Agricultura urbana no município de São Paulo: considerações sobre produção e comercialização

Abstract

Urban agriculture (UA) has recently been pointed out as an important element in the discussion and practices of urban food security. This article seeks to discuss agricultural production and distribution in the city of São Paulo, considering the diversity of profiles that UA can assume. To this end, official databases were used to compute agricultural production. With regard to commercialization, information was collected from seven semi-structured interviews with farmers of the city of São Paulo between 2018 and 2020. The main findings indicate that there was an increase in agricultural practices in the city, encompassing a wide variety of commercialization channels. The opening of new markets, the development of public policies and public recognition were essential for the growth of agriculture in the city of São Paulo.