In 2022, Brazil took a pioneering and unprecedented step by becoming the first country to collaboratively develop a national guide for municipal agendas on urban and peri-urban agriculture. This initiative was grounded in the premise that maintaining or promoting agriculture within and around urban centers is a means of strengthening food and nutrition security, generating income for vulnerable populations, reducing the distance between producers and consumers, and delivering environmental benefits—while also enhancing cities’ resilience to the impacts of climate change.

As a follow-up, TEEB Agriculture & Food, linked to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the FGV Center for Sustainability Studies (FGVces) produced, in 2023, several studies aimed at strengthening the integration of agriculture into urban planning processes. The organizations involved understand that this agenda holds immense potential to foster interconnections between hunger eradication, job and income generation, climate resilience, and other human, social, economic, and environmental outcomes.

This initiative, carried out between 2022 and 2024, was supported by the Ministry of Social Development, Family and Fight Against Hunger, the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Family Agriculture, and the Ministry of Labor and Employment.

FGV São Paulo School of Business Administration (FGV EAESP)

FGV Center for Sustainability Studies (FGVces)

Researcher: Ana Coelho

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