atos (Online) · Brazil (Pirapozinho)
This article identifies the potentialities of urban agriculture in Pirapozinho, São Paulo, focusing on food and economic use. Based on field research and interviews, the study found that urban agriculture provides quick access to quality products and fosters close farmer-consumer links. However, it also found that urban agricultural practices have not received due governmental attention at national or local scales, despite their potential.
Governance failureEconomicsFood sovereignty & justicePolicyTranslating Urban Walkability Initiatives for Older Adults in Rural and Under-Resourced Communities
2019Alexandra Klann, Linh Gia Vu, Mollie Ewing, Mark Fenton, Rachele Pojednic · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · Global
This review examines best practices from urban initiatives to increase walkability for older adults, focusing on their implementation in rural, resource-limited communities. The literature review revealed that simple, built environment approaches such as microscale and pop-up infrastructure, municipal parks, and community gardens can increase physical activity in urban neighborhoods for older adults. These strategies suggest great potential for rural communities.
CommunityHealthElderlyEcosocial Innovations and Their Capacity to Integrate Ecological, Economic and Social Sustainability Transition
2019Aila‐Leena Matthies, Ingo Stamm, Tuuli Hirvilammi, Kati Närhi · Sustainability · Europe
This article analyzed 50 examples of ecosocial innovations in Finland, Italy, Germany, Belgium, and the UK to investigate how they integrate ecological, economic, and social sustainability goals. Ecosocial innovations were shown to combine these goals through five integrative practices: diversity of activities, successful networking, addressing new livelihood, focus on food, and explicit conceptual work on sustainability. These practices often emerge as pragmatic solutions to local needs and are valuable as forerunners for sustainability transition.
CommunityClimate changeEconomicsPolicyProgramas de agricultura urbana como estrategia para la generación de modelos de negocios inclusivos
2019Juan Sebastián Hernandez, Diego Cardona Arbeláez, Clara Judith Brito Carrillo · Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja) · Colombia
This paper presents a qualitative case study of an urban agriculture program implemented by an NGO in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, from July 2017 to June 2018. The program targeted low-income populations, aiming to improve their food, environmental, and economic conditions. The study details the program's success factors, challenges, benefits for beneficiaries, and describes an inclusive business model derived from the NGO's strategy.
CommunityEconomicsWelfareURBAN HORTICULTURE – AGRICULTURE WITHIN THE LANDSCAPE OF NEW YORK CITY
2019Wiesława Gadomska · space&FORM · United States (New York City)
This article describes contemporary phenomena related to the introduction of new forms of urban horticulture in New York City. The observed phenomenon is multidimensional, where agrarian activity interacts with environmental, educational, social, and artistic issues within the city's landscape.
CommunityFood educationBiodiversityUrban Agriculture, Production and Marketing: The Tanzania Experience
2019M. R. S. Mlozi · · Tanzania
This chapter presents research findings from an urban agriculture project conducted in several towns in Tanzania. It discusses the market flow of agricultural products in Tanzanian towns, explaining that products come from two sources: household compounds and gardens, plots, and various open spaces not part of urban dwellers' household compounds. Several factors are involved in production and marketing operations, and their complexity tends to intensify and exacerbate problems.
EconomicsCommunityFood sovereignty & justiceSituated agroecology: massification and reclaiming university programs in Venezuela
2019Olga Domené-Painenao, Francisco Herrera · Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems · Venezuela
The Bolivarian University of Venezuela established the Program Degree in Agroecology (PDA) in 2004 to expand agroecological practices and knowledge. Over a decade, more than a thousand PDA graduates have contributed to agroecological scaling in urban and rural areas, playing a key role in urban agriculture amidst economic crisis. The PDA has created human talent for territorializing agroecology and institutionalizing pro-peasant policy in Venezuela.
Food sovereignty & justicePolicyEconomicsFood educationUrban–rural linkageEspacios hortícolas ciudadanos, redes e infraestructuras ambientales como factores de resiliencia urbana
2019Sonia Delgado Berrocal · Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja) · Spain (Madrid)
This research focuses on the experience of new green systems co-created through urban horticulture and ecological agriculture in Madrid, Spain, as factors for urban resilience. It examines projects on abandoned urban plots, such as Esta es una plaza de Lavapies (2008) and Huerto de la Tabacalera (2010), and educational community gardens like Huerto del Retiro (2011). The study also considers initiatives that educate urban horticulturists and local organic matter cycle actions within Madrid's urban garden network.
