Research & reports

HU Xi-feng · Nongye xiandaihua yanjiu · China

This paper explains the connotation and characteristics of assessing urban agricultural performance in China, summarizing its existing thought and deficiencies. It proposes a corresponding assessment index system tailored to the actual conditions of China's national urban agriculture.

Pyung Sub Yoon, 이자희, 유병열 · · South Korea

This study examined plant adaptation in a low-management rooftop garden called Choroktteul, focusing on 29 species of herbaceous plants. It identified 30 woody and 22 herbaceous species with good adaptation, and 5 woody and 43 herbaceous species with bad adaptation.

Hongxing Huang · Nongye xiandaihua yanjiu · China (Pearl River Delta)

This paper analyzed the current status of urban agriculture and urban agglomerations of the Pearl River Delta. It combined the functional location of urban agglomerations to conduct a preliminary study on the urban agriculture developmental orientation of the middle, east, and west of the Pearl River Delta.

이민수, 박덕병, 이응철 · 농어촌관광연구 · South Korea

An empirical study of 294 allotment garden users in South Korea revealed gaps between experienced and expected service quality levels. Functional quality appears to be a very important facet of perceived service, and the study concluded that governmental supports should concentrate on facilitating technical service quality, especially for toilets and cafeterias.

Zhang Xue-mang · Journal of Beijing University of Agriculture · China

This paper addresses the slow development of agricultural technology in Wuhan City, China. It states that Wuhan needs to import advanced agricultural technologies, research and disseminate techniques for fish and fowl culture, vegetable growth, and agricultural product processing. The paper emphasizes the necessity to improve modern distribution quality and strengthen government service and management in agricultural technological innovation, highlighting a current governance deficiency.

Lai Yong-chao · Guangdong Landscape Architecture · China (Dongguan)

This article introduces the definition, features, and global situation of urban agriculture. It analyzes the dominant position for the development of urban agriculture in Dongguan city and advocates for its development and the construction of an ecological city.

장동헌 · 지역사회연구 · South Korea

This South Korean study examines the status of farming activities carried out by farmers in urban and peri-urban regions in order to assess the prospects for urban agriculture's continuation, noting that despite its multifunctional role, urban farming faces difficulties including conflicts with urban residents and concerns over the safety of produce, irrigation water and agricultural labor amid urbanization; the paper aims to provide baseline data for discussing the future relationship between urban regions and agriculture.

朱林耀, 宋朝阳, 易建平, 叶晓佑 · Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Sunyatseni · China

Hongshan caitai (also called purple caitai), a local specialty of Wuhan, China, is regarded alongside Wuchang fish as one of the two great dishes of Chutian (2007). Following direction from the Wuhan municipal government, the Wuhan Municipal Bureau of Agriculture decided in 2005 to spend about three years organizing personnel from multiple fields to jointly develop six major vegetable varieties, including Hongshan caitai, according to industrialization requirements, with the aim of forming distinct regional industry characteristics. Based on years of production practice, the Hongshan Caitai Industrialization Technical Guidance Group compiled key cultivation techniques for growers' reference.

刘剑 · 中国果业信息 · China

On December 29, 2006, the first winter strawberry festival was held in the strawberry-garden square of Hejiang town, Shuangliu county, Chengdu, Sichuan, China. At the event, a director from the China Industrial Food Association's southwest regional office awarded Shuangliu county a plaque naming it 'China's Hometown of Winter Strawberries,' and the director of the Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences' Institute of Agricultural Economics awarded Hejiang town a plaque designating it a 'Modern Urban Agriculture Development Theory and Practice Base.'

이민수, 박덕병, 황대용 · 농어촌관광연구 · South Korea

A cost-benefit analysis of Sunchang County's 2007 pilot "allotment garden with log house" program (family farm-stay plots), launched by South Korea's Rural Development Administration in JeonBuk Province, using the county's internal records and interviews with project managers. The analysis found the program to be an inefficient business with a weak cost-benefit structure that produced a negative net benefit: at an assumed 6.5% discount rate, net present value was estimated at -262 million won, with a benefit-cost ratio of 0.70 and an internal rate of return of 2.7%. The authors nonetheless conclude the program is worth maintaining as part of the government's balanced regional development policy.

王敬中 · 北京农业 · China (Beijing)

A review discussing "southern fruit grown in the north" (nan guo bei zhong) - cultivating tropical and subtropical fruit trees from southern China in the Beijing area using protective facilities. It states that over the past decade, growth in China's urban agriculture has strengthened technical support and market demand for the practice, and that researcher-led experimentation has produced breakthroughs, without citing specific yield or economic figures.

胡新光, 徐培培, 黄美英, 冯莉 · 杭州：生活品质 · China (Hangzhou)

In Hangzhou, China, urban agricultural parks have emerged, characterized by a strong emphasis on technological advancement and industry development. These parks prioritize the introduction of scientific talent, collaboration with experts, adoption of new varieties and technologies, and scientific management with technical training for farmers. This abstract introduces these common characteristics as part of a series on typical urban agricultural park constructions, without providing specific findings or data for Tonglu Wanqiang Farm.

