Urban and Periurban Agriculture
Scope of work
With the aim of mapping the multiple benefits provided by sustainable urban and peri-urban agriculture, two initial studies in the São Paulo metropolis (Brazil) were launched in the years 2020 and 2021. The first study pointed out that it is possible to produce fresh and healthy food within metropolitan areas, offering provisioning services to its 21mi habitants. The second study explored how this production could maintain and enhance ecosystem services such as heat and flood mitigation, and water and erosion regulation. By transitioning unproductive pasture lands into sustainable agriculture, it would be possible to reach 2030 with almost the same levels of ecosystem services provision as it was assessed for 2019, cushioning the impacts of projected urban expansion in the metropolis. Based on dialogues with the Ministry of Citizenship, the work is aiming to build a guideline for the development and evaluation of UPA agendas at the municipal level.
Publications and resources
- Closer than you think: the challenges for food production in the metropolis
- Beyond food: the contribution of urban agriculture to well-being in the metropolis of São Paulo
- Factsheet - Urban and Periurban Agriculture in the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo (MRSP), Brazil
- Beyond food: urban agriculture's contribution to the well-being of the metropolis of São Paulo
- Estudo de Fundo (Available soon)
- Background study (Available soon)
Events and meetings
- 1stSteering Committee (forthcoming, 2022)
- TEEBAgriFood Global Symposium (Nairobi, February 2019)
Media
Status: Ongoing
This project is funded by the Partnership Instrument of the European Union
Host Ministries:
- Secretary of Infrastructure and Environment of Sao Paulo State
- Ministry of Citizenship
Research Institutions:
- Escolhas Institute
- FGVCes
This project will complement work undertaken as part of the Natural Capital Accounting and Valuation of Ecosystem Services (NCAVES) project in Brazil.
