Food education through school linkages is important for children to learn where food comes from and become “prosumers” (producers as well as consumers).
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Food can be grown in backyards, front yards, empty lots, and on rooftops, addressing the space limitations of traditional agriculture.
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Civic agriculture allows communities to grow food in their neighborhoods, giving people more control of their food supply.
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Urban agriculture is defined as the growing, processing, and distribution of food and non-food plant/tree crops and raising livestock directly for the urban market within or on the fringe of urban areas.
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By 2010, over 50% of the world’s population lived in urban environments, and by 2020, this figure rose to 60%.
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Urban-based solutions include community gardens, rooftop gardens, school gardens, controlled environment agriculture, vertical farms, green walls, and ecological cities.
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Urban agriculture is a good alternative to secure our food supply in an era of climate change and growing global population.
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Climate change makes traditional agriculture less stable and secure due to unpredictable variations in temperature, rainfall (flooding or drought), and heat/cold.
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AI and IoT technologies optimize resource allocation and crop yield, enabling year-round cultivation and data-driven decision-making.
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