Tilling the urban soil: rural-urban alliances and the spatial politics of radical urban agriculture in the Philippines

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2025

Abstract

In this article, we use the lens of spatialities of contentious politics to examine rural-urban alliances and expand our understanding of urban agrarianism and resistance. We draw on two cases of radical urban agriculture in Metro Manila, where the urban poor strive to achieve food sovereignty and assert their rights over contested urban lands. These urban food-growing initiatives glean lessons from an established movement that reclaims rights over rural lands through productive cultivation inspired by agroecological principles. The spatiality of material constraints in cities becomes a mediating factor in establishing rural-urban alliances and sustaining urban resistance.

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