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Contact:Bert Harms, [email protected]+31 (0)317 481647Madeleine van Mansfeld, [email protected]+31 (0)6 51762841
Agroparks - an innovative design approach for metropolitan areas
The spatial clustering of different agro-production chains and the spatial combination of agro-processing and non-agro functions enable many prosperous scenarios. It includes not only the production of food, feed, vegetables and fruits, but also of fuels, fibers, fermented products, flowers, fragrances, flavours, functional molecules and pharmaceuticals.
What does Wageningen University & Research Centre offer?
• Integrated approach of chain development and regional development in a creative research by design process
• Detailed expertise in production chains, logistics, processing, environmental aspects and spatial planning
Wageningen UR Agroparks currently is active in several emerging countries, including China, India,Thailand and Vietnam.
The concept of Agroparks is based on the principles of sustainable development.• Environmental benefits through lowering emissions
and waste• Application of principles of industrial ecology, i.e.
mutual use of waste and by-products• Advantages of scale through industrial production
and processing
• Reduction of fossil fuel use and veterinary risks because of reduced transport
• Improved animal comfort, increasing production levels• Independence of season and land by whole year products• Enables chain transparency resulting in better quality
management• Improvement of farmers position as a preferred supplier• Significant reduction of economic costs
Sustainable development
Arjen Simons, [email protected]+31 (0)6 53576046Peter Smeets, [email protected]+31 (0)6 51206758
In the last decade landscape architects, urban developers and agrofood technicians have developed new concepts that must enable agrofood-production to take its place in the network metropoles of the 21th century. Metropolitan agriculture is the knowledge driven, complex network of agro production, processing, trade and logistics that has been developing in and around the nodes of the global network since 1970. The expertise and lessons learned by the Northwestern European agro sector can be used in other metropolitan areas in the world to create regional specific forms of innovating metropolitan agriculture.
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Meat consumtion grows fastest where income is less than $ 5.000 per yearand growing: Asia, Africa and South America
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Urbanization and agriculture The world is urbanizing. In the next few years more
than half the world population will be living in cities.
Many of these cities are typical Delta metropoles
usurping the space most suited for agricultural
production. The distinction between urban and
rural areas within the metropoles is vanishing. In
this situation reliable food-chains that provide fresh
products are becoming of strategic importance.
The Agropark concept
An Agropark is a systems innovation of metropolitan agro production, processing and logistics. As part of an Intelligent Agrologistic Network, it enables a demand driven combination and integration of various agricultural activities.
The Agropark fits in a network containing three vital appearances:• Rural Transformation Centre: combining
collection and storage of farmers products with rural development services
• Agro Production and Processing Park: combining production, processing, collection, R&D, trade and social functions. An Agropark delivers its products throughout the year as independent as possible from season and land
• Consolidation Centre: serves a metropolitan market in a consumer responsive way throughout the year. Seasonal products not available from local producers are being supplied from storage or by trade
This network is an Intelligent Agrologistic Network. It is not only a new perspective of metropolitan agriculture but it also offers access to markets for existing farmers.
Meat consumption increases with welfare
Intelligent Agrologistic Networks combining Consolidation Centres, Agroparks and Rural Transformation Centres.
An Agropark with components of production, processing, trade, demonstration, R&D, capacity building and social functions, delivers its products throughout the whole year as efficient as possible, independent of season and land.
City 10m+ population by 1980
City 10m+ population by 1990
City 10m+ population by 2000
Metropolitan Delta
Metropolis
More than 10 million population by decade
Rural Transformation
Centre
Agroproductionand Processing
Park
Consolidation Centre
Buenos Aires
Rio de JaneiroSao Paulo
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
New York
Rio de Janeiro
Lagos
Cairo
Mumbai
Beijing SeoulTokyo
Osaka
Manilla
Shangha
DahkaDelhi
Kolkata
Karachi
Jarkata
New York
Mumbai
SeoulTokyo
Osaka
ManillaKolkata
Buenos Aires
RuralTransformation
Centre
Agropark
Modern farm clustersgreen houses
livestock farmsmushroom nursery FP zones
Commercialcomplex
Commissaries &packaging
Convention centerIT / library
training center
Agro tourismwellness &nutrition
R&Dincubation
QCL
Agribusinessmgt. trg. inst.
Terminal marketslogistics
Cold storesripening chambers
warehousing
Socialinfrastructure
Utilities &services
R&D
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Production Processing
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Population growthneeds rise inagricultural productivity