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Urban Agroecology 
February 27, 2009 at 8:03 am
Hi,
I’m a graduate student with a background in agroecology, and am now preparing to do research on urban farming in West Africa. I’d like to apply an agroecological perspective in my inquiry, but don’t think there is too much academic literature out there on the subject. I wondered if you could direct me to any peer-reviewed literature on urban agroecology. Thanks in advance, Stephanie
February 27, 2009 at 8:43 am
Stephanie–
I’m guessing that the academic literature, particularly the peer-reviewed literature, is pretty thin. Most of what you will probably find is conference papers and most of that outside the U.S. For starters, I suggest you visit:
http://www.ruaf.org/node/419#working
if you haven’t already. The authors here and the reference lists in their papers will provide you a start on tapping into the urban agriculture literature. Unfortunately, most agroecology literature I’ve seen isn’t urban specific, and most urban literature isn’t agriculture specific. You’re venturing into a new area. The good news is that that means there are lots of opportunities to help construct a new academic field.
Happy searching. Drop me a line once in a while. I’d love to know how your project goes in Africa.
Bob
March 7, 2009 at 7:28 pm
Hi!!!
I´m a teacher in Brasil, and I have one project of urban agriculture for education.
http://agroecologiaceparl.blogspot.com
I enjoy your work and will be important for us chage ideias. Save agroecology!
Abraços
June 20, 2009 at 2:36 pm
greetings from Italy. My name is Filippo Di Giovanni, in my terrace of Turin north Italy this year I removed the plants and I have rebuilt the garden of my grandfather in Sicily where I played as a child, not just a search of the smells of childhood but also a way to say “you can do” and show my children what it means to go and pick the parsley or lettuce out in your garden. Now thanks to my old study of Agriculture at the University of Palermo (now working in the field of art) in the jars there are carrots, zucchini, peppers, tomatoes, lettuce, cucumbers, melons,eggplant- melenzane and herbs, ecc.. My children wake up and go to check the growth of Cocuzza (Lagenaria siceraria) or beans-fagiolini , if the strawberries are red, the compost has stopped to smell for them. the garden entered in the family. I am glad, I have the smell of tomatoes as a child while taking coffee at 7 am in my balcony. Can be done!
Take a look at photos. CiaoRegards
Filippo Blog Ortocasa Torino Worldfoodgarden.org
http://www.worldfoodgarden.org/viewBlog.asp?id=82