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Urban Agriculture Promotion and Regulation Act 2015, Nairobi, Kenya

Act that promotes urban agriculture within Nairobi City and County, Kenya. It provides the regulatory framework for the practice of agriculture in the county; delegates responsibilities within County government with respect to agriculture; establishs the Nairobi City County Urban Agr’iculture Promotion Advisory Board; calls for the creation of a strategic plan for agriculture in the city and county.

Urban Agriculture Policy, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Provides for range of urban agriculture practices and future policy framework in order to increase food sources and nutrition for self-reliance. It recognizes UA as a tool for economic development and effective land use (cultivation, livestock, land use) through city-run urban farms. It includes provisions for policy development related to: water, human resources, material resources, financial resources, legel and regulatory issues, institutional framework, health and environment issues, socio-cultural dimensions, economic dimensions

Urban Agriculture Law, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Policy to support urban agriculture in order to improve food and nutritional security of the population. The use of property for urban agriculture is considered a “social function”, and facilitates transfer of private property to UA uses.