Urban Agriculture: Environmental, Economic, and Social Perspectives

Hallett, Steven G.; Hoagland, Lori; Toner, Emily

doi:10.1002/9781119281269.ch2

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“…UFEs production systems rely not only on field-grown crops, but also on production of food within cities (Hallett et al, 2016).There are a host of new, alternative production systems using "controlled environmental agriculture" (CEA). These range from low-cost, protected "poly hoop" houses, greenhouses, and roof-top and sack/container gardens, to vertical farms in buildings using artificial lighting (FAO, 2011b;Black, 2018;Coffman, 2018).…”

Section: Precision Agriculture and Controlled Environmental Agricultumentioning

confidence: 99%

Technology for Sustainable Urban Food Ecosystems in the Developing World: Strengthening the Nexus of Food–Water–Energy–Nutrition

Davies

Garrett

2018

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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Smart integration of technology can help create sustainable urban food ecosystems (UFEs) for the rapidly expanding urban population in the developing world. Technology, especially recent advances in digital-enabled devices based on internet connectivity, are essential for building UFEs at a time when food production is increasingly limited on a global scale by the availability of land, water, and energy. By 2050, two-thirds of the world will be urban-and most of the net world population growth will occur in urban regions in the developing world. A food crisis is looming, with the developing world ill-prepared to sustainably feed itself. We identify 12 innovative technology platforms to advance the UFEs of the developing world: (1) connectivity-information delivery and digital technology platforms; (2) uberized services; (3) precision agriculture (GPS, IoT-Internet of things, AI-artificial intelligence, sensing technology); (4) CEA-controlled environment agriculture, including vertical farms; (5) blockchain for greater transparency, food safety, and identification; (6) solar and wind power connected to microgrids; (7) high-quality, enhanced seeds for greater yield, nutrition, climate, and pest resistance; (8) advanced genetics, including gene editing, synthetic biology, and cloud biology; (9) biotechnology, including microbiome editing, soil biologicals, cultured meat, alternative proteins to meat and dairy; (10) nanotechnology and advanced materials; (11) 3-D printing/additive manufacturing; and (12) integration of new tech to scale-up underutilized, existing technologies. The new tech-enabled UFEs, linked to value-chains, will create entrepreneurial opportunities-and more efficiently use resources and people to connect the nexus of food, water, energy, and nutrition.

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Section: Precision Agriculture and Controlled Environmental Agricultumentioning

confidence: 99%

Technology for Sustainable Urban Food Ecosystems in the Developing World: Strengthening the Nexus of Food–Water–Energy–Nutrition

Davies

Garrett

2018

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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“…By the end of the Cold War, one of its largest producers was the Soviet Union (Epelman 1993), hence its very popular use in Cuba in the context of Cuba's cooperation within the communist bloc. Although the use of asbestos in urban gardens in Havana has been mentioned in the scientific literature (Cruz, Medina 2003;Hallett et al 2016), its ubiquity, somewhat alarming given the possible health implications for both producers and consumers (Epelman 1993;Tweedale & McCulloch 2004), has not been previously supported by quantitative data.…”

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“…Some literature examples are based on empirical research, focusing on Havana (Chaplowe 1998;Leitgeb, Schneider & Vogl 2016;Premat 2005Premat , 2009; particular parts of Havana such as the Consejo Popular Camilo Cienfuegos and the Parque Metropolitano de La Habana (Cruz, Medina 2003); San José de las Lajas (Nelson et al 2009); or other cities such as Trinidad de Cuba (Buchmann 2009), Pinar del Río and Matanzas (Koont 2011). There are also review articles that include Cuba in their examples (Hallett et al 2016;Hamilton et al 2014).…”

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Urban agriculture in Havana – evidence from empirical research

Górna

Górny

2020

Miscellanea Geographica

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The aim of this article is to indicate the features of contemporary urban agriculture present in the contiguously built-up areas of Havana. Using an exploratory and classification approach, the authors draw on fieldwork and a prior analysis of satellite and aerial imagery, first to characterize the spatial distribution of urban gardens and then to point to their main intrinsic features, including the methods and organization of production and the functions performed. The research conducted shows that urban agriculture is distributed across the city in an uneven fashion, with the main concentration in districts of lower-density urban construction, which reflects the availability of land resources intentionally left between buildings by modernist planners. The most common production technique applied is organopónico, or organoponics. However, the material commonly used to construct the bordering walls is asbestos, which may pose a significant threat for both producers and consumers. Two case studies are analyzed to exemplify different approaches to organic food production.

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“…Urban agriculture is directly connected to the ecological, economic and social system of the city and hence it provides an opportunity to develop a sustainable agricultural policy for the city planners [6]. The selection of suitable space and methods for urban agriculture is very important in terms of sustainable development.…”

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Selection of Suitable Urban Agricultural Practice for Indian Cities: a Sustainable Method for City Planners

2019

IJRTE

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Urban agriculture has become a topic of discussion for the last twenty years, due to the alarming increase in the rate of migration from rural sector to urban areas. Urban population in Indian cities is growing very fast and proper urban agricultural policies are essential to face the scenario. In the Indian context, it becomes more complex as the terms urban culture and agriculture seem mutually exclusive in their fundamental definition of activities and appearance. The step-by-step procedure of the selection of suitable urban farming practices among; Open land Agriculture (OLA) and Building integrated Agriculture (BIA) is explained. Through case studies of successfully running urban agricultural practices, the influencing parameters on selection of suitable land for OLA are identified. It is a goal-based paper on ‘achieving food security from within the city’ by promoting urban agricultural activities through emphasising the contribution of OLA to food security. The process involving representation of land in density tower, grading of land, and calculation of yielding capacity of OLA and its share in food security is explained.

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Urban Agriculture: Environmental, Economic, and Social Perspectives

Cited by 49 publications

References 132 publications

Technology for Sustainable Urban Food Ecosystems in the Developing World: Strengthening the Nexus of Food–Water–Energy–Nutrition

Technology for Sustainable Urban Food Ecosystems in the Developing World: Strengthening the Nexus of Food–Water–Energy–Nutrition

Urban agriculture in Havana – evidence from empirical research

Selection of Suitable Urban Agricultural Practice for Indian Cities: a Sustainable Method for City Planners

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