USDA e senotse Urban Agriculture Toolkit, sesebelisoa se secha se entsoeng ke sehlopha sa USDA Know Your Farmer ho thusa bo-rakhoebo le baetapele ba sechaba ho theha mesebetsi le ho eketsa phihlello ea lijo tse phetseng hantle ka temo ea litoropong.
Likhakanyo tsa indasteri li bonts'a thekiso ea lijo tsa lehae tsa US e fihlile bonyane $12 bilione ka 2014, ho tloha ho $5 billion ka 2008, mme litsebi li lebelletse hore boleng boo bo tla fihla ho $20 billion ka 2019.
USDA's Toolkit ke tokomane ea elektroniki e nang le lisebelisoa tse fetang 70, ho kenyeletsoa thuso ea tekheniki le menyetla ea lichelete. Setsi sa lithulusi se shebana le lihlooho tse kenyeletsang phihlello ea mobu, boleng ba mobu, mehloli ea metsi, lichelete le lichelete, mekhoa ea motheo, nts'etsopele ea mebaraka, maano a tlhahiso, le ho kopa lithuso tsa lichelete tsa federal, tsa naha kapa tsa poraefete. Basebetsi-'moho le litšebeletso tsa katoloso ea Univesithi ea Chicago le Indianapolis ba thusitse ho etsa likhakanyo tsa litšenyehelo tsa ho qala mapolasi a litoropong 'me lethathamo la lithulusi le kenyelletsa lintlha tse mabapi le mekhoa e metle le manane a tlhahlobo bakeng sa ba qalang le ba qalang ho rera mesebetsi ea kantle kapa ea kahare.
Tse ling tsa lisebelisoa tsa USDA tse hlahang ho Toolkit li kenyelletsa:
- Ts'ebeletso ea Paballo ea Lihloliloeng Lithuso tsa botekgeniki le tsa lichelete bakeng sa nosetso ea marotholi le lithanele tse phahameng ka linako tse itseng tsa selemo ho atolosa nako ea kholo.
- Li-microloan tsa Setsi sa Litšebeletso tsa Mapolasi tse fanang ka chelete e fihlang ho $50,000 ho tšehetsa lisebelisoa, chelete ea ho sebetsa kapa litšenyehelo tse ling.
- Thuso ea Ts'ebeletso ea Lijo le Phepo ho thusa lihoai tsa litoropong ho fuoa tumello ea ho amohela likarete tsa phaello tsa SNAP, WIC le Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program.
- Agricultural Marketing Service Farmers Market Promotion Programme e fana ka lithuso tse tšehetsang mesebetsi ea ho bapatsa ka kotloloho ho bareki litoropong, le lithuso tsa Local Food Promotion Programme tse tšehetsang libaka tsa lijo, thekiso ea mapolasi le merero e amanang le eona.
- Lenaneo la National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) bakeng sa liteko tsa masimong libakeng tsa litoropo le litataiso tsa thero ea mapolasi le mebaraka.
Mohopolo oa Toolkit o qalile tafoleng ea USDA Urban Agriculture e neng e tšoaretsoe haufi le Baltimore nakong ea selemo se fetileng. Mekhatlo e mengata ea Baltimore e etelletseng pele temong ea litoropong e thehile lisebelisoa tse kenyellelitsoeng ho Toolkit e le mehlala bakeng sa lichaba tse ling joalo ka City Farm Alliance's Urban Agriculture How-To Guide, Bukana ea Morero oa Molao oa Setsi sa Molao sa Urban Agriculture Law le Green Pattern Book eo e thusa baetapele ba lehae ho etsa 'mapa le ho tseba lisebelisoa tse ncha tse hlahisang litholoana bakeng sa mobu o se nang batho.
Sheba Sesebelisoa sa Temo sa Urban ho websaeteng ea USDA.