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0 nearly all population growth will be in urban areas of developing nations where some cities are growing two or three times faster than the country s overall population this trend is equivalent to adding a city of one million residents every week un habitat 2004 what does this all have to do with urban agriculture because developed countries like the united states germany and australia have better economies education quality of life and access to resources urban agriculture plays a different role in developed countries than it does in those of less economic stability below i ll outline the role of urban agriculture in developing countries in the world s developing nations urban gardening is done out of necessity for food there are other benefits such as greener cities smaller carbon footprints closer communities and hopefully less polluted urban centers but the main focus is food production to combat malnutrition and hunger in 2003 venezuela supported by fao launched a major experiment in urban agriculture the government installed 4000 microgardens in poor neighbourhoods of caracas and started 20 horticultural cooperatives in and around the city to read the fao article click here so all of this growth is happening developing nations what are developing nations why is there more growth there well most of the world is comprised of developing countries as you can see below the idrc defines development as change that improves the conditions of human well being so that people can exercise meaningful choices for their own benefit and that of society this definition is good because it allows that both the north and the south can still be developing typical living condition of rural immigrants moving to delhi least developed countries are the poorest and weakest of the bunch extreme poverty the structural weaknesses of their economies and the lack of capacities related to growth often compounded by structural handicaps hamper efforts of these countries to improve the quality of life of their people un ohrlls there are 50 countries currently on the un list of least developed countries ldc s 33 in africa 15 in asia 1 in latin america and the caribbean state of countries economies blue is most advanced economies yellow is emerging and developing economies that are not least developed and red is least developed economies data comes from the i nternational monetary fund and the united nations looking at the map above it is easy to see that most of the countries with developing economies are in the south therefore the international development resource center idrc calls the these countries collectively the south while the the north is more developed countries while these definitions seem a bit weird to me i ve included them because several of the sources i referenced use them the population distribution of the world as it was in 1994 when the population was 5 6 billion bigger pictures of both of these maps are available here why do people want to live in the city rural life is hard and poverty is eminent of the 1 2 billion people living on less than a dollar a day 3 4 of these people live in rural areas the city hold opportunity employment and education for many many times life in the country consists only of subsistence farming and not much else the city holds opportunity for a richer life for yourself and your children so no wonder so many want to move to the city with this rush to the city the world s rural poor become the world s urban poor rural families moving to the city come with almost nothing and find it hard to find jobs housing and food many countries have massive slums box towns and overcrowded apartment buildings in and around the city the global level of urban poverty currently estimated at 30 is predicted to grow to 50 by 2020 with nearly all of this growth taking place in the world s less developed countries un habitat 2004 as urban poverty grows so does urban hunger although it is estimated that there is currently more than enough food for everyone in the world see my latest global hunger post the main problem is insufficient money to buy food or land to grow food world hunger notes 2008 obviously in a city of 15 million there is simply not enought land for everyone to have their own garden plot those that do not have acess to growing food must buy it 30 of the urban population does not have the money to buy food with lack of access food has become a commodity what mougeot calls a basic luxury 2006 so things will only get worse as populations grow in cities all over the world and food becomes more and more a luxury that only the wealthy can afford urban farming in africa photo by monica rucki from the idrc thats where urban agriculture can come in many of the world s urban poor create gardens of some kind to help supplement the food that they have to buy according the the population crisis committee pcc 1990 all over the developing world households spend as much as 80 of their income on food in many african cities it is common for families to eat just one meal a day once again urban agriculture is simply growing food in cities that means any type of food grown any where in a city urban agriculture is typically opportunistic its practitioners have evolved and adapted diverse knowledge and know how to select and locate farm process and market all manner of plants trees and livestock what they have achieved in the very heart of major cities and dare to pursue despite minimal support and often in the face of official opposition is a tribute to human ingenuity one survey by the united nations development programme undp 1996 identified over 40 farming systems ranging from horticulture to aquaculture kitchen gardens to market gardens and including livestock as varied as cattle chickens snails and silkworms the undp estimates perhaps as many as 800 million urban farmers produce about 15 of the world s food mougeot 2006 people garden anywhere they can in cities on the sides of roads under high tension wires in apartment buildings parks empty lots the officials of the city are not always happy with they haphazard manner of gardening just imagine if people in this country tried to start a garden in the vacant lot of a chemical company or graze cattle on the lawn of a city park there would be many regulations zoning laws and by laws in place to prohibit the activity city farmers around the world often run into problems with city officials and police mougeot 2006 farmers at the organiponico de alamar a neighborhood agriculture project in downtown havana weed the beds photo by john morgan lots and lotsa links quinn megan 2006 the power of community how cuba survived peak oil permaculture activist koc mustafa macrae rod mougeot luc ja welsh jennifer eds 1999 for hunger proof cities sustainable urban food system s ottowa on international development research center mougeot luc 2006 in_focus growing better cities urban agriculture for sustainable development ottawa international development research centre urban agriculture food jobs and sustainable cities united nations development programme undp publication series for habitat ii volume one undp 1996 300 pp idrc un habitat guidelines for municipal policymaking on urban agriculture urban agriculture land management and physical planning 2003 mahbuba kaneez hasna idrc cfp report 21 ngo gender capacity in urban agriculture case studies from harare zimbabwe kampala uganda and accra ghana 1998 veenhuizen rené van ed 2006 cities farming for the future urban agriculture for green and productive cities ruaf foundation idrc and iirr urban agriculture magazine ruaf foundation there are 19 issues about all sorts of urban agriculture topics you can get a free subscription ruaf publications un ohrlls least developed countries country profiles international monetary fund world economic outlook country composition fao newsroom urban farming against hunger international food policy research institute urban challenges to food and nutrition security publications sida etc netherlands tuan 2002 annotated bibliography of urban agriculture an incredibly comprehensive 17 chapter 800 page annotated bibliography of urban agriculture all over the world totally blows my mind the work that went into this remenyi joe 2007 poverty reduction and urban renewal through urban agriculture and microfinance a case study of dhaka bangladesh bruins hendrik j 1997 drought mitigation policy and food provision for urban africa potential use of treated wastewater and solar energy arid lands newsletter the greenbelt movement share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on reddit opens in new window reddit like loading one response to ua in developing countries peter hopkins says june 25 2010 at 10 26 am hello i have read similar over the past weeks and tend to agree with your comments however let s see what will happen over time i very much enjoyed reading your piece though thanks peter reply leave a comment cancel reply δ search for email subscription enter your email address to subscribe to this blog email address sign me up join 102 other subscribers my email is leheimer gmail com don t hesitate to contact me i love to talk shop pages what is urban agriculture problems with urban agriculture benefits of urban agriculture ua in developing countries urban agriculture in the us and other developed countries what are the methods who farms in the city history of urban agriculture 1 potato patches 1890 1930 2 city beautiful movement 1890 1910 3 first world war liberty gardens 1917 1919 4 depression relief gardens 1929 1939 5 world war ii victory gardens the second time around 6 community gardens 1960 present international history of urban ag chinampas of tenochtitlan marais cities seattle los angeles maine new york city portland or rhode island san francisco bay area washington dc 7th street garden washington youth garden site map recent 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