Mixed micro-farming on top of residential houses in Amman, Jordan

Municipal support to the development of urban agriculture in Amman started in
2007, when the Environment and Sustainable Development Unit (ESDU) of the
American University in Beirut, Lebanon supported by the RUAF Foundation (the
international network of Resource Centres on Urban Agriculture and Food
security) conducted an exploratory study on urban agriculture in Amman. It was
then followed by a project in cooperation with the Greater Amman Municipality
that enabled the establishment of a multi-stakeholder forum on urban agriculture
(which is now known as the “Committee for Green Amman”). The joint
development of a City Strategic Agenda on the sustainable development of urban
agriculture, and the establishment of a specialized Urban Agriculture Bureau with
dedicated human and financial resources.