City/Town/Village: | Municipality of Rosario |
County/Province/District (Name of): | Santa Fe Province |
Sub-national State: | n/a |
Country: | Argentina |
Language: | Spanish |
Spatial Distinction: | Urban |
Level of Government: | Municipality |
Population: | 1,426,517 |
Population Range: | 1 million - 4.99 million |
Policy Type: | Legislation and Regulations |
Food Systems Sector(s): | food processing and manufacturing; food production |
Year of Adoption: | 2002 |
Adopting Government Department(s): | Municipality of Rosario; Committees on Budgets, Finance and Production, and Health and Social Action |
Lead Implementing Entity: | Secretariat of Social Promotion, Secretariat of Production |
Supporting Entity: | The Executive Department |
Additional Supporting Entity: | n/a |
Funding Amount: | n/a |
Funding Sources: | n/a |
Policy Links: | PDF-Original |
Link to Additional Resources: | |
Policy Outcome: | This policy supports the development of micro-enterprises for organic food production, processing, and retail. It establishes the opportunity for private (or public) land holders to receive property tax waivers to allow land to be used for organic urban agriculture. |
Policy Keywords: | cooperative; export; fiscal incentive; food gardens; foreign markets; income generation; local processing; local production; marketing; microenterprise; ordinance; organic agriculture; organic certification; private land; private-public partnership; property tax waiver; small to medium enterprise (SME); start up support; technical assistance; unemployment; urban agriculture |