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A Recipe for Healthy Cities: Vegetable Production in the Urban
EnvironmentRobert J. Holmer
Regional Director for East and Southeast Asia, AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center
Science Week, The WorldFish Center18 - 22 July 2011, Penang, Malaysia
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Global Urbanization Trends
The Urban and Rural Population of the World (1950 to 2030)**Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population
Division (2006). World Urbanization Prospects
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Global Urbanization Trends
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Global Urbanization Trends
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Major challenges facing urban areas:
Urban Challenge: Sanitation
Picture: Nikki Sandino M Victoriano
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Major challenges facing urban areas:
Urban Challenge: Solid Waste Management
Picture: Jana Gerold
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“Double disease burden”
Source: WHO Data 2006
Urban Challenge: Food and Nutritional Security
> 20 % of population over 18 years old is obese
> 30 % of public school children are undernourished
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National vegetable availability vs. health/nutrition status
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Health status indicator:Children under 5 mortality rate
Nutrition status indicator:Children under 5 underweight
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Benefits of vegetables
• Vegetables are:– High value crops– Relatively easy to grow in
different environments– Provide employment,
especially for women and other vulnerable groups
– Provide micronutrients, vitamins, dietary fiber and protein
– Contribute to balanced diets
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Urban agriculture
Allotment Garden Munich, Germany
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Reichstag, Berlin (1945)
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Reichstag, Berlin (1946)
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Berlin, 1946
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Reichstag building, Berlin (2006)
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Vegetable production at the White House garden & in front
of San Francisco City Hall
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• Allotment gardens in Cagayan de Oro, Philippines:– Ten areas in the city made legally available to 100
urban poor families for production of crops • Three of them are located within the premises of public
elementary schools
– Joint effort of academe, local government and community
– Integrates aspects of solid waste management, ecological sanitation, participatory land use planning and community organizing
Urban Agriculture Pilot Project Philippines
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Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD)
Jeannette M.E. Tramhel. 2010. Using Participatory Urban Design to "Close the Nutrient Loop" in the Philippines. Urban Agriculture Magazine 23 - Urban nutrient management, 30-31.
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... preparing the land
Allotment Garden Set-up
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Philippine Allotment Garden
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About 70 % of vegetables produced are sold to outside customers who come to the garden
About 5 % are give-aways for friends and family 25 % is used for own consumption Vegetable consumption has increased for all
gardening families (has doubled for ¾ of the families) 20 % income increase Many non-monetary benefits such as enjoying quality
time with friends and family, enhanced community values, better health, increased self-esteem.
Major Results of Philippine Allotment Garden Program
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Vegetable production can take place in
small spaces and can still be productive.
Ingenuity is the key!
Container gardening
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Opportunities and Threats
• Security of Tenure• Favorable policies
– National School Garden Program of the Philippines– 42,000 gardens in all public schools until 2016– connected with community and home garden
program
• Multidisciplinary/cross-sectoral approaches• Increased public awareness of benefits of
healthier nutrition
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Prosperity for the Poor, Health for All!
Thank you very much!