Research & reports

Anguo Qi · Hubei nongye kexue · China

This study established a landscape planning program evaluation model for urban leisure agricultural parks using the AHP-TOPSIS method. Evaluation factors included functional orientation, spatial layout, agricultural features, traffic organization, scenic attractions, service facilities, and vegetation landscape. The results showed better differentiation, providing a basis for decision-makers in urban agricultural park projects to promote sustainable development.

Maijun, Sasmito Jati Utama · Aplikasi Administrasi Media Analisa Masalah Administrasi · Indonesia (Surabaya)

This qualitative descriptive study analyzed the effectiveness of an urban farming catfish aquaculture program in Medokan Ayu Village, Rungkut District, Surabaya City. The program was concluded to be less effective overall, showing no impact on the welfare of the poor. Low understanding among participants led to cultivation failures, and the program did not achieve its goals of poverty reduction or increased income.

Qinyan, Liu · 亚洲农业研究：英文版 · China

This paper analyzed the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of urban agriculture in Xixian New Area using the SWOT method. Combining the actual conditions of urban agriculture development in Xixian New Area, it discussed general and specific development modes. It concluded that urban agriculture in Xixian New Area should leverage its strengths, avoid weaknesses, and select suitable development modes and paths.

Tathagata Chatterji · South Asia Journal of South Asian Studies · India (Gurgaon)

A case study of Gurgaon, India, examined how local political factors, the rural-urban divide, and inter-governmental conflicts influenced the governance of a rapidly globalizing urban region. The study found that Gurgaon's real estate-driven transformation from a rural town to an outsourcing hub, involving the conversion of peri-urban agricultural land, has resulted in a fragmented landscape with glaring inequalities. This rapid urban makeover created everyday tensions and contradictions, particularly evident with the formation of a new municipal corporation.

Cai Xin-y · Beijing Linye Daxue xuebao · China (Beijing)

This study investigated the factors influencing residents' willingness to participate in allot gardens in Beijing. A survey of 872 Beijing residents was conducted from August to October 2012, and the data was analyzed using a binary dependent variable logistic regression model and maximum likelihood method. The findings revealed that cognitive status, marital status, education level, age, income, and occupation significantly influence residents' participation willingness.

WU De-hu · Anhui nongye kexue · China (Zhengzhou)

This study elaborated on the significance of developing characteristic agriculture in China's Central Economic Zone, using Zhengzhou urban agriculture as an example. It identified existing problems in urban agriculture development, including understanding deviation, extensive development, market confusion, short industrial chains, low specialization, and harsh environments. The research proposed countermeasures such as strengthening government macro-control, perfecting compensation mechanisms, and promoting scientific innovation and industrialization.

吕艳 · 农业工程技术：温室园艺 · China (Beijing)

The 3rd International Urban Agricultural Science and Technology Festival was held in Tongzhou, Beijing, from September 12 to 13, 2013. Over 300 representatives from national agencies, local governments, agricultural research institutions, domestic and international agricultural enterprises, and foreign embassies in China attended the event at the Tongzhou Beijing International Urban Agricultural Science and Technology Park. China Agricultural University hosted this conference.

舒显奇梁建琼官智茹陈丽 · 农村经济 · China (Chengdu)

This study briefly outlines the advantages and current status of urban agriculture development in Qionglai, a major agricultural county in Chengdu's outer suburbs. It discusses the problems encountered in developing urban agriculture and proposes countermeasures for Qionglai to advance its "Urban Agriculture Demonstration Project." The research is based on an understanding of urban agriculture's connotations, functions, and development status at home and abroad.

冉淑青, 周潮 · Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Sunyatseni · China

This study explores the guiding significance of the "Garden City" theory for the development and construction of new development zones in China. Addressing issues of sprawling urban expansion and urban-rural separation, it discusses the ideal composition of development zones guided by the Garden City concept. This includes urban clusters, urban complexes, urban green space systems and urban agriculture, rapid transportation systems, and development strategies for urban construction, industrial development, urban-rural integration, social management, and policy formulation.

