Research and development can no longer be the exclusive domain of scientists. To find sustainable solutions to development problems, a wider range of actors must be involved.
Urban agriculture is an increasingly popular practice in cities worldwide, and a sustainable future for it is critical, especially for the urban poor of the developing world.
Urban agriculture is the growing of plants and the raising of animals for food and other uses, and related processing and marketing activities, within and around cities and towns.
This volume, by researchers working in urban agriculture, examines concrete strategies to integrate city farming into the urban landscape.
Dr Hulse is the very embodiment of humanistic science and scientific humanism… Whatever he writes has the stamp of authority and credibility because it comes from his personal experience.
— M.S. Swaminathan
This is the best single summary of the political choices facing food and agriculture policymakers that has been written in this decade.
Pat Mooney, Executive Director, the ETC Group