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How to use under-used peri-urban areas to promote sustainable agricultural and farming production which will create new green job

Topics

  1. Climate adaptation
  2. Food
  3. Entrepreneurship and SMEs

Main policy issue to be addressed in relation to the selected topics

The project aims to produce an Integrated Action Plan to address a specific policy challenge, which is how to use peri-urban areas of the city that are under-used to promote sustainable agricultural and farming production which will create new green jobs for young people and entrepreneurs, matching land owners with potential farmers in innovative ways, training and giving resources and spaces to potential farmers to develop this new economic activity and helping these products to be commercialized in nearby markets, thus contributing to have more sustainable and resilient cities.

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We are looking for municipalities between 50.000 and 250.000 inhabitants from all European countries with peri-urban agricultural areas that are underused.

In the fram,ework of Sustainable Development Goals, Manresa City Council aims to implement policies related to decent work and economic growth (SDG 8), as well as to promote a sustainable city (SDG 11) and a responsible consumption and production (SDG 12), through working on jobs and skills in the local economy as well as sustainable use of land and nature-based solutions (European Urban Agenda Partnerships of “Sustainable land use” and “Jobs and skills in the local economy”).

Last modified:

04 February 2019

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Institution: 
Ajuntament de Manresa
City: 
Manresa
Country: 
Spain
Type of region: 
More developed