Jaap Evers · · Vietnam (Hanoi)

This paper discusses the transfer of international commitments on green sustainable growth to local levels, focusing on integrated urban wastewater management in Hanoi, Vietnam. It highlights the substantial potential of urban and peri-urban agriculture to reuse urban wastewater for nutrient recovery and to serve as environmental service providers within urban sanitation systems. However, it notes that many local policymakers are unaware of the significance and opportunities of this practice.

Zhao Shu-ji · Tianjin Agricultural Sciences · China (Tianjin)

In Tianjin, the demand characteristics for financial support for urban agriculture development were investigated. The results showed that peasant households and agricultural zones had multiple needs for agricultural techniques, and urban agriculture development required significant support from government fiscal and monetary resources.

Senoaji Widianto, Cahyadi Nugraha, Khuria Amila · · Indonesia (Bandung)

This study presents an Agent Based Modeling & Simulation method to model the urban farming activities of the Bandung Berkebun Community in Bandung, Indonesia. The model shows the effect of system parameters such as the intensity of community programs, campaigns, and the availability of land for gardening on the growth of these activities. The output of the simulation model suggests that these activities can help to increase the supply of vegetables for the people of Bandung.

LI Rui-fen · Journal of Beijing University of Agriculture · China (Beijing)

This paper aimed to recognize the comprehensive level and scale of the agricultural structure in Beijing, China. It also sought to identify developing differences within Beijing's agricultural sector.

Ran Shu · Journal of Huaiyin Institute of Technology · China

This study examined the guiding significance of the over 100-year-old Garden City theory for the construction of new development zones in China. Addressing issues like continuous development and urban-rural separation in Chinese cities, the research analyzed the core ideas of the Garden City theory and its relevance for development zone construction. It discussed the ideal composition of development zones, including city groups, urban complexes, urban green space systems, urban agriculture, and rapid transit systems, as well as development tactics encompassing city construction, industrial development, urban-rural integration, social management, and policy formulation.

Hyunjin An, 박현영 · 국토계획 · South Korea

Overseas cases of "temporary uses" and "tactical urbanism" — including community gardens, Site Pre-Vitalization, Pop-up Town Hall and Temporary Urbanism Initiatives in Washington, D.C. — are reviewed to draw implications for treating vacant real estate as productive rather than useless in Korean urban regeneration. Amid stalled regeneration projects during Korea's economic recession, such small-scale, bottom-up, trial-and-error temporary uses are argued to serve as a first step toward lasting change.

Zhenshan Yang · 自然资源学报 · China (Beijing)

A study modeling city food footprint using supply-and-demand data, applied to Beijing over time. Beijing's food footprint grew from 11,800 km2 in 1993 to 29,400 km2 in 2010, about 1.8 times the city's territorial area, while per-capita food footprint stayed roughly stable at 0.127 hectares. The paper concludes that continuing population growth and shrinking arable land will force Beijing's food footprint further outward, and argues the city needs a different development strategy that strengthens local food supply through urban and peri-urban agriculture.

秦疏影 · Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Sunyatseni · China

A bibliometric analysis of Chinese research literature on urban agriculture indexed in the CNKI database from 1991 to 2012 examined five dimensions: the distribution of publications by year, by researcher, by research institution, by academic influence, and by discipline. The analysis found that dominant resources for urban agriculture research were concentrated in Beijing and the developed eastern coastal provinces and cities, that research institutions were mainly universities, and that research hotspots were concentrated in agricultural economics. The study recommends increasing resource allocation and research effort in western China to promote urban agriculture research there.

Qianning, Liu · 亚洲农业研究：英文版 · China (Beijing)

With the development of urban agriculture and digital libraries, theoretical research and development of specialized databases on urban agriculture is described as an inevitable trend. Based on an analysis of the advantages of the urban agriculture special database built by the library of Beijing University of Agriculture, the study examines the current status and problems of that database and proposes a development path for it.

