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Presented by the Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, the study Agricultura urbana na Região Metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro: Sustentabilidade e repercussões na reprodução das famílias (Urban agriculture in metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro: Sustainability and effects on family reproduction), by Juliana Arruda shows how In Brazil, the urbanization process has accelerated, creating a diverse range of effects - However, especially in developing countries, the human relationship with nature was never completely lost, and plants and animals continue to be produced or cultivated in urban areas (UNDP, 1996).

The objective of this study is to analyze: the effects of urban agriculture, the reproduction of families involved and the conditions necessary to improve the quality of life of these families through studying three groups that work in the Metropolitan Region of Rio de Janeiro.