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From: Ccph [mailto:
ccp...@u.washington.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 1:29 AM
Subject: Call for Papers on Best Practices in Urban and Peri-Urban
Agriculture Development - June 5 Deadline
Dear colleague,
The Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
(JAFSCD) is
looking for research or policy briefs, case studies (up to 2,500 words),
and
full articles (up to 8,500 words) on best community-development
practices
related to:
* Urban livestock management and regulation.
* Urban market gardening and backyard gardening.
* Marketing and value-adding.
* Waste management and reuse.
* Urban farming by immigrant or other special populations.
* Farming on the fringe.
The deadline for this call for papers is June 5, 2010.
Briefs, case studies, and articles should focus on illustrative programs
or
projects, survey results, literature reviews, and public policy that are
related tobut not limited toland-use planning and regulation, health
ordinances
or their implementation, training and educational programs, marketing
systems
or value chains, partnership development, systems approaches, issues of
scale,
and farm-neighbor relations. JAFSCD is particularly interested in
holistic
approaches that combine community and economic development with
environmental
protection.
For more information on this call for papers, please visit
http://www.agdevjournal.com/
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