Peri-Urban Farming & Urban Planning-WUF13 Sidelines

Most urban planners design for housing, transport, and water but forget food. That mistake ends here. During WUF13, the Africa-Caucasus Forum toured Azerbaijan’s Jalalabad Farm, a high-tech strawberry export operation with on-site irrigation, greenhouses, and a packaging factory. The takeaway? Urban planning is not complete without food security. If cities ignore peri-urban farms, they plan for hunger. Jalalabad proves that integrating modern agriculture into city edges is not optional—it is infrastructure. Read how a strawberry farm is rewriting the WUF13 agenda.