OPPORTUNITIES FOR URBAN AGRICULTURE IN MODERN CITIES

  • Veselin Rangelov Associated Professor, PhD, University of Forestry, Sofia, Bulgaria
Keywords: city, agriculture, sustainable development, resources

Abstract

In recent years, urbanization has been on the rise at the expense of agricultural, forest and other natural areas. Due to the migration of the population to big cities, the number of people employed in the agricultural sector is decreasing and consumption is constantly increasing. The urban population is becoming more dependent, and the crisis in the sector is deepening. In recent years there has been intense talk of urban agriculture as an alternative to traditional farming. It has a number of positive aspects, but above all it enables the improvement of the environmental situation in cities, thanks to the increase of the biological mass in the urban environment, the creation of new jobs, the achievement of sustainability and socialization, not least reducing the value of the production produced.

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Published
2020-04-30
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Veselin Rangelov. (2020). OPPORTUNITIES FOR URBAN AGRICULTURE IN MODERN CITIES. International Academy Journal Web of Scholar, (4(46), 3-7. https://doi.org/10.31435/rsglobal_wos/30042020/7038
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