RUAF Publications

Since the start of the first RUAF programme until now, many RUAF Publications have been published. On this page, you will find links to the the RUAF Publications available online, please click on the title of the publication to access the publication. Please note that not all RUAF Publications are available online, RUAF Publications that are only available in hard copy are mentioned at the bottom of the list. For regional RUAF publications you should go to Regional RUAF Activities. If you are looking for non-RUAF publications, you should search our bibliographic database. If you are looking for a certain Urban Agriculture Magazine article, please go to the Urban Agriculture Magazine section of this website.

RUAF Publications
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Title

Author

Books
Cities Farming for the Future - Urban Agriculture for Green and Productive Cities (2006) René van Veenhuizen (eds)
Growing Cities, Growing Food: Urban Agriculture on the Policy Agenda (2001) Bakker, N. et al.
Annotated Bibliography on Urban Agriculture (2002)  ETC-RUAF
Resource Guide on Urban Agriculture (1999)

ETC Ecoculture

Working papers
WP 1 Multi-stakeholder Policy Formulation and Action Planning for Sustainable Urban Agriculture Development (2007) Marielle Dubbeling and Henk de Zeeuw (with contributions from T. Otchere Larbi (IWMI Ghana) and G. Merzthal and A. Santandreu (IPES))
WP 2 Key Issues and Courses of Action for Municipal Policy Making on Urban Agriculture (2007) Henk de Zeeuw, Marielle Dubbeling, René van Veenhuizen and Joanna Wilbers
Proceedings of workshops and conferences
Women Feeding Cities - Gender Workshop (2004) ETC-RUAF & Urban Harvest
SADC Ministers Conference on Urban Agriculture (2003) Shingirayi Mushamba
Urban Livestock keeping in Sub-Saharan Africa (2003) Wynn Richards & Sarah Godfrey (eds)
Proceedings of the workshop on Appropriate methodologies for urban agriculture research, planning, implementation and evaluation (2001) Gordon Prain & Henk de Zeeuw
Gardens of Hope: Urban micro-farming as a complementary strategy for mitigation of the HIV-AIDS pandemic (2005) ETC-RUAF, Bezekhaya, A. & CTA
E-conferences
Optimising agricultural land use in the city area (2003) Michael Baumeister & Henk de Zeeuw
Agricultural use of untreated urban waste water in low income countries (2002) Liqa Raschid-Sally, Sarath Abayawardana & Henk de Zeeuw
Appropriate methodologies for research, policy development, planning, implementation and evaluation (2002) Henk de Zeeuw
Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture on the Policy Agenda (2000) Rachel Nugent & Henk de Zeeuw
Papers
Profitability and sustainability of urban and peri-urban agriculture (2007) Rene van Veenhuizen & George Danso
The development of urban agriculture; some lessons learnt (2004) Henk de Zeeuw
Contribution of urban and peri-urban agriculture to food security in Sub-Saharan Africa (2003) O. Cofie, R. van Veenhuizen & P. Drechsel
Improving agricultural productivity in the rural-urban interface through recycling of urban waste (2003) O. Cofie, P. Drechsel & H. de Zeeuw
Policy briefs
Why are aquatic production systems important to South-East Asian Cities (2006) Marielle Dubbeling
Integrating aquaculture into urban planning and development (2006) Marielle Dubbeling
Managing health risks to develop wastewater into a valuable resource and asset (2006) Marielle Dubbeling
Improving public health and food safety (2006) Marielle Dubbeling
Production and marketing to reduce poverty and hunger (2006) Marielle Dubbeling
Urban Agriculture: A Tool for Sustainable Urban Development (2003) UMP/IPES
Urban Agriculture and Citizen Involvement (2003)  UMP/IPES
Urban Agriculture: Land Management and Physical Planning (2003) UMP/IPES
Microcredit and Investment for Urban Agriculture (2003) UMP/IPES
Recycling Organic Wastes in Urban Agriculture (2003) UMP/IPES
Treatment and Use of Wastewater in Urban Agriculture (2003) UMP/IPES
Urban Agriculture: Fostering Equity Between Men and Women (2003) UMP/IPES
Urban Agriculture and Food Sovereignty (2003) UMP/IPES
Processing and Marketing Urban Agriculture Products (2003)  UMP/IPES
CDs

Urban Agriculture Today! (2002)
Agricultura Urbana Hoy!
L'Agriculture Urbaine Aujourd'hui

ETC-RUAF (available in English, Spanish & French)
Videos
Urban Agriculture (2002) ETC-RUAF
Urban Agriculture and reuse of waste water along the Musi River in Hyderabad (2003) IWMI-India
Agriculture Urbaine; une alternative pas la developpment urbaine durable (2003) IAGU
Video / TV programme on peri-urban agro-tourism in Beijing (2003) IGSNRR