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CD-Rom for
urban agriculture
"Feeding
Cities in Anglophone Africa with urban agriculture: Concepts,
tools and case studies for practitioners, planners and policy
makers" September
9, 2005 In
March 2004 a variety of organizations and
institutions prepared a course on urban and peri-urban
agriculture on Anglophone Africa. Professionals,
experts and researchers came together to discuss and
learn about seven themes relating to urban and peri-urban
agriculture. The course was designed to strengthen
the knowledge in urban and peri-urban agriculture
and prepare for effective participation in
multi-stakeholder development process.
Seven training modules on different aspects
on urban agriculture were delivered to assist the
participants, which were formed into seven city
teams, in the development of proposals for
implementation in their respective cities.
The CD-Rom is based on these seven modules,
whilst providing more informative information on
urban agriculture from those respective cities,
maps, videos, photos, case studies, and diagrams.
The contents of the CD-Rom aims to improve the
understanding of urban agriculture in various forms.
Therefore, enabling the user to explain the
concepts of urban agriculture, identify health
impacts, evaluate the potentials and constrains of
crop production, estimate the risks and
opportunities of livestock production, implement
solid waste management procedures, treat and use
wastewater, promote the integration of urban
agriculture in urban planning and development.
The course is also available on-line as an
interactive component at: http://etraining.cip.cgiar.org/ Diana
Lee Smith, one of the organizers and participants,
wrote a report
of the Anglophone Training Course held in
Nairobi, March 2004.
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