Siting of Proposed Areas for Urban Agriculture in the City of Baghdad

Urban agriculture is the practice of growing, processing and distributing food in a village, town, town or in its vicinity. Urban agriculture can include animal husbandry, aquaculture, agroforestry and horticulture. These activities are also carried out in semi-urban areas as well. Urban agriculture is generally targeted for income-generating activities or food production, although in some societies the main motivation is entertainment and recreation. The definition of urban agriculture as a sector that provides the food needs of a city, from within the city itself, using the resources of the city after recycling. Urban agriculture is a complex system involving a series of concerns, from traditional activities associated with production, processing, marketing, distribution and consumption to many other features and services that are not widely recognized and documented. In the city of Baghdad. The aim of the research is to demonstrate the role and importance of urban agriculture in achieving sustainability in the city with its environmental, economic and social dimensions. Presumably, urban agriculture achieves sustainability, environmental and food security, entertainment and recreation in the city, and is a means of improving the standard of living of people living in cities. As a general methodology for the research it was adopted descriptive analytical method, as GIS program was also used through a satellite image of the city of Baghdad that has identified areas of cultivation, empty areas and the calculation of space in each. This research comes from the framework of traditional and systematic modernity, and closure to the postmodern framework and rejection of some of its aspects. It deals with openness to the world's experiences and its application. It does not adhere to the methodological or traditional criteria. It has a contrary and opposite concept. It calls for disagreement against what is customary in the city through Urban agriculture and the diversity of research in terms of experiences in urban agriculture, urban integration and urban planning. The practical framework of the research was analyzing the reality of Baghdad city, identifying the cultivated and empty areas in the city of Baghdad and calculating its areas through the use of the GIS program through a satellite image of the city of Baghdad, In the city of Baghdad, and the research reached the most important estates: 1. The total area of cultivated and uncultivated land in Baghdad is (159,378) Acres, which is equivalent to only 9% of the total requirement for the city of Baghdad from cultivated land (urban agriculture). 2. Planting vegetables and fruit in home gardens is important for people in Baghdad. Many people love raising domestic animals in homes, which are very important for people whose standard of living is low or insufficient to benefit economically. 3. Most people support the cultivation of public, abandoned and empty fields and the cultivation of roofs of houses and public buildings such as schools and hospitals, and support participation in agriculture by boys in schools, and support participation and teamwork in agriculture.