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In 2002, the Municipality of Quito launched the Participatory Urban Agriculture Program (AGRUPAR), which supports the production of organic food at household level for self-consumption and selling. The selling is enhanced by carrying out alternative local marketing projects called “bioferias”. The programme has strong potential in terms of food producers’...

In 2015, Pittsburgh City Council gave its residents the right to produce the food they needed through the updating of its zoning code. As a consequence of this shift, the application process to benefit from public vacant land for farming has been facilitated.

Over the last decade, Curitiba City Hall has developed three programmes to ensure healthy food access for people in need. The City improved the access of low-income population to diverse, fresh and seasonal fruits and vegetables through 1) stores selling subsidized products; 2) sale outlets where farmers sold their products...

Nantes territorial food project identified land plots to be converted into farming areas. The Municipality along with a multi-stakeholder group identified the resources and infrastructure needed and implemented new farming activities on 137 sites across 1 900 ha within five years.

In 2015, the Nairobi City County government developed and implemented the Urban Agriculture Promotion and Regulation Act, acknowledging the potential of urban agriculture for food and nutrition security. The Act provides regulation on land and water access, food safety, environment conservation and organic waste management; and includes standards for urban...