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Urbanization poses challenges

Poverty rates in many cities are rising, and ever-larger numbers of city
residents face difficulties accessing the food they need.

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In some developing
countries, the urban poor spend 60% or more of their income on food. Long distances, bad roads, and urban crowding cause spoilage of
10 to 30 percent of produce in transit.

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, EarthMap Solutions, LLC, has
formalized reseller agreements with Borel Consulting and YVI, Inc. Green the Cities Through Agriculture - World Environment Day

WASHINGTON and ROME, With the world 's cities
growing rapidly, farming in and around urban areas needs to play a bigger role
in feeding city populations, FAO said today, on the occasion of World
Environment Day (June 5).
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A related practice is "peri-urban agriculture ," consisting of farm units
near cities that grow vegetables, raise chickens or livestock, and produce
milk and eggs.
Also, by increasing the diversity and quality of food consumed, it can
significantly improve the quality of urban diets.

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for efficiently and environmentally cutting timber at a sustainable rate.

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Based
on the company's strengths of industry expertise and a proven product line,
EarthMap Solutions develops and sells cost-effective, innovative and accurate
information products that bring new applications of remote sensing imagery to
the agricultural, environmental and forestry markets.
Urban agriculture involves using small plots such as vacant lots, gardens
or roof tops in the city for growing crops and even for raising small
livestock or milk cows.

Success stories, obstacles

In the city of Dar es Salaam , Tanzania, 1600 acres (650 hectares) are used
for vegetable production, providing income to over 4,000 farmers.

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For growers, EMS products are used to
measure crop yields to determine marketing strategies, manage fertilizer
applications to their fields for cost-savings and to avoid polluting streams,
obtain higher cotton yields by targeting the application of plant growth
regulators, and monitor the invasion of pests, such as Asian Rust in soybeans.
Problems are compounded by poor infrastructure for transporting food to
urban centers.
And as new, urban lifestyles lead greater numbers of people to consume
more fats and less fiber, more fast food and fewer home-cooked meals,
developing countries face a double challenge -- widespread hunger on the one
hand and rapid increases in obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and
other diet-related diseases on the other .

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Almost three billion make do on less than two dollars a day.

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com or call 303-485-0868 . It can take many forms, from small "micro-gardens" to
larger operations. Eleven
square feet (one square meter) rooftop tomato gardens introduced by an FAO
project in Dakar, Senegal are yielding 40 to 66 pounds (18 to 30 kilos) of
tomatoes per year.

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Yet despite their growing importance , urban and peri-urban agriculture are
still subject to numerous constraints, such as lack of suitable land,
uncertainty about land tenure, insufficient access to irrigation water of
appropriate quality , inadequate know-how, and low investment.

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One part of the solution: growing food in or near cities

Urban and peri-urban agriculture can help improve food security in several
ways: growing food at home or via a cooperative reduces the cost burden of
acquiring food for the poor , puts more food within their reach, and reduces
seasonal gaps in fresh produce. Even small "micro -gardens" can bring in up to $3 a day for
poor families, according to FAO.

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For agribusinesses, EMS products are used to track crop
acreages, monitor vigor status, estimate production totals, and quantify and
manage environmental event impacts.

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, expanding
its sales channel in the national corporate agribusiness and California
growers markets.

About EarthMap Solutions
Headquartered in Longmont, Colo.

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"As a reseller, this offers a
unique opportunity to bring new technology and value to California farmers who
require cutting-edge tools for monitoring crops and aiding in precision
application of nutritional and soil amendments. In addition to an
unrivaled image library, EarthMap Solutions leverages 10 years of valuable
intellectual property and calibration techniques to turn land data into
effective decision-making tools.earthmapsolutions.

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Mike Borel, principal of Borel Consulting, focuses his efforts on
corporate agribusiness clients and draws upon more than 25 years of
agricultural business experience including positions with DuPont and Valent
USA Corporation , a $200M agricultural/horticulture chemicals and biologicals
subsidiary of Sumitomo Chemical Company , where Borel served as president and
COO.
"EarthMap Solutions is the clear technology and capability leader in this
industry with many proven high-return applications," said Borel. "With EMS,
customers have the ability to access multiple satellite and aircraft systems
with image calibration so precise and consistent that comparisons of one date
to another are fully enabled.
"EMS offers the industry's most complete range of remote sensing services
and products under one company ," said Wilson.

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, EarthMap Solutions, Inc.

This includes hobby farms, homesteading and living off the land in general.

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EarthMap Solutions Augments Reseller Channel

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EarthMap Solutions delivers powerful tools that help agribusinesses, crop
advisors and growers.
Urban and peri-urban farms already supply food to about 700 million city
dwellers -- one-quarter of the world's urban population -- and nearly all of
the world's population growth between now and 2030 will be concentrated in
urban areas in developing countries, so that by then almost 60% of people in
developing countries will live in cities.

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Sales of surplus produce, meanwhile, can generate income that can be used
to buy more food.

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Many other custom products and cooperative development projects are also
available to address specific needs in land use, crop health and management.

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Mark Wilson, president of YVI, Inc., specializes in serving California
growers and brings 20 years experience in the agriculture industry, including
a farming background in citrus, olives and stone fruit. was founded in
2004 but has lineage with their competency dating back over 10 years.