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Multidisciplinary teams from all over the world will compete for designing the ultimate
urban farm.
The challenge will address the design of 3 urban agriculture projects, in 3 different locations. Every location will have a winning team and a prize (3 winners in total). Every winning team will receive a money prize and also the opportunity to be part of the realization of the urban farm project. Jackpot is 7500 € .
To boost this trend, the universities of Bologna and Florence organize the Student Challenge, UrbanFarm2019.
3 months of time to redesign 3 locations, having a look at the 3 spheres of sustainability.
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Another rooftop project in in Quito-Ecuador, in Santa Clara, promoted by Daniel Rodríguez (MSc in our programme two years ago).
The project looks for the horticultural production, thorugh installation and operation of rooftops greenhouses aswell in lands Orchards, all of this in an participatory way considering new approaches of this agricultural practices in the city. During one year they plan to asses and find the right way to commercialized (short distribution circuits and proximity consume).
This Project looks also for the nutrition of Santa Clara besides getting into the way of
food security and food sovereignity; and for generate social integration and
social cohession. To be a way of economical support of families, and to promote
new way of comercialization. This Project look for multilevel benefits.