CGIAR Systemwide Initiative on Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture

Photo Gallery

The photos below are intended to give a glimpse into the diversity of urban and peri-urban agricultural activities, as well as the research and development activities being implemented in the Urban Harvest anchor cities.

Please click on the pictures below to view their enlarged versions with captions.

UPA Training Course for Anglophone Africa, March 2004, Nairobi - Kenya


course opening	training module in session	role play livens things up !

participants listening to the urban (Nairobi) farmer	off together to the next field...	farming in the Kibera slum settlement of Nairobi city

outputs from course participants	Kampala city council women provide a shining example	Congratulations to the group for an enriching experience!

Southeast Asia


peri-urban field trials in north Vietnam using waste water	vegetable farming in Hanoi, Vietnam	crop waste utilization in pig rearing

pigmarkets in Hanoi	use of urban agriculture waste products for production of biogas	small-scale agro-processing enterprises

rootcrop-starch processing for noodle	noodle production from starch	woman play an important role in peri-urban agriculture in Vietnam

urban agriculture in Philippines	community gardening	roof gardening in Manila

home-gardening and food security	school gardening in Baguio	vegetable garden in Laguna

urban agricultural produce market in Cagayan de Oro	cookery festival	sampaguita (jasmine) farm in Manila

Sub-Saharan Africa


urban agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa	urban agriculture cooperatives	integrated crop-livestock enterprises

poultry farming in Yaounde, Cameroon	urban agricultural market	building-society gardens in Uganda

urban waste management in Ghana	on-farm waste management in Uganda	greening urban spaces through urban agriculture

recycling urban wastes into nutrient-rich compost	Waste-net Nairobi	utilizing chicken-manure in urban farm plots

integrated livestock and home-gardening	participatory urban appraisal - PUA	urban agriculture experts in plenary

women outnumber men in urban agriculture activities	mushroom products from cotton waste	vegetables are an important urban agriculture crop

Latin America (Lima, Perú)


peri-urban agriculture in Lima	integrated crop-livestock enterprises	raising guinea-pigs

hydroponic culture of salad vegetables	spraying pesticides	washing harvested vegetables

transporting fresh produce to urban markets	participatory workshop with urban farmers	popular kitchens or "comedores populares"

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