AGUILA

La presente pagina pretende llevarles una vía de comunicación y actualización sobre las acciones que se desarrollan en el campo de la Agricultura Urbana en la Región Latinoamericana y Caribeña, de forma ágil y actualizada.
http://www.ipes.org/aguila

Cities Feeding People - IDRC

International Development Research Centre (IDRC). The Centre, based in Ottawa, Canada, has been a leading catalyst for the development of research into best practices in urban agriculture, especially in the developing world. Its Cities Feeding Cities web site has many authoritative information and links. http://www.IDRC.ca/CFP

City Farmer

The urban agriculture notes of the web site of City Farmer, based in Vancouver, Canada, keeps tabs on interesting developments world-wide. http://www.cityfarmer.org

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (FAO)

The FAO’s discussion of the pros and cons of urban farming is a fairly thorough, if dry, overview of the major issues. http://www.fao.org/unfao/bodies/COAG/COAG15/X0076e.htm

The Institute for Food and Development Policy

Also known as Food First, this non-profit organization focuses on hunger and poverty issues around the world. Its web site has many articles on organic and city farming in Cuba. http://www.foodfirst.org.

Resource centre on Urban Agriculture and forestry (RUAF)

The general aim of RUAF is to facilitate integration of Urban Agriculture in the policies and plans of city authorities and to facilitate the formulation of projects on urban agriculture with active involvement of all local stakeholders (like urban planners, groups of urban farmers, consumer organizations, technical and credit organizations, environmental groups, health authorities, related local small enterprises, and others. http://www.ruaf.org/

Cuba

Cuban History Timeline

Useful chronology of key events in Cuba’s history. http://www.historyofcuba.com/history/time/timetbl1.html

Media Coverage

Christian Science Monitor

An article on the controversy caused by Cuban experts introducing urban farming to Venezuela.http://havanajournal.com/culture/P664/

The Guardian

An article about urban farming in Cuba in a leading British daily newspaper. http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4335678,00.html