The Brussels Development Briefing no. 50 on “Growing food in the cities: Successes and new opportunities” took place on 10 April 2018 from 09h00 to 13h00, ACP Secretariat, Brussels 451 Avenue Georges Henri, 1200 Brussels. This Briefing was organised by the ACP-EU Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), in collaboration with the European Commission / DEVCO, the ACP Secretariat, and CONCORD.
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Brussels Briefing 50: Axel Timpe "Successes of Urban agriculture in Europe"
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COST Urban Agriculture Europe:
Which, Where and How Urban Agriculture is successful in
Europe
Dr.-Ing. Axel Timpe, RWTH Aachen University
10/04/2017
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Experiences from research on Urban Agriculture and Productive
Parks in Europe
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COST Action Urban Agriculture Europe:
Not about “Vertical Visions…
Projec „Dragonfly“: http://www.davidsheen.com/rumblepie/15.htm
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…but about bottom/up innovation in 25 European countries
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…but about bottom/up innovation in 25 European countries
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COST UAE Working Groups on the dimension of Urban Agriculture
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Which Urban Agriculture is successful in Europe?
Where is Urban Agriculture successful?
How is Urban Agriculture successful?
What we learned:
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Which Urban Agriculture is successful in Europe?
An Urban Agriculture which is more than food production.
It needs to involve people , on a professional and non-
professional level
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Where is Urban Agriculture successful?
Urban Agriculture is successful where it allies itself with urban
planning, where it provides Green Infrastructure and public open
spaces for urbanites.
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Green Infrastructure
European Commission, COM(2013) 249 final: Green Infrastructure (GI) - Enhancing Europe's Natural Capital, p. 3
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Potential Components of Green Infrastructure
European Commission (2013): Building a green infrastructure for Europe, p. 8
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37 Productive Parks identified in Europe
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arious sizes of Productive Parks: 10 – 1200 ha
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Parc des Lilas: classic park element “Le Grand Mail”
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Parc des Lilas: parc areas managed with agricultural techniques
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Parc des Lilas: professional horticulture in the park
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Organic community farming with public space: Parc des Lilas
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How is Urban Agriculture successful?
By creating innovative business models which go beyond classic
agrarian markets.
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Five business models in European Urban Agriculture
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Five business models in urban and peri-urban agriculture
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European Research on Urban Agriculture continues:
proGIreg - Horizon 2020 Innovation Action on nature based solutions
Among others:
-Community operated
aquaponics in Dortmund
-New soil from urban
wastes in Turin
-Urban Gardening for
social inclusion
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European Research on Urban Agriculture continues:
www.ua-heritage.com