Cidades sem Fome
Exhibit Category / Catégorie de l'expo: City
Location/Emplacement: SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil
Dates: 2004-present
Designers/Concepteurs: Cidades sem Fome
Clients/Clientes: Cidades sem Fome et participants
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Image Credits/Immagine Credits/Crédits d'images: Joe Nasr et June Komisar
Project Description: (version française ci-dessous)
Cidades sem Fome (CSF - Cities Without Hunger) is a non-profit organization founded in 2004 by Hans Dieter Temp, to set up sustainable agrarian projects in urban and peripheral areas in and around Sao Paulo based on organic farming. The aim is to help teach people to manage their own businesses and become financially independent as well as to improve the diets of adults and children, while making use of neglected public and private areas. CSF achieves these objectives through four axes: Community Gardens, School Gardens, Agricultural Greenhouses and Small Family Farms; the first three are elaborated here.
The CSF Community Gardens Project is located in Sao Pauloâs East Side, an area whose population is formed mostly of migrants from Brazilâs poorer north-eastern states in search of job opportunities and better living conditions. Most of the areaâs workforce is unemployed and, oftentimes, the distribution of food baskets by the city is the only source of nourishment for many families. Through its community gardens, CSF seeks to foster the local communityâs interest in collective work through the sharing of responsibilities, services and products; to rationally exploit unused idle areas such as those underneath power lines; to build the professional skills of local producers; and to raise their level of income through a productive occupation. To date CSF has created up 26 community gardens with about 750 beneficiaries. It has organized 48 professional qualification courses in agriculture or commerce, training around 1,000 people.
For its Agricultural Greenhouses Project, CSF developed a specific technology using alternative materials such as eucalyptus, pine and bamboo which cost half as much as more traditional materials â aluminium and galvanized steel. The use of greenhouses increases productivity, providing more crops per year while improving product quality regardless of the climatic variations, thus contributing to food security and providing more family income. So far, CSF has built 7 greenhouses with 2 more planned.
The primary goal of CSFâs School Gardens Project is to prevent malnutrition and to give access to healthy food among children in deprived regions of Sao Paulo. Furthermore, parents and teachers get involved and educate the children about healthy food and respect for the environment. CSF has built 38 gardens in public schools and institutions to date, improving the diet of more than 14,500 children.
CSF and Hans Dieter Temp have received numerous national and international awards. They have shown how a small organization, committed to improving access to food in a large city, can have measurable impacts even in the dense environment of one of the worldâs largest metropolises.
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Description du Projet:
Cidades sem Fome (CSF -Villes sans faim) est un organisme Ă but non lucratif fondĂ© en 2004 par Hans Dieter Temp pour mettre en place des projets durables basĂ©s sur lâagriculture biologique dans les zones intra-urbaines et pĂ©riphĂ©riques de Sao Paulo. Lâobjectif vise, dâune part, Ă aider les gens Ă gĂ©rer leur propre entreprise et Ă devenir financiĂšrement indĂ©pendants. Dâautre part, il permet dâamĂ©liorer le rĂ©gime alimentaire des adultes et des enfants en exploitant les espaces publics et privĂ©s longtemps nĂ©gligĂ©s. Pour ce faire, CSF a mis en place quatre types dâinstallations : Jardins Communautaires, Jardins Scolaires, Serres agricoles et Petites Fermes Familiales ; les trois premiers sont dĂ©veloppĂ©s ci-aprĂšs.
Le Projet de Jardins Communautaires de CSF est installĂ© sur le cĂŽtĂ© Est de Sao Paulo, une zone oĂč la population est formĂ©e en majoritĂ© par des migrants des Ă©tats les plus pauvres du nord-est du BrĂ©sil en quĂȘte dâopportunitĂ©s dâemplois et de meilleures conditions de vie. La majeure partie de la main dâĆuvre de la rĂ©gion est au chĂŽmage et la distribution de paniers alimentaires par la ville est souvent lâunique source de nourriture pour de nombreuses familles. A travers ses jardins-potagers communautaires, CSF cherche Ă susciter lâintĂ©rĂȘt de la communautĂ© locale pour le travail collectif par le partage de responsabilitĂ©s, de services et de produits ; Ă renforcer les compĂ©tences professionnelles des producteurs locaux ; et Ă augmenter leur niveau de revenu grĂące Ă une occupation productive. A ce jour, CSF a mis en place plus de 26 jardins communautaires comptant environ 750 bĂ©nĂ©ficiaires. Il a organisĂ© 48 cours de qualification professionnelle en agriculture ou en commerce, formant environ 100 personnes.
Pour son projet de serres agricoles, CSF a dĂ©veloppĂ© une technologie spĂ©cifique utilisant des matĂ©riaux alternatifs tels que lâeucalyptus, le pin et le bambou dont le coĂ»t est deux fois moins Ă©levĂ© que celui des matĂ©riaux classiques comme lâaluminium et lâacier galvanisĂ©. Lâutilisation de serres augmente la productivitĂ© et le rendement annuel des rĂ©coltes tout en amĂ©liorant la qualitĂ© du produit, indĂ©pendamment des variations climatiques, contribuant ainsi Ă la sĂ©curitĂ© alimentaire et permettant aux familles de bĂ©nĂ©ficier dâune source de revenu supplĂ©mentaire. Jusque-lĂ , CSF a construit 7 serres et prĂ©voit dâen mettre en place deux autres prochainement.
Lâobjectif principal du projet de CSF, Ă travers la mise en place de Potagers Scolaires, est de prĂ©venir la malnutrition et de permettre aux enfants issus des rĂ©gions dĂ©favorisĂ©es de Sao Paulo dâaccĂ©der Ă une alimentation saine. De plus, le projet englobe deux volets trĂšs importants, mis en Ćuvre grĂące Ă la participation active des parents et des enseignants, qui sont la sensibilisation Ă une alimentation saine et lâĂ©ducation environnementale. A ce jour, CSF a permis la mise en place de 38 jardins implantĂ©s dans des institutions et Ă©coles publiques et a contribuĂ© Ă lâamĂ©lioration du rĂ©gime de plus de 14 500 enfants.
Les initiatives de CSF et Hans Dieter Temp ont de nombreuses fois Ă©tĂ© primĂ©es, aussi bien au niveau national quâinternational. Elles ont en effet montrĂ© comment un projet de petite envergure, sâengageant Ă amĂ©liorer lâaccĂšs Ă la nourriture dans une grande ville, peut avoir des impacts majeurs, y compris dans lâenvironnement dense de lâune des plus grandes mĂ©tropoles mondiales.
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