| Description |
1 online resource (328 pages) |
| Contents |
Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contents; Contributors; 1 The Institutional and Regional Context; Agricultural Research and Rural Bias; The Treatment of Agriculture in African Urban Institutions and Policy; An Urban Agriculture Research Agenda for Africa; References; 2 Urban Agriculture in Africa: What Has Been Learned?; Introduction; Urban Agriculture, Livelihoods, and Markets; Conceptual Approach; Livelihoods in Space; Who Is Using Agriculture as an Urban Livelihood Strategy?; Contribution of Agriculture to Household Income and Savings; Urban Agriculture and Markets; Urban Ecosystem Health |
|
Conceptual ApproachBenefits and Risks of Livestock-Raising; Benefits and Risks of Horticulture; Solid Wastes: Understanding Rural -- Peri-urban -- Urban Resource Flows; Actual and Potential Benefits of Waste Recycling; Policy and Institutional Dialogue and Change; Conclusion; References; Part I Cameroon; Cameroon Overview; 3 Urban Farming Systems in Yaound Building a Mosaic; Background to the Set of Studies; The Origins and Nature of Urban Agriculture in Yaound; Methods Used for the Five Studies; Livelihoods of Urban Crop Growers in Yaound |
|
Contribution of Perishable Products to Household NutritionSeedling Production for Urban Horticulture; Water Pollution Affecting and Caused by Urban Agriculture; RuralUrban Linkages: Measuring Supply Flows of Fresh Cassava Roots; Conclusions of the Five Studies; References; 4 CropLivestock Integration in the Urban Farming Systems of Yaound; Introduction; Methods Used for the Study; The Findings on Livestock Enterprises in Yaound; CropLivestock Integration the Use of Manure in Yaound; Constraints and Opportunities for CropLivestock Production in Urban Areas; Conclusion; References |
|
5 Institutional Development of Urban Agriculture An Ongoing History of YaoundBackground to the Institutional Study of UA in Yaound; Methods; The History and Development of Urban Yaound; The Institutional Study and Its Results; Description of the Formal Structures of Government; Civil Society; Institutional Mobilization for Yaound''s 1981 Structure Plan; The Views of Market Traders About Institutions Dealing with UA; Conclusions; References; Part II Uganda; Uganda Overview; 6 Changing Trends in Urban Agriculture in Kampala; Introduction; Background; Methods |
|
A Description of Urban Agriculture Across the Urban to Peri-Urban Continuum in 2004Bukesa: An Old Urban Area; Banda: A New Urban Slum Area; Buziga: A Peri-Urban Area in Transition to Urban; Komamboga: A Peripheral Peri-Urban Area; Urban Agriculture Production Systems; Cropping Systems; Livestock Systems; Social Capital and Institutional Support; Agriculture as a Means of Livelihood Across the Urban to Peri-Urban Continuum; Policy Implications of the Urban to Peri-Urban Continuum; References; 7 Can Schools be Agents of Urban Agriculture Extension and Seed Production?; Introduction |
| Summary |
Over the past two decades, how has urban agriculture changed in sub-Saharan Africa? Is city farming now better integrated into environmental management and city governance? And, looking ahead, how might urban agriculture address the needs of the low-income households and modernizing cities of Africa? In this book, leading specialists in the fields of urban agriculture and urban environment present a unique collection of case studies that examines the growing role of local food production in urban livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa. Amongst many issues, the authors probe the changing role of urb |
| Notes |
Background and Rationale for the Study |
|
English |
|
Print version record |
| Subject |
Urban agriculture -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
|
|
Food supply -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
|
|
Food supply
|
|
Urban agriculture
|
|
Sub-Saharan Africa
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| Author |
Lee-Smith, Diana
|
|
Karanja, Nancy
|
|
International Development Research Centre (Canada), Content Provider.
|
| ISBN |
1441965718 |
|
9781441965714 |
|
1441962492 |
|
9781441962492 |
|