CommunityPolicyFood educationHealthMeasuring the Fate of Compost-Derived Phosphorus in Native Soil below Urban Gardens
2019Gaston E. Small, Sara Osborne, Paliza Shrestha, Adam D. Kay · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ·
This study measured phosphorus (P) concentrations in native soil below four- and six-year-old urban garden plots, collecting soil cores from five plots of each age. It found that inorganic weakly exchangeable P was significantly elevated in native soil below garden plots (>35 cm deep) compared to reference profiles, indicating accumulation of excess P from compost. This suggests that while urban agriculture can recycle P, over-application of compost may contribute to soil and water pollution.
Environmental trade-offsCompostOrganic cycleAgriculture Supported Communities: Connecting Low-income Communities with Small-scale Vegetable and Fruit Producing Farms (P04-128-19)
2019Renate M. Winkels, Susan Veldheer, Andrew Smith · Current Developments in Nutrition · United States (Pennsylvania)
Rodale Institute's Agriculture Supported Communities (ASC) program aimed to connect small-scale fruit and vegetable farms with low-income communities in Pennsylvania. Surveys were distributed among ASC shareholders in 2016 and 2017 to collect socio-economic data and program satisfaction, and SNAP usage was also evaluated. With 150 shareholders in 2016 and 151 in 2017, 59% of shareholders lived in low-income areas in 2016 and 50% in 2017; however, the program also reached a population at the other end of the economic spectrum, posing challenges for farmers regarding production and distribution.
WelfareCommunityCSA & TeikeiFood sovereignty & justiceInvestigation of Necessary Items for Garden Events to Revitalize Urban Communities
2019In-Kyoung Hong, Young Chae, Sangmi Lee, Young-Bin Jung · Journal of people, plants, and environment · South Korea
This study investigated necessary items for urban garden events to revitalize local communities, surveying 298 adults at the 8th Korean Urban Agriculture Expo. Participants indicated a desire for community unity, with 71 (23.8%) stating this as an event purpose. Analysis confirmed 15 necessary items, classified into "image of event" (Factor 1) and "evaluation item" (Factor 2). Factor 1 showed significance with age in five items and education level in six items, while Factor 2 showed significance with education level in four items but not with age.
CommunityFood educationHealthNext Steps from a School Gardening Partnership Conference (AGES: Academic Gardening to Enrich our Students): Expanding the Impact of School Gardens Through Higher Education, K-12 School and Community Coalitions
2019Martha Assefa, Pat Barnosky, Michelle Beaulieu, Amy Borg, Casey Burns, Marguerite Cawley, Jennifer De Jordy, Daina Cheyenne Harvey, Kelsey A. Hopkins, Sue Hunt, Joanne Jaber Gauvin, Isabelle Jenkins, Eliza Lawrence, Anna Marinescu, Mackenzie May, Gina Plata-Nino, Grace Sliwoski, Adam Saltsman · The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Network (American Medical Association) · United States (Worcester)
In Worcester, Massachusetts, a broad community coalition formed to brainstorm novel implementation models to improve the use and sustainability of school gardens in a city with high poverty and food insecurity rates. The group decided to foster new collaborations among higher education, K-12 schools, and community organizations. The resulting AGES conference provided information on school garden partnership models, curriculum integration, research evidence, community building strategies, and garden planning and maintenance.
Food educationCommunityHealthCommunity adaptation on ecological changes through urban farming innovation for family food security
2019Sumardjo, Aldrin Yusuf Firmansyah, Manikharda Manikharda · · Indonesia (Majalengka Regency)
In Majalengka Regency, threats to food security are worsened by the conversion of agricultural land to non-agricultural purposes. This research investigated how urban farming innovations could be a solution to food security threats and how the community adapts to ecological changes, specifically land conversion and urban farming innovation, using participatory action research. The study found four types of adaptation to urban farming innovation: apathetic, reactive, proactive, and anticipatory, with field assistance facilitating increased community adaptation.
Food sovereignty & justiceCommunityClimate changeUrban–rural linkageTemperature Variability Differs in Urban Agroecosystems across Two Metropolitan Regions
2019Monika Egerer, Brenda B. Lin, Dave Kendal · Climate · Global
Habitat-scale temperatures were investigated in urban community gardens across the California Central Coast metropolitan region, USA, and the Melbourne metropolitan region, Australia. Despite very similar annual means, strong interregional differences in temperature variability were shown, likely due to differences in the scale and scope of temperature measurements and regional topography. The plants growing within these systems were largely the same, which may be due to gardeners' capacities to adapt their gardening behaviors to reduce adverse effects of local temperature variability.
