The Urban Agriculture Programme (UAP) of the City of Rosario arose from the 2001 economic crisis in Argentina (December 2001), that in Rosario manifested itself with levels of poverty of 60 %, with the purpose of responding to this reality with a productive proposal.

• Poor families feel valued and are recognised as actors forming part of an inclusive process (especially women).
• The establishment and the operation of 791 community gardens.
• The improvement of the urban neighbourhood landscape as well as the quality of life of its inhabitants.
• More than 10 000 families directly linked to the production of chemical free vegetables, which supposes the production of vegetables for forty thousand people.
• The creation of an economy of solidarity network that includes 342 productive groups.  Each group participates weekly in three of the locally established fairs.
• The possibility of access to the tenure of productive lands on the part of the urban poor.
• The institutionalisation of urban agriculture (UA) as a local government public policy.