RDFS 2022

Urban Farming
FAO Framework for the Urban Food Agenda

The FAO Framework for the Urban Food Agenda serves as a corporate strategy to address emerging calls from countries, responding to demands for a multi-sectorial, multi-stakeholder and multi-level approach to food insecurity and malnutrition across the rural-urban continuum.
Food Smart City: Food Sharing for Better Food Urban Governance
This presentation explains Rikolto's food sharing and urban farming as solutions to reducing urban food waste.
How will we prepare our towns and cities for a sustainable future?
Urbanization affects every aspect of our food systems - from the way food is produced and priced, to the way it is processed, consumed, recycled and wasted. Providing cities with high quality food today and tomorrow is critical. So how will we prepare our towns and cities for a sustainable future? A future where there is healthy and nutritious food for all?
RICH Food, Smart City : How Building Reliable, Inclusive, Competitive, and Healthy Food Systems is Smart Policy for Urban Asia

The book will be of interest to urban planners, policy makers and leaders at the city and national levels, as well as to food system and development practitioners, and others interested in urban food policy and governance.
Singapore's Bold Plan to Build the Farms of the Future

Find out how Singapore is coping with its lack of farmlands through urban farming, targeting 30% food production by 2030 (30 by 30 approach). Check out their edible gardens, their LUSH program, rooftop and car park gardens, vertical and indoor farming, cityphonics, and many more innovations and alternative approaches supported by policies. Watch the video.
Strengthening our food security

With the majority of our food imported, local production is important to reduce our reliance on food imports. It can also provide a buffer in the event of supply disruptions.
Urban agriculture — the future of farming

Urbanisation is depleting the world’s rural areas of farmers but urban agriculture can help cities achieve higher levels of sufficiency. Technology can help urban agriculture meet the food security requirements of the future, says Paul Teng.

The Asia-Pacific Rural Development and Food Security Forum is a signature
event organized by the Rural Development and Food Security (Agriculture)
Thematic Group, Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department,
Asian Development Bank.

Asian Development Bank
ADB Blogs
Development Asia
ADB Knowledge Events

FAO Framework for the Urban Food Agenda	The FAO Framework for the Urban Food Agenda serves as a corporate strategy to address emerging calls from countries, responding to demands for a multi-sectorial, multi-stakeholder and multi-level approach to food insecurity and malnutrition across the rural-urban continuum.
Food Smart City: Food Sharing for Better Food Urban Governance	This presentation explains Rikolto's food sharing and urban farming as solutions to reducing urban food waste.
How will we prepare our towns and cities for a sustainable future?	Urbanization affects every aspect of our food systems - from the way food is produced and priced, to the way it is processed, consumed, recycled and wasted. Providing cities with high quality food today and tomorrow is critical. So how will we prepare our towns and cities for a sustainable future? A future where there is healthy and nutritious food for all?
RICH Food, Smart City : How Building Reliable, Inclusive, Competitive, and Healthy Food Systems is Smart Policy for Urban Asia	The book will be of interest to urban planners, policy makers and leaders at the city and national levels, as well as to food system and development practitioners, and others interested in urban food policy and governance.
Singapore's Bold Plan to Build the Farms of the Future	Find out how Singapore is coping with its lack of farmlands through urban farming, targeting 30% food production by 2030 (30 by 30 approach). Check out their edible gardens, their LUSH program, rooftop and car park gardens, vertical and indoor farming, cityphonics, and many more innovations and alternative approaches supported by policies. Watch the video.
Strengthening our food security	With the majority of our food imported, local production is important to reduce our reliance on food imports. It can also provide a buffer in the event of supply disruptions.
Urban agriculture — the future of farming	Urbanisation is depleting the world’s rural areas of farmers but urban agriculture can help cities achieve higher levels of sufficiency. Technology can help urban agriculture meet the food security requirements of the future, says Paul Teng.