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residential zone, a classification which naturally conflicts with the
perspective of the farmers.

C ONCLUSION

This research project is one of the first initiatives in the country linking UA
with the livelihoods framework. The analysis presented in this chapter
provides a holistic and integrated view of the processes by which people
achieve (or fail to achieve) sustainable livelihoods. This study has identified
the principal problems and opportunities for UA which is being used in a
larger initiative, Agricultores en la Ciudad (Farmers in the City) of the Urban
Harvest Program of CIP. The initiative is designed to formulate strategies for
intervention in the UA sector in Carapongo.
Furthermore, this research contributed to the development of policy
guidelines developed by Carapongo's local government. These guidelines are
manifested in a municipal document, Regulation of Organization and
Functions, which the management regulates. The document outlines the
functions for the new Department of Urban Agriculture, a department that
opened within the municipality with management support from the Urban
Harvest Program of CIP.

A CKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I would like to gratefully acknowledge the financial support from
AGROPOLIS. I thank my thesis adviser Professor Joel Jurado of Pontificia
Universidad Catolica de Lima of Peru and my supervisor Dr Gordon Prain,
coordinator of the Urban Harvest Program. Many thanks to Lina Salazar
for her comments on the final report. And finally, a special thanks to all of
the urban producers and local authorities who collaborated during the
fieldwork.

N OTE

1 Luis Maldonado Villavicencio, MSc. Social Management, Pontifical Catholic University

of Peru. Address: Calle 51 no 280 Urb. Corpac San Isidro, Lima, Peru; tel: [phone];
email: [e-mail]

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