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Urban Stakeholder and Policy Dialogue

CGIAR Future Harvest Center partners

Non-CGIAR Partner Institutional links

Other interesting urban and general links

 

General (Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture)

Cities Feeding People (IDRC initiative)

Comminandes Sustainable potato production in Andean urban and peri-urban areas by combining bio-composting and microbial inoculants.

FAO's Food for the Cities Program

The HUPRDC project develops urban and peri-urban horticulture in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Production in Aquatic Peri-Urban Systems in Southeast Asia (Papussa) is a collaborative research project on aquatic productions systems in peri-urban areas in Southeast Asia. 

Resource Centre for Urban Agriculture and Forestry (RUAF)

Urban Agriculture Notes (by City Farmer, Canada's Office of Urban Agriculture)

Urban Agriculture Network - Western Pacific

(PUVeP) Urban and Periurban Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Development for Sustainable Vegetable Production and Marketing Systems

VEGSYS: sustainable technologies for pest, disease and soil fertility management in smallholder vegetable production in China and Vietnam 

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Sustainable Urban Livelihoods

IPES Promoción del Desarrollo Sostenible  

Livelihoods Connect: support for sustainable livelihoods from DFID

Livestock Production Programme (LPP) funds, manages and promotes research aimed at improving people's livelihoods through livestock

Disaster Mitigation for Sustainable Livelihoods Programme (DiMP)

SAFPP : support for the small African food processing enterprise

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Urban Health and Resources

IDRC's EcoHealth Program

Asia Urbs Program:GIS-based Urban Environmental Resources Management and Food Security Project

 

Urban Stakeholder and Policy Dialogue

Urban Management Programme, UN Habitat

Urbanicity - for local government and urban development


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CGIAR Future Harvest Center partners


Consultative Group on International Agriculture Research (CGIAR)

Future Harvest Centers:

Africa Rice Center (WARDA)

Bioversity International

Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)

Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP) - Convening Center for Urban Harvest

 Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT)

Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo (CIMMYT)

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)

International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

World Agroforestry Centre

World Fish Center

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Non-CGIAR Partner Institutional links

Agricultural Economics Research Institute (LEI)

ALTERRA (Research Institute for Green Space)

Asian Vegetable research and Development Centre (AVRDC)

Centre de coopération internationale en Recherche  
Agronomique pour le Développement
(CIRAD)

Central Queensland University Plant Sciences Group

Groupe de recherche et d'échanges technologiques (GRET)

Capacity Development and Institutional Change Program

International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR)

Wageningen Agricultural University

University of Toronto (Public Health Department)

UPWARD

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Other interesting urban and general links

Global Urban Observatory: UN Habitat website with useful urban (development) indicators and statistics

Impact of Urbanisation on Food Systems in Africa

DPU Peri-urban Interface Programme

PROLINNOVA: promoting local innovation
in ecologically-oriented agriculture and natural resource management

Sustainable Urban Food Systems in North and South

The Morarka Foundation has been recognized for conducting pioneering work in the field of agricultural biotechnologies and organic agriculture. It provides state-of-the-art know-how in vermicomposting, waste-water treatment, and setting up of enterprises in organic agriculture

id21 reporting service for UK-based development research on urban poverty

NESH (Network for Ecosystem Sustainability and Health) on conception and implementation of sustainable environmental management, health and agricultural programs

Ocean Arks International: ecological waste-water treatment systems

ENDA-Ethiopia supports local initiatives to fight poverty, preserve or improve the environment and promote active citizenship in Ethiopia. Its present activities centre on urban popular economy and ecology, environmental education, sustainable farming and communication.

Seed Initiative Awards promote innovative stakeholder partnerships in sustainable development

The BIO-EARN Programme works in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda to use biotechnology in a sustainable manner in order to help improve livelihoods, ensure food security and safeguard the environment

Ecocity Builders: building cities in balance with nature

EnterpriseWorks Worldwide promotes sustainable, enterprise-oriented solutions to economic challenges in the developing world, primarily in Africa and Asia

Growing Power, Community Food Centers and Youth Training programs in urban agriculture

Centre for Studies in Food Security (Ryerson University Canada)


Minfarms website on market gardening, mini-farming, mini-ranching

New Agriculturist online-magazine

Urban Agriculture Magazine (RUAF) online magazine

Urban Agriculture News online magazine

 

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