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Urban agriculture as an evolved sustainable urban livelihood: evidence from Kampala city, Uganda
Agriculture & Food SecurityBackground For centuries, urban agriculture has been a vital livelihood strategy of urban households in developing countries. Previous studies looked at urban agriculture at a point in time as an urban livelihood for the urban poor that struggle with ...
Japheth Kwiringira +7 more
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The geography of urban agriculture: New trends and challenges
Moravian Geographical Reports, 2017 In the article, which is a theoretical and conceptual introduction for the Special Issue of Moravian Geographical Reports on ‘New trends and challenges of urban agriculture in the context of Europe’, the authors resume and review diverging issues of ...
Duží Barbora +2 more
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Urban Agriculture, Waste Management and Food Security, Nepal [PDF]
, 2016 Urban population is growing rapidly in Nepal and similarly fallowing of land is increasing in villages. This decreases the total production and increases import of food products.
Adhikari, S. (Santosh) +2 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines is home to terraced rice embedded in centuries of cultural heritage. However, weak market incentives threaten sustained production, jeopardizing indigenous communities' cultural heritage and the in situ biodiversity of rice genetic resources.
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
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Agromere: how to integrate urban agriculture in the development of the Dutch city of Almere? [PDF]
, 2008 Urban agriculture produces green city areas with as an extra dimension providing food, energy, care, education or recreation for the civilians. And thus it can contribute to a more sustainable and liveable cities. The objective of the project Agromere is
De Wolf, Ir. Pieter +3 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Using a lab‐in‐the‐field experiment, we investigate how providing information about food miles and pesticide residue influences willingness to pay (WTP) for potatoes among 407 shoppers in Taiwan, split between a supermarket and a farmers market.
Chiu‐Lin Huang +3 more
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Development and Volatile Flavor Substances Analysis of Purple Carrot Compound Fermented Beverage
Shipin gongye ke-jiUsing kale, Mesembryanthemum crystallinum and purple carrot as the main raw materials, and angel Lactobacillus as fermentation strains, the purple carrot compound fermented beverage was prepared.
Xinrui YUAN +3 more
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Urban Area Development in Stochastic Cellular Automata [PDF]
Urban is still an interesting topic to discuss whether in government or public studies. As economy grows in cities, many people are attracted to come to cities from villages to try their luck.
Ivan Mulianta, Yun Hariadi
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Food in the City: Community-Driven Agriculture across the United States [PDF]
, 2015 Urban Agriculture is an accepted practice in many cities and countries, and has attracted a broad cross-section of people across the United States to start growing food in their communities. In some cases, the motivation behind Urban Agriculture is clear,
Watt, James
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Public attitude toward urban agriculture in Malaysia: study on values and knowledge in Klang Valley [PDF]
, 2014 Urban agriculture has drawn attention in Malaysia as a response to economic crisis, food security, and sustainable development. As population grows, the need to provide more jobs and food is becoming more complex both economically and physically.
Phuah, Kit Teng +2 more
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