Urban agriculture: a step-by-step guide to successful container farming in the city /
Rodolfo C. Undan ... [et al.]
- Quezon City: Foresight Books, c2002.
- 55 pages: illustration.
Includes bibliographical references.
It is aimed to guide people in farming in the city. It is intended to increase food production, reduce the volume of solid waste, prevent malnutrition, promote strong family relationships and reintroduce love of nature and the practice of ecological balance in urban living. Contents: Container farming. Growing crops in the city. Picture gallery of landscapes. Programs of urban agriculture. Vegetable recipes. Companion planting guide. Organic insect sprays. Directory of different suppliers of seeds, agricultural chemicals, tools and plant containers. Selected references and index. Purpose: "To increase food production; reduce the volume of solid waste; prevent malnutrition and infant mortality due to malnutrition; promote strong family relationships and reintroduce love of nature and the practices of ecological balance in urban living."
9719195029
Container gradening--Philippines--Handbooks, manuals, etc. Vegetable gardening--Philippines. Land use, Urban. Sustainable agriculture--Philippines. Urban agriculture--Philippines.