Research & reports

Peer-reviewed research and reports on community urban agriculture, food education, composting, welfare and more.

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• The greening of the "barrios": Urban agriculture for food security in Cuba

  1999

  Altieri M.A., Companioni N., Cañizares K., Murphy C., Rosset P., Bourque M., Nicholls C.I. · Agriculture and Human Values · Cuba (Havana)

  This study analyzes Cuba's grassroots urban agriculture movement that emerged after the 1989 Soviet collapse, showing how ~8,000 gardens nationwide operated on agroecological principles without synthetic inputs, providing Havana with thousands of tonnes of produce by 1996.

  CommunityPolicyBiodiversityOrganic cycle
  Read source →DOI: 10.1023/A:1007545304561

• In Situ Conservation of Landraces in Centers of Crop Diversity

  1995

  Brush S. B. · Crop Science 35(2):346-354 · Global

  A foundational paper presenting three cases of ongoing farmer maintenance of landraces—potatoes in the Peruvian Andes, maize in southern Mexico and wheat in western Turkey—and the rationale for in situ conservation.

  Heirloom & landraceBiodiversityPolicy
  Read source →DOI: 10.2135/cropsci1995.0011183X003500020009x

• Urban horticulture: a part of the biodiversity picture

  1994

  H. B. Tukey · Cambridge University Press eBooks · Global

  This paper defines urban horticulture as the functional use of plants to improve urban environments. It states that urban horticulture contributes to screening views, food production, reducing noise and air pollution, ameliorating urban climates, and improving human well-being. The abstract notes that information on city plants often comes from observations and anecdotes, and that strategies from commercial agriculture do not always apply well to urban horticulture.

  BiodiversityHealthClimate changeFood sovereignty & justice
  Read source →DOI: 10.1017/cbo9780511759406.020

• Urban Horticulture: Horticulture for Populated Areas1

  1983

  H. B. Tukey · HortScience · Global

  Urban horticulture is defined as a scientific field focused on the functional uses of plants to maintain and improve urban environments. These functional uses extend beyond aesthetics to include screening against wind and views, influencing climate, reducing noise, combating air pollution, providing food, and enhancing human well-being in densely populated areas. The audience for urban horticulture includes landscape professionals, plant societies, and amateur horticulturists.

  CommunityHealthClimate changeBiodiversity
  Read source →DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.18.1.11