Urban agriculture during economic crisis: lessons from Cuba, Sri Lanka and Ukraine

Economic crises take different forms and occur for various reasons, such as political conflicts and pandemics. What all these crises have in common is that they cause disruption to rural-urban food supply chains, resulting in food shortages for the urban poor, with the most direct impact being an in...

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Autores principales: Adam-Bradford, A., Drechsel, Pay
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Water Management Institute 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130288
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description Economic crises take different forms and occur for various reasons, such as political conflicts and pandemics. What all these crises have in common is that they cause disruption to rural-urban food supply chains, resulting in food shortages for the urban poor, with the most direct impact being an increase in food prices. It is within this challenging context that we present empirical examples of the role of urban agriculture.
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spelling CGSpace1302882025-11-07T08:04:40Z Urban agriculture during economic crisis: lessons from Cuba, Sri Lanka and Ukraine Adam-Bradford, A. Drechsel, Pay urban agriculture economic crises cities rural-urban food supply chains food security resilience conflicts war pandemics Economic crises take different forms and occur for various reasons, such as political conflicts and pandemics. What all these crises have in common is that they cause disruption to rural-urban food supply chains, resulting in food shortages for the urban poor, with the most direct impact being an increase in food prices. It is within this challenging context that we present empirical examples of the role of urban agriculture. 2023-05-09 2023-05-09T11:15:38Z 2023-05-09T11:15:38Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130288 en Open Access application/pdf International Water Management Institute Adam-Bradford, A.; Drechsel, Pay. 2023. Urban agriculture during economic crisis: lessons from Cuba, Sri Lanka and Ukraine. Policy brief. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 8p.
spellingShingle urban agriculture
economic crises
cities
rural-urban food supply chains
food security
resilience
conflicts
war
pandemics
Adam-Bradford, A.
Drechsel, Pay
Urban agriculture during economic crisis: lessons from Cuba, Sri Lanka and Ukraine
title Urban agriculture during economic crisis: lessons from Cuba, Sri Lanka and Ukraine
title_full Urban agriculture during economic crisis: lessons from Cuba, Sri Lanka and Ukraine
title_fullStr Urban agriculture during economic crisis: lessons from Cuba, Sri Lanka and Ukraine
title_full_unstemmed Urban agriculture during economic crisis: lessons from Cuba, Sri Lanka and Ukraine
title_short Urban agriculture during economic crisis: lessons from Cuba, Sri Lanka and Ukraine
title_sort urban agriculture during economic crisis lessons from cuba sri lanka and ukraine
topic urban agriculture
economic crises
cities
rural-urban food supply chains
food security
resilience
conflicts
war
pandemics
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