Poland: FOODCITYBOOST. Exploring Urban Agriculture
Dr. Marta Sylla from the Institute of Spatial Economy in Wroclaw University will lead the FOODCITYBOOST project on urban agriculture.
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This European initiative is implemented within the EU’s Horizon Europe research and innovation program. Researchers from the Institute of Spatial Economy, the Department of Horticulture, and the Department of Landscape Architecture at Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences will be conducting the project.
According to the project’s objectives, FOODCITYBOOST aims to provide integrated tools for the development, evaluation, and monitoring of urban agriculture in various urban environments and its economic, social, and environmental impacts. One such tool will be a multi-level co-design platform (with a user-friendly interface) that will support practitioners on one side and enable dialogue with decision-makers and other stakeholders on the other. The platform will also serve as a source of information on guidelines for implementing local, regional, and European policies.
As Daniel Münderlein, formerly associated with the University of Aachen and since 2022 in Kassel at the Institute of Landscape Architecture, explains, urban agriculture is an extremely dynamic phenomenon that evolves continuously over time and space. He emphasizes that a detailed understanding of urban agriculture is necessary in research, as well as for sustainable implementation and integration of this agriculture in urban planning and development.’