CommunityClimate changeUrban–rural linkageSustentabilidad y agricultura urbana practicada por mujeres en la Zona Metropolitana de Ciudad de México, Valle de Chalco Solidaridad
2019Silvia Iveth Moreno Gaytán, Mercedes A. Jiménez-Velázquez, Martín Hernández Juárez · Estudios Sociales Revista de Alimentación Contemporánea y Desarrollo Regional · Mexico (Ciudad de México)
The sustainability of urban agriculture practiced by women in the Valle de Chalco Solidaridad, Mexico City Metropolitan Area, was investigated. A qualitative follow-up on 45 production units and a quantitative questionnaire to 25 female producers from Xico Kaa’a Comunicaciones A. C. were conducted. Urban agriculture's sustainability was found to be strong, contributing to family food self-sufficiency, employing agroecological techniques for environmental improvement, and over 50% of MESMIS diagnostic criteria were evaluated as sustainable.
CommunityFood sovereignty & justiceEconomicsOrganic cycleWelfare“Plant Some Plants, Plant Some Hope, Plant Some Future”. Urban Gardening at Lingnan University of Hong Kong: An Interview with Prof. Kin-Chi Lau
2019Rainer Einzenberger, Michaela Hochmuth · Digital Commons - Lingnan (Lingnan University) · China (Hong Kong)
An interview with Professor Kin-Chi Lau was conducted in March 2015 regarding the Urban Gardening Project at Lingnan University of Hong Kong. The interview portrayed the project's history, structures, and organizational characteristics, focusing on the challenges and difficulties participants faced in realizing the project.
Governance failureCommunityFood sovereignty & justicePolicyFood educationBiodiversidade e horta comunitária: relato de experiência envolvendo alunos com necessidades especiais
2019Rafaella Rodrigues Santos, Ana Clara Monte Teixeira, Andreza Cristina Stuchi, Alexandre Junio Borges Araujo, Daniela Araújo Vilela, Débora Brumatti Coutinho Messias, Felipe Ferreira Naves, Julia Hass, Lara Nascimento Zanato, Lara Parreira de Souza, Letícia Clemente Olmos Hernandes, Lorraine Mendes Barrada, Mayara Yukiko Yamada, Rafael Galisa de Oliveira, Tamires Do Carmo Dias, Yasmin de Araújo Ribeiro, Neusa Elisa Carignato Sposito, Carla Patrícia Bejo Wolkers · Revista Educação Artes e Inclusão · Brazil
This experience report details a project by PET BIO PONTAL and volunteer students from the Federal University of Uberlândia, Pontal Campus, involving 7th-grade students with special educational needs from a public special education school in Ituiutaba-MG, Brazil. The project aimed to teach about biodiversity in vegetable gardens through playful and inclusive methods, including sensory activities, garden implementation, and university visits. The project was well-received by the target audience and school management.
CommunityFood educationBiodiversityWelfarePower-shifts in the organizational landscapes of transport provision
2019Nadine Appelhans, Sabine Baumgart · · Morocco
An analysis of documents related to planning and agriculture and interviews with experts in Morocco indicated that urban and rural issues were treated as separate areas. Urban development affects daily travel distances as urban expansion changes distances between cultivated land and dwelling places. Data from Morocco show a lack of serious support for urban agriculture and animal husbandry in expanding urban agglomerations.
Governance failureEconomicsUrban–rural linkagePolicyCommunityPEMBERDAYAAN KELOMPOK DASA WISMA AGROPERTIWI DALAM PENGEMBANGAN PERTANIAN PERKOTAAN DI DUSUN PERMATA ANYAR DESA UBUNG KAJA KECAMATAN DENPASAR UTARA KOTA DENPASAR
2019Indayati Lanya, Ni Made Trigunasih, AI Nyoman Sunarta, I Dewa made Arthagama · Buletin Udayana Mengabdi · Indonesia (Denpasar)
On July 13, 2019, a training program on potted fruit and vegetable cultivation techniques was conducted in Denpasar City for 40 members of the Dasa Wisma Agropertiwi group. The training, which included instruction and demonstrations of cultivation methods, enhanced participants' knowledge and skills. Participants showed enthusiasm and requested additional training on organic fertilizer production.
Food educationDIYCommunityEnclave deliberation and common-pool resources: an attempt to apply Civic Preference Forum on community gardening in Hungary
2019Fanni Bársony, György Lengyel, Éva Perpék · Quality & Quantity · Hungary
This paper analyzed the experiences of a Civic Preference Forum organized for community gardeners in Hungary in 2017. The study aimed to assess if the forum was an adequate format for discursive participation and how this deliberative method could be applied to common-pool institution design for community gardening. Findings indicated that the Civic Preference Forum fulfilled the criteria of equal and open discursive participation, and the analytic dimensions of discourse quality analysis worked well. The forum provided new scientific knowledge on community gardens as common-pool resources, revealing that gardeners' discourse focused on themes such as dependence and independence, monitoring and control, active and passive membership, equal and unequal participation, free riding and collective action, and rules and norms of land cultivation and behavior.
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