The Environment

The AU is used to complement agricultural agriculture in the local systems of feeding. It can be an important supplement of income for devoid families and is a link that integrates urban the ecological and economic system. Daily great volume of water is wasted without the lesser control, if the used water for us was reaproveitada, many problems could be prevented, one of them is the water lack treated in many places. Lines of research must be stimulated, sensetizing and enabling the efficient use of the water so that it does not lack to other populations. Another serious problem that we face is the amount of residues generated daily for the cities, that affect the health and attack the environment. Between 30% and 60% of these residues they are of organic nature, they could be used to advantage in agriculture and to thus diminish the use of agrotxicos in the plantations. For this type of procedure necessary the qualification of the people had used who them.

Most devoid it has certain restrictions they make impracticable that them to practise the AU, the lack of access the land, sources of service and capital. ' ' Urban agriculture is recent as program or municipal politics; therefore, promissor' is an innovation field; ' (Declaration of Quito. April 2000) To improve the AU, the governments they must recognize the paper that they play in the municipal development, promotes it and to manage it atravsde suitable politics and incentives the necessities of the population, promoting the equity of sort and social inclusion. Soon the producers need better practise of production, transformation and commercialization. An innovative form to generate income and to create new jobs would be to invest in the AU investing in the processing and distribution of the generated products. The government would have that to facilitate to the access necessary to the financial and insumos resources the production.