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Dear
Colleagues,
Urban Harvest
is pleased to share with you the first edition of the E-Newsletter. This
replaces the twice-yearly, hard copy version, called the
"Urban Harvest Update", which we previously published.
This e-newsletter
aims to keep listserv members informed of recent research and networking
activities in different regions, either directly in
the listserv through a short text
introducing the article, or via internet link
to the full story. If you can't
easily access full articles you are interested in
because of connectivity problems, email us and
we will send you the article as
an email attachment.
We look
forward to receiving comments on e-newsletter
articles or suggestions
you may have for improving this e-publication. We also
hope that the newsletter will stimulate
increased dialogue among listserv participants and lead to greater
knowledge sharing, heightened awareness of urban agriculture issues and
ultimately, improvements in the well-being of families engaged in
crop and livestock production in cities around the
world.
With warm
regards,
Gordon Prain,
Global
Coordinator
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| Pigs Contribute to Livelihoods and a better Environment in Hanoi | |||
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In Hanoi pig raising is not only a lucrative venture, it is also a means of disposal of the large amounts of organic wastes produced by the city. As part of research and development work on urban and peri-urban pig-raising systems in Hanoi conducted by Urban Harvest and Vietnamese scientists, a recent rapid assessment of pig fattening has found that peri-urban households make use of the massive amounts of restaurant wastes generated in Hanoi as their major source of pigfeed. More... | ||
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| Getting Agriculture on the City Agenda | |||
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The year 2004 ended on a positive note for agriculture in the city of Lima when a Declaration was signed by NGOs, municipalities and research centers to strengthen the integration of urban agriculture in their policies and programs. All partners came together to discuss the importance of urban agriculture in city planning. More... | |||
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| Philippines Government Helping Jasmine Growers | |||
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Sampaguita, the evocatively fragrant jasmine that symbolizes purity, devotion and fidelity and is the national flower of the Philippines, is also an important source of income for thousands of families in Metro Manila. The Philippines government has recently recognized the important role that the sampaguita industry plays in urban and peri-urban livelihoods and through the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) participated in a meeting.... More... | ||
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| Installing an Agricultural Coordination Office in Lima | |||
| One of the municipalities working with Urban Harvest in Lima, Peru recently passed an ordinance recognizing the importance of agricultural production for the District and formally incorporated agriculture into its organizational structure. On March, 22, 2005 the Mayor of the Municipal Sub-District of Santa Maria de Huachipa, Maria Angelica Fonseca, inaugurated an Office of Urban Agriculture Coordination that will be crucial for promoting agricultural production and marketing and to ensure its long-term sustainability within city planning and management. More... | |||
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| Women Feeding Cities | |||
| Throughout the history of the human species, women have had a vital role in nurturing their families. In the rural settings women have a very prominent connection to the Earth and to food production. This connection is no different in urban settings, except that women have to deal with the complexities of cities. Therefore, the awareness of different gender roles in food production, distribution, processing, and marketing is valuable in order to comprehend food security in an urban setting. More... | |||
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| Turning Waste into Wealth in Nairobi | |||
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The uneaten, the unused, the stuff we eliminate and evacuate, that’s waste. It can be a public nuisance and a source of contamination and it is an especially growing menace to the world’s urban centres. For city authorities the world over it’s one of their biggest headaches. Yet both organic and inorganic residues can produce value through recycling. Organic residues contain a wide range of nutrients that can be used to make compost for urban agricultural production. More... | ||
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| Guiding Safe Agriculture in Kampala | |||
| Last year brought good news for urban crop and livestock producers and traders in Kampala, when the City Council abandoned the old colonial restrictions on city farming and formalized a City Ordinance on urban agriculture. This year the City Council will incorporate five sets of urban agriculture guidelines into the Ordinance that have been accepted and cleared by technical officers of the City Council...... More... | |||
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| Farmer Field Schools in an Urban Setting? | |||
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Farmer Field Schools use intensive adult education and social learning techniques to help farmers grow a healthy crop in a healthy way through developing analytical skills, critical thinking, and new farming techniques. They run throughout the growing season, often with weekly meetings lasting several hours and so demand considerable commitment by participants. Up to now they have been conducted in rural areas where agriculture is the primary activity of families ... More... | ||
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| New Information Officer | |||
| Urban Harvest appointed Maarten Warnaars as the new information officer at the Urban Harvest global coordination office in Lima. As of December, 2004 Maarten has replaced Anamika Amani who left in July. He obtained his first degree in Social Sciences from University College, Utrecht, in the Netherlands, and his Master's Degree in Environment, Development and Policy from the University of Sussex, United Kingdom. With Maarten’s background, energy and enthusiasm we are sure he will be actively interacting and responding to knowledge and information needs on urban agriculture and CIP's Urban Harvest Partnership Program. | |||
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