With different partners, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) is committed to the World Urban Forum V (WUF V). The WUF V will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 22 to 26 March. Its theme is: “The Right to the City, Bridging the Urban Divide”. Food and agriculture issues are at stake as they are a growing concern as well as a part of the solution.
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Pour beaucoup de gens, les aliments de rue représentent une partie importante de l'apport alimentaire et permettent d'avoir accès à des aliments peu utilisés à la maison tels que les fruits et les légumes qui constituent des compléments sains du régime alimentaire. Quelles seraient les mesures à prendre pour accroître les connaissances et les pratiques des vendeurs en matière de salubrité des aliments et faire en sorte que leur rôle soit reconnu par les autorités locales, pour ainsi maximiser l'impact positif des aliments de rue?
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This training handbook is a field guide for training urban and peri-urban vegetable farmers in safe practices when using wastewater in vegetable production. It is designed to provide complete information, knowledge and skills for safer and successful production of vegetables in urban and peri-urban farming systems. Once you have gained this knowledge, we urge you to share the knowledge and skills you have gained with other farmers in your neighbourhood, so that they too can produce
cleaner and healthy vegetables.