Malmö, Sweden
City population: 306502
Duration: 2011 – ongoing
Implementation status: Ongoing
Scale: Meso-scale: Regional, metropolitan and urban level, Micro-scale: District/neighbourhood level, Sub-microscale: Street scale (including buildings)
Project area: unknown
Type of area: Other
Last updated: October 2021

‘Odla i stan’ aims to spread and develop urban farming in a long-term and sustainable manner with residents, associations, property owners and city administrations. The company also works with educational farming at schools and in Malmö Museums (Malmö Museer). Furthermore, “urban farming is an excellent method for increasing social community while providing self-produced food. ‘Odla i stan’ works to organize and coordinate organic farming in the urban environment.” This is done by only working with organic methods and trying to use only local resources. (ref. 1, 3)

Overview

Nature-based solution

  • Nature on buildings (external)
  • Green walls or facades
  • Parks and urban forests
  • Pocket parks/neighbourhood green spaces
  • Community gardens and allotments
  • Allotments
  • Community gardens

Key challenges

  • Social justice, cohesion and equity (SDG 10)
  • Environmental education
  • Social cohesion
  • Social interaction
  • Economic development and employment (SDG 8)
  • Economic development: agriculture
  • Sustainable consumption and production (SDG 12)
  • Sustainable consumption
  • Sustainable production

Focus

Knowledge creation and awareness raising

Project objectives

The goals of 'Odla i stan' are to work on spreading and developing urban cultivation in a long-term and sustainable way (together with residents, associations, property owners and municipalities). The goal is also to contribute to a more sustainable development locally. Additionally, the company aims to use urban cultivation as a method for increasing social community while also providing self-produced food. (Ref. 1)

Implementation activities

‘Odla i stan’ works with organic methods and tries to use local resources only. The company works this educational farming (with schools and Malmö Museer). Some of the latest projects include 'Eatable green wall' and 'Beekeeping' on Malmö's rooftops. (Ref. 1) Eatable green wall: created a 50 m2 edible wall that measures 5 m at the highest point. The green wall will be able to harvest all year around. Beekeeping: Organic-oriented beekeeping that takes into account the natural needs of Apis mellifera. (Ref. 5, 6) Projects in the Rosengård (city district) have contributed to, among other things, Sweden's largest property-related urban farming area for housing and municipal activities (which is about 600 m2). (Ref. 4)

Main beneficiaries

  • Local government/Municipality
  • Public sector institution (e.g. school or hospital)
  • Non-government organisation/Civil Society
  • Private sector/Corporate/Company
  • Researchers/University
  • Citizens or community groups

Governance

Management set-up

  • Led by non-government actors

Type of initiating organisation

  • Non-government organisation/civil society

Participatory approaches/ community involvement

  • Co-planning (e.g. stakeholder workshops, focus groups, participatory mapping)
  • Consultation (e.g. workshop, surveys, community meetings, town halls)
  • Joint implementation (e.g. tree planting)

Details on the roles of the organisations involved in the project

Collaboration takes place with property owners (e.g. MKB, Brf Sofielund, Willhem), as well as collaboration with Malmö city (e.g. schools / preschools, service management, street office, cultural administration, museum), and Region Skåne (e.g .Skånetrafiken), Universities (e.g. SLU). Also included are suppliers and “motivators” such as Master Green, Ekolgoik, amongst others. (Ref. 8) Citizens/local residents/pupils are also involved in the projects. (Ref. 1)

Project implemented in response to ...

... an EU policy or strategy? Unknown
... a national policy or strategy? Unknown
... a local policy or strategy? Unknown

Financing

Total cost

Unknown

Source(s) of funding

  • Public national budget
  • Public local authority budget
  • Funds provided by non-governmental organization (NGO)
  • Other

Type of funding

  • Direct funding (grants, subsidies, or self-financed projects by private entities)

Non-financial contribution

Type of non-financial contribution
  • Provision of labour
  • Other

Impacts and Monitoring

Environmental impacts

  • Water management and blue areas
  • Improved stormwater management
  • Green space and habitat
  • Increased green space area
  • Increased number of species present
  • Enhanced support of pollination

Economic impacts

  • Increase in agricultural production (for profit or not)

Socio-cultural impacts

  • Social justice and cohesion
  • Improved social cohesion
  • Improved access to urban green space
  • Increased opportunities for social interaction
  • Increased involvement of locals in the management of green spaces
  • Increased access to healthy/affordable food
  • Increased sustainability of agriculture practices
  • Health and wellbeing
  • Improved physical health
  • Education
  • Increased support for education and scientific research

Type of reported impacts

Expected impacts, Achieved impacts

Presence of formal monitoring system

Yes

Presence of indicators used in reporting

Yes

Presence of monitoring/ evaluation reports

Yes

Availability of a web-based monitoring tool

No evidence in public records

References

1. Odla i stan. (n.d.) Välkommen till oss på Odla i Stan. Available at: Source link (Accessed 6 August 2020)
2. Odla i stan. (n.d.) Historia. Om oss. Available at: Source link (Accessed 6 August 2020)
3. Odla i stan. (n.d.) Stadsodling. Available at: Source link (Accessed 6 August 2020)
4. Odla i stan. (n.d.) Rosengård. Stadsodling. Available at: Source link (Accessed 6 August 2020)
5. Odla i stan. (n.d.) Biodling. Stadsodling. Available at: Source link (Accessed 6 August 2020)
6. Odla i stan. (2013). Ätbar växtvägg. Odla i stan. Available at: Source link (Accessed 6 August 2020)
7. Odla i stan. (n.d.) Mölleträdgården. Rehabiliteringsodling. Available at: Source link (Accessed 6 August 2020)
8. Odla i stan. (n.d.) Samarbeten. Om oss. Odla i stan. Available at: Source link (Accessed 6 August 2020)
9. Malmö Stad. (2009) Miljöprogram för Malmö stad 2009-2020. Available at: Source link (Accessed 6 August 2020)
10. Malmö Stad. (n.d.) Miljöförvaltningens tips för stadsodling. Stadsodling. Available at: Source link (Accessed 6 August 2020)
11. Vinnova. (2013). BiodiverCity Den täta staden med hög biologisk mångfald. Utmaningsdriven innovation, Vinnova. Available at: Source link (Accessed 6 August 2020)
12. Odla i stan. (n.d.) Värderingar. Om oss. Available at: Source link (Accessed 6 August 2020)
13. Organic without borders. (n.d.) Organic without borders, OWB. Available at: Source link (Accessed 6 August 2020)
14. Lööw, J. (2010). Odla i Staden för välbefinnande : om Sevedsbornas upplevelser av Barn i Stans odlingsprojekt. SLU, Alnarp. Available at: Source link (Accessed 6 August 2020)
15. Odla i stan. (n.d.) Event och workshop. Om oss. Available at: Source link (Accessed 6 August 2020)