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This briefing by the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) provides a side-by-side comparison of current law and the House version of the Farm Bill regarding the USDA Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (UAIP). It details the office's mission to support urban and indoor farming, its climate-related benefits, and proposed legislative changes to its funding, grant eligibility, and pilot project scopes.

This toolkit, published by the Global Resilience Partnership in July 2023, provides guidance for Zambian policymakers and urban planners to create resilient and equitable urban food systems. Based on household surveys conducted between 2019 and 2021 in 14 Zambian cities, the document identifies food insecurity drivers and suggests leveraging the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) and various national and local policies to improve food access, support urban agriculture, and empower women in the food value chain.

This case study describes the Urban Agriculture Program (PAU) in Rosario, Argentina, which was established in 2002 to address food insecurity and economic collapse. The program provides low-income residents with access to underutilized land for agroecological farming, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving urban climate resilience.

This market brief, prepared by GreenCape for the City of Cape Town, evaluates green technologies and practices to sustainably intensify urban and peri-urban food production. It classifies interventions into three levels based on a modified Gliessman framework: increasing efficiency of current practices, substituting alternative practices, and re-establishing production through novel growing systems. The document provides financial viability assessments for hydroponics, aquaponics, and complete Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) systems, while also identifying specific investment opportunities for different farm scales in Cape Town.

This policy brief outlines strategies for cities to enhance climate resilience by strengthening local food systems and protecting agricultural land to mitigate supply shocks and improve food security.

This briefing from the International Institute for Sustainable Development examines strategies to build climate-resilient urban food systems, focusing on the cities of Calgary and Edmonton. It argues that strengthening local food production and diversifying supply chains can mitigate risks posed by extreme weather and global supply shocks.

This fact sheet describes a CDKN study and pilot project conducted with the Municipal Government of Quito and Ecopar Corporation to address climate vulnerabilities in Quito, Ecuador. The initiative focused on restoring ecosystems and promoting sustainable farming to protect low-income communities from landslides, wildfires, and erratic rainfall.

This report examines the integration of urban and peri-urban agriculture and forestry (UPAF) into climate change action plans, focusing on case studies from the Western Province of Sri Lanka and Rosario, Argentina. It argues that UPAF can address the 'triple challenge' of climate change mitigation, adaptation, and the provision of basic services like food security for vulnerable urban populations.

This report defines Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture and Forestry (UPAF) and outlines its potential role in climate change adaptation and mitigation, while noting a lack of detailed analysis on which specific UPAF models are most effective for different city configurations.

This briefing describes how the Western Province of Sri Lanka is integrating urban and peri-urban agriculture and forestry into its climate change adaptation strategies to mitigate flood risks, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and improve food security.

This case study examines the use of green technology and indoor vertical farming for urban food production in Cape Town, focusing on the operations of Mushroom Guru (Pty) Ltd.

This case study by GreenCape examines the role of sustainable urban agriculture (UA) in building socio-economic resilience in the City of Cape Town, focusing on the transition of Nazeer Sonday's Vegkop Polyculture Farm from intensive hydroponic tomato production to a regenerative, diversified farming model.

This briefing note from the International Institute for Sustainable Development discusses the role of regulations and standards as policy tools to facilitate the transition to a green economy, using a case study from Vancouver to illustrate the effectiveness of removing regulatory barriers, known as 'green tape'.