Cao We · Economic Geography · China

This study first divided Pukou District, Nanjing City, China into four land-use functional zones — an optimized/integrated zone, a key development zone, an urban agricultural zone, and an ecological tourism zone — based on each town's resource and environmental endowments and development intensity and potential. Using survey data from 201 households in the study area and a BP artificial neural network model, it then analyzed how farmers' willingness influenced urban-rural harmony development across zone types. Satisfaction with relocation and with social insurance were the main influencing factors in the optimized/integrated zone; willingness toward large-scale land operation, worry about retirement life, and satisfaction with relocation were the main factors in the key development zone; and worry about retirement life, willingness toward large-scale land operation, and satisfaction with relocation were the main factors in both the urban agricultural zone and the ecological tourism zone. The study concludes that urban-rural harmony development should be pursued through differentiated approaches tailored to regional characteristics and to differences in farmers' willingness.

YU Zheng-son · Journal of Northwest University · China

This research applies the "Point-Axis System" theory to the development and planning of urban agriculture in the northern foothills of the Qinling Mountains in the core area of southern Xi'an City, China. Using major roads and rivers as axes and agricultural technology centers, leisure plantations, and agricultural science and technology parks as growth poles, it designs a planning model comprising eight centers, sixteen growth poles, one main axis, and six extended axes. The study also notes differences from prior applications of the theory, including a relatively single element flow, a loose relationship between poles and axes, a tight relationship between poles and their radiation areas, and high freedom in pole selection.

권용덕 · 경남정책 Brief · South Korea

A policy brief proposing a regional strategy for Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea, to foster agricultural cooperatives ("nongdan" cooperatives). It classifies these cooperative groups into rural types (production, processing, forestry, etc.), urban types — including urban agriculture groups such as weekend farms, veranda gardens, rooftop gardens and school gardens — and common types (daily necessities), arguing that such cooperatives contribute to the economic sustainability and self-reliant development capacity of rural communities. It lists tasks including expanded education, strict adherence to cooperative management principles, strengthened regional alliances, legal and institutional groundwork, promotion systems, business area development, and phased cultivation.

Qin Zhon · Shengtai kexue · China

This study applied SWOT analysis to examine the necessity, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of low-carbon agricultural development in Guangzhou, China. Based on the continuous optimization of urban agricultural structure, strengthened industrialized agricultural operation, accelerated agricultural scientific and technological innovation, strong agricultural infrastructure, and achievements in technology-dissemination systems, it proposes developing modern low-carbon urban agriculture as the strategic direction, to be pursued by improving technological innovation capability, promoting the demonstration and industrialization of new agricultural technologies, and continuously improving socialized service systems.

QI Airon · · China

Using entropy value analysis, obstacle degree analysis, and GIS spatial analysis, this study built an urban agro-ecological security evaluation system for Xi'an, China, and found the security index rose from 0.44 in 2002 to 0.68 in 2011. Urbanization had a large negative influence on the sustainability and system stability of urban agricultural resources but a positive influence on output growth and development assurance, while the average obstacle degree of the key limiting factors declined from 12.47% in 2003 to 7.05% in 2006 and 4.97% in 2011; the security index also varied spatially across districts, lowest (≤0.15) in Lianhu, Beilin, and Xincheng and highest (>0.35) in Chang'an and Yanliang, reflecting differences in agricultural production conditions, transport access, and linkage to the urban economy.

周祥 · 农业工程技术：温室园艺 · China

This article describes Yunnan province's recent push to "vigorously develop plateau-characteristic agriculture" and how the province's specialty agriculture has progressed from scattered small-scale operations to scaled development and the emergence of specialty industrial belts, raising demands on agricultural facilities. It profiles Yunnan Xinli Greenhouse Engineering Co., Ltd., stating the company has worked since its founding on agricultural-facility development in southwest China, providing engineering solutions for modern agriculture, urban agriculture, and plateau-characteristic agriculture; no independent data or evaluation results are given beyond this company profile.

康庆丽, Jian‐Hua Xu · 四川劳动保障 · China

This practice report from Pixian county, China, describes the construction of a "1+3" modern agricultural talent workstation service model, aimed at linking experts, enterprises and farmers to create a combined effect exceeding the sum of the parts. Built around a central talent workstation supported by three agricultural service divisions, the model is presented as having achieved results through resource concentration and focus on distinctive features, but no quantitative outcome measures are given.