Community-based vegetable production systems: An answer to the food and sanitation crisis of urban poor in the Philippines?

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 881, Issue , 2010, Pages 125-130

  Holmer, R J ^a  

^a XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Allotment gardens; Asset based community development; Ecological sanitation; Environmental management; Food security; Poverty alleviation; Urban horticulture

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053232349     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2010.881.12     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (25)

1. Acosta, J.C. Domingo G.C., Holmer R.J. and Schnitzler, W.H. 1997. Genetic resources for urban tomato cultivation in the tropics. Kasetsart J. (Nat. Sci.) 32 (5):54-55.
2. Agbayani, A.L.P., Holmer, R.J., Potutan, G.E. and Schnitzler, W.H. 2001. Quality and quantity requirements for vegetables by private households, vendors and institutional users in a Philippine urban setting. Urban Agriculture Magazine 5:56-57.
3. Bregnhoj, H. 2003. Experiences with Ecosan in Danish allotment gardens and in development projects. 2nd International Symposium on Ecological Sanitation, April 2003, p.143-148.
4. Drescher, A.W. 2001. The German Allotment Gardens - a Model For Poverty Alleviation and Food Security in Southern African Cities? Proceedings of the Sub-Regional Expert Meeting on Urban Horticulture, Stellenbosch, South Africa, January 15-19, 2001, FAO/University of Stellenbosch.
5. FNRI, 2003. National nutrition survey 2003-2004. Nutrition Facts and Figures. Philippine Food and Nutrition Research Institute.
6. Gerold, J., Drescher, A.W. and Holmer, R.J. 2005. Kleingärten zur Armutsminderung: Schrebergärten in Cagayan de Oro. Südostasien, 21 (4):76-77.
7. Guanzon, Y.B., Sol, G.Y., Urbina, C.D. and Holmer, R.J. 2007. Perception of Cagayan de Oro City growers and customers towards crops applied with urine. Paper presented at the ISSUE workshop "Strengthen our Gains in Ecological Sanitation", February 21-22, 2007, San Fernando, La Union, Philippines.
8. Holmer, R.J., Clavejo, M.T., Dongus, S. and Drescher, A. 2003. Allotment Gardens for Philippine Cities. Urban Agriculture Magazine 11:29-31.
9. Holmer, R.J. and Drescher, A.W. 2005. Building Food Secure Neighbourhoods: the Role of Allotment Gardens. Urban Agriculture Magazine 15:9-20.
10. Holmer, R.J., Factura, H.S., Miso, A.U., Sol, G.Y., Santos, C.A., Elorde, E.G., Lee, S.O. and Montes, A.A. 2009. UDD toilets with reuse in allotment gardens, Cagayan de Oro. Philippines. Case study of sustainable sanitation projects, Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA) 2009, 10 p.
11. Holmer, R.J., Gabutin, L.B. and Schnitzler, W.H. 1997. Organic fertilizer production from city waste: A model approach in a Southeast Asian urban environment. Kasetsart J. (Nat. Sci.) 32 (5):50-53.
12. Holmer, R.J. and Itchon, G.S. 2008. Is human excreta an answer to the food &fertilizer crisis? Appropriate Technology 35 (4):31-33.
13. Holmer, R.J. and Monse, B. 2006. School health programmes pay dividends. Appropriate Technology 33 (4):56-59. (Pubitemid 46139276)
14. Jönsson, H., Richert Stintzing, A., Vinnerås, B. and Salomon, E. 2004. Guidelines on the Use of Urine and Faeces in Crop Production. EcoSanRes Programme, Stockholm Environment Institute. 35p.
15. Keller, I. and Tukuitonga, C. 2007. The WHO/FAO Fruit and Vegetable Promotion Initiative. Acta Hort. 744:27-37.
16. Kretzmann, J. and McKnight, J. 1993. Building Communities from the Inside Out: A Path Toward Finding and Mobilizing a Community's Assets. ACTA Publications, Chicago.
17. Miso, A.U., 2007. Assessment of the Socio-economic Impact and Environmental Implication of Allotment Gardens in Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences in Tropics and Subtropics, University of Hohenheim, Germany. 147p.
18. PUVeP, 2008. Philippine Allotment Garden Manual with an Introduction to Ecological Sanitation. Xavier University, Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines. 103p.
19. Schnitzler, W.H. and Holmer, R.J. 1999. Project summary of "Urban and Peri-Urban Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Development for Sustainable Vegetable Production and Marketing Systems (PUVeP)" Project. Chronica Hort. 39 (3):8-9.
20. SWS, 2009. First Quarter 2009 Social Weather Survey on Hunger Prevalence in the Philippines. http://www.sws.org.ph/pr090323.htm
21. Urbina, C.O., Miso, A.U. and Holmer, R.J. 2005. The socioeconomic impact of the allotment garden project in Cagayan de Oro City. 6th International PUDSEA Conference "Strategies for Community Development in Urban and Periurban Areas of South-East Asia", July 11-15, 2005, Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines.
22. WHO, 2006. Guidelines for the safe use of wastewater, excreta and greywater. Volume 4: Excreta and greywater use in agriculture. World Health Organization, Geneva.
23. WHO, 2006. Mortality Country Fact Sheet Philippines. World Health Organization, Geneva.
24. World Bank, 2003. Urban Poverty in East Asia: a Review of Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam. Working Paper No. 11, Urban Sector Development Unit, East Asia Infrastructure Department, The World Bank, Washington.
25. WSP, 2008. Economic Impacts of Sanitation in the Philippines: A five-country study conducted in Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, the Philippines and Vietnam under the Economics of Sanitation Initiative (ESI). The World Bank Water and Sanitation Program, Jakarta, Indonesia.