Tech Focus: Opportunities in urban planning explained

There are good opportunities in urban farming, according to experts at Wageningen University in the Netherlands.

Advantages for farmers, urban businesses, municipalities, and project developers are seen by Jan Willem van der Schans, the university’s expert on short food supply chains and regional food systems.

He says farmers on the city outskirts see a unique, local market for urban farming. Municipalities don’t know what to do with undeveloped lots. They are eager to provide urban farmers with land, partially as it can be linked to a variety of meaningful social functions.