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Urban agriculture matters for sustainable development

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Pradhan,  Prajal
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research;

Subedi,  Daya Raj
External Organizations;

Dahal,  Kshitij
External Organizations;

Hu,  Yuanchao
External Organizations;

Gurung,  Prakriti
External Organizations;

Pokharel,  Sijal
External Organizations;

Kafle,  Sagar
External Organizations;

Khatri,  Biplav
External Organizations;

Basyal,  Sudeeksha
External Organizations;

Gurung,  Monika
External Organizations;

Joshi,  Aruna
External Organizations;

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Pradhan, P., Subedi, D. R., Dahal, K., Hu, Y., Gurung, P., Pokharel, S., Kafle, S., Khatri, B., Basyal, S., Gurung, M., Joshi, A. (2024): Urban agriculture matters for sustainable development. - Cell Reports Sustainability, 1, 9, 100217.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crsus.2024.100217


Cite as: https://publications.pik-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_31332
Abstract
Urban agriculture can contribute to sustainable development. However, a holistic investigation is lacking to comprehend its positive and negative impacts on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Our systematic analysis of around 1,450 relevant publications on urban agriculture, screened from 76,000 records, fills this gap. We map and analyze the text in the literature for each SDG target and its associated positive or negative sentiments. Here, we report our results highlighting that urban agriculture is linked to all SDGs, with 142 and 136 targets having positive and negative sentiments. The mapped positive sentiments are around double the negative ones. We identify six leveraging opportunities urban agriculture provides for sustainable transformation with four hurdles to be resolved. Urban agriculture does not inherently contribute to sustainability. Its impacts rely on the adoption of specific practices. Realizing urban agriculture’s social, economic, and environmental functions to accelerate SDG progress requires tackling the hurdles.