Promoting a City without Hunger and Indifference: urban agriculture in Bogotá, Colombia

Author(s)
Claudia Marcela Sánchez, Jairo Andrés, Silva and Rolando Higuita
Publication language
English
Pages
3pp
Date published
25 Jul 2007
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Livelihoods, Urban
Countries
Colombia

 

This initiative recognises the practices of the residents and encourages growing
crops in urban areas as an alternative source of food for self-consumption, in
addition to promoting environmental conservation, the strengthening of the
social fabric and the appropriation of land through citizen participation.


In general terms, the project’s activities are aimed at:
- complementing basic biological research with applied research in an urban context,
for the sustainable use of some native plant species with high nutritional value;
- carrying out exchanges of agricultural knowledge and know-how using clean technologies in spaces called Educational Nuclei with the communities of the city of Bogotá;
- promoting environmental education initiatives to improve awareness and healthy habits and encourage the consumption of food with high nutritional value;
- promoting participatory community alliances that can strengthen urban agricultural activities and neighbourhood ties, and thereby contribute to a better quality of life.