Giraldo Arriola, Andres (2021) Urban Agriculture, a mechanism to increase Community Resourcefulness and Develop Social Fabric. Bachelor thesis.
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Abstract
Urban Agriculture is an integral, multi-functional, and multi-component practice that revolves around food production, working with soil, using local resources and potential. This practice has been jeopardized in Bogota, due to the lack of recognition, available arable land, and political support. Urban farmers do not have sufficient economic and material resources, and still, they have been able to flourish in harsh conditions. This paper answers the question How can urban agriculture increase community resourcefulness in Bogotá Colombia? Using structured interviews, this research studied the practice of urban agriculture from the lenses of five consolidated projects distributed in different localities of the city. This was completed together with two institutions that are involved in urban agriculture and the remarks of a sociologist on the understanding of Bogota’s social contexts. Findings suggest that urban agriculture is not simply an agroecology practice, but a social fabric is built where social, cultural, pedagogical, political and community relationships are as essential as soil to the practice. Furthermore, it allows the people to become resourceful and adds to the resolution of social, political, and environmental problems, contributes to food security, to the renovation of misused public places and support people in conditions of vulnerability.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Degree programme: | Spatial Planning and Design |
| Supervisor: | Horlings, L.G. |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Feb 2021 11:12 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Feb 2021 11:12 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3439 |
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