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Enhancing seed, land and water management in humanitarian interventions for urban areas under siege

Nature Water volume 3, pages 1339–1341 (2025)Cite this article

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In areas under siege, the growing of fruits and vegetables and the keeping of livestock have always provided a lifeline for desperate urban populations. Lessons from siege warfare in modern times should be applied to the development of innovative humanitarian interventions aimed at facilitating urban agriculture and food security programmes during future sieges.

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Fig. 1: Urban timeline of sieges that have affected urban food systems.

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    Andrew Adam-Bradford

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Adam-Bradford, A. Enhancing seed, land and water management in humanitarian interventions for urban areas under siege. Nat Water 3, 1339–1341 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-025-00556-y

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