Published by City Farmer, Canada's Office of Urban Agriculture

June 8, 2001, Support Group For Urban Agriculture (SGUA) Meets in New York

SGUA Web Site

Standing from the left:

Jac Smit, The Urban Agriculture Network (TUAN), Washington, DC, Author of "Urban Agriculture: Food, Jobs and Sustainable Cities"

Luc Mougeot, Ph.D, Senior Program Specialist, "Cities Feeding People Program", International Development and Research Centre (IDRC), Ottawa, Canada

Yves Cabanne, UNCHS/UNDP "Urban Management Program for Latin America and the Caribbean", Quito, Ecuador

Gordon Prain, Ph.D., Coordinator, CGIAR: Strategic Initiative on Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture (SIUPA) Lima, Peru

Sitting from the left:

Michael Levenston, City Farmer, "Urban Agriculture Notes" (http://www.cityfarmer.org) Vancouver, Canada

Olivio Argenti, Focal Point of FAO's Initiatives for "Food Supply and Distribution to Cities", Rome, Italy

Attending but not in photograph:

Jonas Rabinovitch, (Meeting Host), Senior Policy Adviser on Urban Development and Rural-Urban Relations, United Nations Development Program (UNDP),

Peter Matlon, Program Manager, Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture, Natural Resources, United Nations Development Program (UNDP)/SEED

Attending by conference phone:

Henk de Zeeuw, Co-ordinator, Resource Centre on Urban Agriculture and Forestry (RUAF), Leusden, The Netherlands,

Joep Bijlmer, Directorate-General for Development Cooperation (DGIS), The Netherlands

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