Features Policy Briefs: Guidelines for Municipal Policymaking on Urban Agriculture (2003) This series of nine policy briefs is based on current scientific and technological research and reflects innovative practices in cities in the region of Latin America and the Caribbean. Available in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese. Agriculture in the City: a Key to Sustainability in Havana, Cuba Maria Caridad Cruz and Roberto Sánchez Medina Rosario meeting of the Optimization of Vacant Land Use for Urban Agriculture (UA) 2003-07-03 The Optimization of Vacant Land Use for Urban Agriculture project held a meeting of the three city teams in Rosario, Argentina from May 19th to May 22nd, 2003. The meeting was convened by IDRC’s ...

To the left and below is a list of all past and present Cities Feeding People projects in Latin America and the Caribbean. To the right, an example of roof-top gardening in Haiti.

IDRC has a long history of working with institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean around food security and urban management, even before urban agriculture was "on the map."

Projects were developed at first on disparate topics, like small animal husbandry, recycling of solid waste, horticultural techniques for small spaces, and wastewater reuse.

In the 1990's, project results informed researchers about emerging trends and needs.  Gradually, some groups began to meet and communicate within the region about the potential of urban agriculture to improve living conditions in cities.  This led eventually to the creation of the network AGUILA. Aguila means "eagle" and stands for the Latin American Urban Agriculture Research Network.

Cities Feeding People is now placing its efforts in the region on synthesizing and publishing material on selected themes, such as incorporating urban agriculture into urban planning, and implementing regulatory frameworks at the municipal level.  The regional focal point for the Resource Centre for Urban Agriculture and Forestry has been appointed, and a new short course has developed methodological guidelines for the region.  Latin American expertise in this, and other areas, such as wastewater management, are being shared with institutions in Eastern Africa and in the Middle East.

• Latin American Urban Agriculture Research Network (AGUILA) (Latin America)
  

• Workshop to Review and Develop Regional Projects for the AGUILA network on Latin American Urban Agriculture Research
  

• AGUILA Executive Secretariat and Evaluation
  

• Sustainable Management of the Botucatu Aquifer (Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, & Uruguay)
  

• Urban Agriculture and Feeding the Latin American and Caribbean Cities: Best Practices and City Consultation
  

• Regional Training Course on Urban Agriculture
  

• Urban Agriculture, Environment & Social Economy, La Habana (Cuba)
  

• Urban Food Security (Central America)
  

• The Grocery Basket in Bolivia
  

• Urban Horticultural Technologies (Haiti)
  

• Household Small Animal Production Systems (Peru)
  

• Urban Agriculture in Local Waste Management: Santiago ( Dominican Republic)
  

• Institutional Assessment for Research Network on Urban Agriculture (Latin America)
  

• Integral System for Recycling Organic Waste (Mexico)
  

• Regional Aquifers, Latin America (Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, & Venezuala)
  

• Urban Agriculture for Sanitation and Income Generation (Metro Fortaleza, Brazil)
  

• Management of Solid Wastes in Ecuador
  

• Publication of the proceedings of the "Curso Taller Internacional de Hidroponia" (Lima, Peru)
  

• Optimizing Use of Vacant Land for Urban Agriculture (UA) Through Participatory Planning Processes (LAC)
  

• Urban Agriculture in Metro Fortaleza: Survey, Lessons and Recommendations (Brazil)
  

• Urban Agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean: Papers for Evaluation Workshop
  

• Participatory Impact Evaluation Methodologies for Urban Agriculture (UA) in Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) Countries
  

• Workshop on Latin American Research Initiative on Urban Agriculture
  

• Upscaling Urban Agriculture: From Experiments to Program, Fortaleza (Brazil)
  

• Evaluation Workshop : Urban Agriculture Project Impacts in Latin America and the Caribbean
  

• Wastewater Reuse (Peru)
  

• Integrated System for the Treatment and Recycling of Wastewater in Latin America: Reality and Potential