White Paper on Urban Agriculture: White paper by FACCE-JPI

FACCE-JPI first addressed urban agriculture through the “Exploratory Workshop on Urban Agriculture and Adaptation to Climate Change” described in the FACCE-JPI 2018-2020 Implementation Plan under Core Theme 4 (Exploratory Workshops on Urban Agriculture). At the time, this action was identified to explore the opportunities urban agriculture can offer in the challenge to provide healthy, nutritious and sufficient food for a growing population under the aspect of climate change.
A first workshop in January 2020 in Wageningen brought together a broad selection of stakeholders and experts (academics, industry, policymakers, funders, retailers, land & urban planners etc.). Together they discussed what urban agriculture could offer, the main challenges and the type of instruments needed to strengthen its role e.g. through FACCE-JPI.
To continue the work on this topic, a follow-up meeting took place on June 14th 2021 bringing together a similarly diverse but smaller audience to further address the recommendations and outcomes from the 2020 workshop. Specifically, the participants addressed the definition of the policy environment around urban agriculture attempted to identify the place of urban agriculture
within FACCE-JPI remit, Strategic Research Agenda and Implementation Plan, and provided input on external activities such as Horizon Europe partnerships with a potential relevance for the area. Following the expert meeting, the FACCE-JPI Secretariat has prepared this white paper connecting the outcomes from the workshop and a JRC report with FACCE-JPI in order to aid decision-making for the Governing Board.