Ji-Hye Moon · · Korea

This report by Moon, Ji-Hye, published in 2006 by the Food and Fertilizer Technology Center, discusses newly developed technologies and innovations in urban and peri-urban agriculture in Korea.

Pang Zhen-ling · Anhui nongye kexue · China (Nanyang)

This paper investigates the resources of urban gardening plants in Nanyang, China. It summarizes the current situation of these plant resources and proposes reasonable suggestions for the further design of greening spaces in Nanyang.

윤평섭, 이자희, 유병열 · 실내조경 · South Korea (Seoul)

This study investigated plants in rooftop gardens at six sites in Seoul. It identified 19 tree species, 19 shrub species, and 6 vine species among woody plants. Herbaceous plants included 77 ground cover species, 12 bulb species, 10 herb species, and 13 hygrophyte species.

涂同明 · 现代农业装备 · China (Wuhan)

Wuhan City, China, launched the "Rural Homeland Construction Action Plan" in early 2005, aiming to develop socialist new rural areas with Wuhan characteristics. This plan, initially piloted in 110 villages and expanded to 220 more in 2006, serves as a starting point for defining specific agricultural mechanization development goals. The strategic task is to ensure agricultural mechanization consistently supports the construction and development of urban agriculture in Wuhan.

Xue Yao-ying, Yanping Guo · Shanghai nongye xuebao · China (Shanghai)

This study examined the development conditions of the fruit tree industry in Fengxian District, analyzing the main influencing factors. It proposed development countermeasures aimed at supporting the sustainable development of urban agriculture in Shanghai.

Li Hong · Ecological Economy · China (Beijing)

This paper selected models and main functions of urban agriculture for Beijing plain areas, along with six basic agriculture classes, based on experiences from modern developed countries and Beijing's development targets. It planned and analyzed urban agriculture classes using GIS, dividing plain areas into six regions and proposing different development strategies for each, aiming to assist various governments and departments in developing urban agriculture.

Yan Lü · · China

This article reviewed research on urban agriculture and compared urban agriculture in China with that in foreign countries, considering the background of emergence, range, industry structure, developing direction, and functions. From this comparison, it was concluded that the basic urban agriculture development models in foreign countries are not suitable for China, and China should choose a "substantial model" by integrating the modernization and substantial aspects of urban agriculture.

Zhu Wang · Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Sunyatseni · China

In Xi'an, China, based on the spirit of the Tenth Plenary Session of the Tenth Municipal Party Committee, the agricultural system's most crucial task is to implement the "Xi'an Urban Agriculture Acceleration Development Implementation Plan" to achieve rapid and sound development of the agricultural and rural economy. Accelerating urban agriculture development is positioned as a foundational project for building a new socialist countryside.

Zhou Jian-hua · Economic Geography · China

This paper analyzes urban agriculture in China's Chang-Zhu-Tan area, using it as an example. It presents a design for a construction framework of urban agriculture during the formation period of urban agglomerations and proposes development strategies. The abstract states that urban agriculture has great significance in the emergence of urban agglomeration and the mixture of city and countryside.

Liu Chang-yun · Shijie dili yanjiu · China

This essay introduces the successful modus operandi and experiences of urban agriculture in Japan, Germany, Singapore, and the Netherlands, and analyzes its basic functions. While urban agriculture has developed earlier and accumulated much experience in foreign countries, it is still a fresh matter in China. Considering China's situation, the author puts forward suggestions for developing urban agriculture, including scientific planning and reasonable distribution, strengthening government support, using more ways to invest and collect financing, promoting scientific content and expanding the scale of urban agriculture districts, paying close attention to the development of agriculture tourism, and intensifying propaganda.

Liang Ji · Chinese Landscape Architecture · China (Beijing)

This paper introduces the rooftop greening project of Tonghui Jia Yuan in Beijing. It identifies existing problems within the project and analyzes the prospects for the development of rooftop gardens.

马卫光 · 宁波通讯 · China (Ningbo)

Since the Central Committee's strategic deployment for building new socialist rural areas, Zhenhai District in China has actively implemented policies, making new rural construction a priority for the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan." The district formulated guidelines, outlining key tasks such as developing urban agriculture, boosting village economies, increasing farmers' income, accelerating infrastructure, and expanding public services to rural areas. Zhenhai District has rapidly advanced the construction of new rural communities, emphasizing integrated urban-rural planning and coordinated development, resulting in well-planned, clean, well-serviced, culturally rich, democratically managed, and comfortable rural communities.

Mubarik Ali, Hubert De Bon, Paule Moustier · Agritrop (Cirad) · Vietnam (Hanoi)

This paper discusses how multifunctional urban and peri-urban agriculture in Hanoi contributes to solving emerging problems in megacities. Beyond supplying fresh food to expanding cities, it can provide relief and income to migrant agricultural workers, especially when they struggle to find other employment during their initial migration phase.