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    2. An analytic approach to support urban agriculture policies development: case study of Barcelona

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Zanasi, Cesare (author) and Di Fiore, Gianluca (author)
    Format:
    Paper
    Publication Date:
    2018
    Published:
    Spain
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 106 Document Number: D10932
    Journal Title:
    International Journal of Food System Dynamics
    Notes:
    Conference paper, International European Forum, Innsbruck, Austria, February 5-9, 2018. Pages 271-283 in proceedings published in this journal., The increasing impact due to urban population’s food supply causes a series of negative externalities related to food production, transformation and transportation. FAO and other institutions are trying to integrate traditional models of food supply with alternative ones like Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture (UPA). Defining the drivers that motivate the participation in different types of UPA could be useful to plan more participated and effective UPA development policies. Barcelona (Spain) hosts a number of cases representing different declinations that UPA can assume. This work aims at describing the differences in terms of motivations to enter the various typologies of Urban Agriculture (UA) in Barcelona. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews to 4 groups of users representing 3 of the most widespread models of UA initiatives in Barcelona (Allotment Gardens, Community Gardens, Pla Buits.) The results showed that participation in UA is mainly motivated by relational aspects and knowledge exchange and differences exist among the various UA models. Political reasons are mostly influencing the Community Gardeners while Pla Buits users’ mains motivations are related to socialising and Allotment gardeners are mainly motivated by environmental aspects. Differences in the participants’ demographic characteristics also emerged. Better targeted public policies contents and communication strategies for UPA development can thus be derived by the results obtained; to this end, recommendations have been provided. Further research should broaden the range of case studies and the sample size, in order to provide a more effective and comprehensive tool for tailoring UPA developing strategies to different contexts.

    4. Are agriculture and nutrition policies and practice coherent? Stakeholder evidence from Afghanistan

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Poole, Nigel (author), Echavez, Chona (author), and Rowland, Dominic (author)
    Format:
    Online journal article
    Publication Date:
    2018-12
    Published:
    Springer Netherlands
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 7 Document Number: D10241
    Journal Title:
    Food Security
    Journal Title Details:
    10(6) : 1577–1601
    Notes:
    Online ISSN: 1876-4525 Print ISSN: 1876-4517, Via online journal., Despite recent improvements in the national average, stunting levels in Afghanistan exceed 70% in some Provinces. Agriculture serves as the main source of livelihood for over half of the population and has the potential to be a strong driver of a reduction in under-nutrition. This article reports research conducted through interviews with stakeholders in agriculture and nutrition in the capital, Kabul, and four provinces of Afghanistan, to gain a better understanding of the institutional and political factors surrounding policy making and the nutrition-sensitivity of agriculture. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with a total of 46 stakeholders from central government and four provinces, including staff from international organizations, NGOs and universities. We found evidence of interdisciplinary communication at the central level and within Provinces, but little evidence of vertical coordination in policy formulation and implementation between the centre and Provinces. Policy formulation and decision making were largely sectoral, top-down, and poorly contextualised. The weaknesses identified in policy formulation, focus, knowledge management, and human and financial resources inhibit the orientation of national agricultural development strategies towards nutrition-sensitivity. Integrating agriculture and nutrition policies requires explicit leadership from the centre. However, effectiveness of a food-based approach to reducing nutrition insecurity will depend on decentralising policy ownership to the regions and provinces through stronger subnational governance. Security and humanitarian considerations point to the need to manage and integrate in a deliberate way the acute humanitarian care and long-term development needs, of which malnutrition is just one element.

    5. Bridging the gap

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Jones, Karen (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2018-09
    Published:
    USA: Cooperative Communicators Association, Bellafonte, Pennsylvania.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 199 Document Number: D09942
    Journal Title:
    Communique
    Notes:
    2 pages.

    6. Challenging the urban–rural dichotomy in agri-food systems

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Shellabarger, Rachel M. (author), Voss, Rachel C. (author), Egerer, Monika (author), Chiang, Shun-Nan (author), and University of California, Santa Cruz
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2018-10-17
    Published:
    United States: Springer Netherlands
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 8 Document Number: D10316
    Journal Title:
    Agriculture and Human Values
    Journal Title Details:
    36(1) : 91-103
    Notes:
    13 pages., Via online journal., The idea of a profound urban–rural divide has shaped analysis of the 2016 U.S. presidential election results. Here, through examples from agri-food systems, we consider the limitations of the urban–rural divide framework in light of the assumptions and intentions that underpin it. We explore the ideas and imaginaries that shape urban and rural categories, consider how material realities are and are not translated into U.S. rural development, farm, and nutrition policies, and examine the blending of rural and urban identities through processes of rural deagrarianization and urban reagrarianization. We do not argue that an urban–rural divide does not exist, as studies and public opinion polls illustrate both measured and perceived differences in many aspects of the lived experiences that shape our individual and collective actions. Ultimately, we suggest that the urban–rural divide concept obscures the diversity and dynamism of experiences each category encompasses. Additionally, it ignores the connections and commonalities that demand integrative solutions to challenges in agri-food systems, and draw attention to the power relations that shape resource access and use within and across urban and rural spaces.

    8. Communication

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Winne, Mark (author)
    Format:
    Book chapter
    Publication Date:
    2018-01-01
    Published:
    Santa Barbara, California: Praeger
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 84 Document Number: D10846
    Journal Title Details:
    (4) : 48-54
    Notes:
    8 pages., See D10845., Via UI Library Catalog., Chapter 4 of "Stand together or starve alone: unity and chaos in the U.S. food movement".