1. Realization of Food Green City Concept in Nepal through Public-Private Partnership Dr. Sunil Babu Shrestha Ecocity World Summit 2008 San Francisco, California. 22-26 April,2008
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5. FOOD GREEN CITY: An Urban Productive Greening Process Green Green + Food (Productive Green /Green21) 0 Chlorophyll 6CO 2 + 6H 2 O +Light Energy C 6 H 12 O 6 +6O 2 (Carbon dioxide) (Carbohydrate) Converting Carbon dioxide City to Carbohydrate City
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10. REALISTIC AVENUES FOR FGC 1. Urban Productive Greening of Ring Road Green Belt under Public-Private Partnership arrangement. 3. Composting & raising livestock by NGO. 2. Vegetable farming in the land of proposed UN Park’s by indigenous farmers.
11. REALISTIC AVENUES FOR FGC 4. Composting & vegetable farming by farmers. 6 . Commercial herbal plantation in the vacant land of Gautam Buddha Airport. 5. Urban agriculture, fishery & raising livestock by a community .
12. CONCLUDING REMARKS Urban Productive Greening (green + food) for realization of FGC through PPP in Nepal has wide scope helps to -Create a new urban green revolution -Convert the carbon dioxide city to carbohydrate city -Increase the food self sufficiency rate -Balance physical, social and ecological structures of cities & shrink the city’s Footprints.