Tables
Table 1.
Community, City, National, and Global Policy Roles in Urban Agriculture
Community City Nation Global Survey, document * * * * Access to land * * * Integration with education * * * * Extension and credit services * * * * Establish partnerships * * * * Food security targets * * Integrate with waste management * * Support the disadvantaged * * Environmental sustainability * * * * Adopt policy * * Information services * * * Regulation * * Worker and public safety * * Enabling legislation * Research * * Tax relief, subsidy * * Model codes/standards * * Enable public authorities * Global and regional cooperation * *
Table 2.
2005 Urban Agriculture Forecast/Scenerio
1990 2005 Share of World food produced 1/7 - 1/5 1/4 - 1/3 Share of vegetables, meat, fish, dairy consumed in cities 1/3 1/2 No. of urban farmers (for market) 200 million 400 million
Assumptions
- Urbanization continues apace, see IIED, 1996 data
- Lower density cities increase opportunities for farming;
- PC and Internet enable improved communication and decentralized marketing;
- Technology transfer increases yields, improving competition with rural agricul ture;
- Late 19th century waste handling technology is replaced with decentralized biological processing of waste;
- "Waste is Food" concept accepted by global agencies and many nations;
- "Food Security" is accepted as basic to social security and shelter by UNCHS, UN/FAO and most nations;
- Virtual corporations and civic-public partnerships continue to thrive;
- Women's businesses continue to grow faster than men's businesses;
- Democratization continues to open up markets, credit, means of production, and access to resources;
- City planning and management join with the environmental and civic movements to promote healthy and green cities:
NB: Not all assumptions need to be satisfied to produce forecast.
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