Cities Feeding People

Cities Feeding People

Author: Axumite G. Egziabher

Publisher: IDRC

Published: 2014-05-14

Total Pages: 138

ISBN-13: 1552501094

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Cities Feeding People examines urban agriculture in East Africa and proves that it is a safe, clean, and secure method to feed the world's struggling urban residents. It also collapses the myth that urban agriculture is practiced only by the poor and unemployed. Cities Feeding People provides the hard facts needed to convince governments that urban agriculture should have a larger role in feeding the urban population.


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Download or read book Cities Feeding People written by Axumite G. Egziabher and published by IDRC. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cities Feeding People examines urban agriculture in East Africa and proves that it is a safe, clean, and secure method to feed the world's struggling urban residents. It also collapses the myth that urban agriculture is practiced only by the poor and unemployed. Cities Feeding People provides the hard facts needed to convince governments that urban agriculture should have a larger role in feeding the urban population.


African Urban Harvest

African Urban Harvest

Author: Gordon Prain

Publisher: IDRC

Published: 2010-09-17

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 1441962492

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This book seeks to answer the question of how much urban agriculture helps feed and support people living in towns and cities with evidence and proposals based on studies in Eastern and Central Africa.


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Download or read book African Urban Harvest written by Gordon Prain and published by IDRC. This book was released on 2010-09-17 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book seeks to answer the question of how much urban agriculture helps feed and support people living in towns and cities with evidence and proposals based on studies in Eastern and Central Africa.


African Indigenous Vegetables in Urban Agriculture

African Indigenous Vegetables in Urban Agriculture

Author: Charles Michael Shackleton

Publisher: Earthscan

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 345

ISBN-13: 1844077152

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First Published in 2009. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.


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Download or read book African Indigenous Vegetables in Urban Agriculture written by Charles Michael Shackleton and published by Earthscan. This book was released on 2009 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2009. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.


Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture in Africa

Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture in Africa

Author: David Grossman

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-05-20

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 0429778767

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Published in 1999, this work sets out to assess the potential of urban and peri-urban agriculture for generating income and for improving food supply for the growing urban population in Africa. It considers both full-time small-holder farmers and part-timers, who hold land under various tenurial conditions. Since the book is a collection of papers based on field studies, it contains a wide range of approaches, methods of investigation, and scientific findings.


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Download or read book Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture in Africa written by David Grossman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-05-20 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in 1999, this work sets out to assess the potential of urban and peri-urban agriculture for generating income and for improving food supply for the growing urban population in Africa. It considers both full-time small-holder farmers and part-timers, who hold land under various tenurial conditions. Since the book is a collection of papers based on field studies, it contains a wide range of approaches, methods of investigation, and scientific findings.


Urban Agriculture in Africa

Urban Agriculture in Africa

Author: Robert A. Obudho

Publisher:

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13:

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To Subsidise My Income

To Subsidise My Income

Author: Dick Foeken

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2006-07-01

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 9047409965

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This book is about urban agriculture as a source of livelihood for urban dwellers in Nakuru town, Kenya. Various aspects of the phenomenon are discussed, with particular emphasis on its importance for the urban poor.


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Download or read book To Subsidise My Income written by Dick Foeken and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2006-07-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about urban agriculture as a source of livelihood for urban dwellers in Nakuru town, Kenya. Various aspects of the phenomenon are discussed, with particular emphasis on its importance for the urban poor.


The Impact of Urbanization on Environment in Africa

The Impact of Urbanization on Environment in Africa

Author: Robert A. Obudho

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13:

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Characteristics of Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture in West Africa

Characteristics of Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture in West Africa

Author: Imogen Bellwood-Howard

Publisher: International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Published: 2015-10-06

Total Pages: 42

ISBN-13: 9290908211

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The report summarizes key results from surveys carried out on urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) in Tamale (Ghana) and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) in 2013. The aim was to provide a broad overview of the state of UPA in the study cities and a basis for future research endeavors. The randomized sampling approach used aerial photography to identify 10 sites in different categories of farm in each city. Farmers provided information on their cropping and livestock-rearing activities. There were similarities between the cities, but the differences in the expression of UPA in Tamale and Ouagadougou were more intriguing, as in farm sizes, crops grown and livestock ownership. Farmers were particularly concerned about diminishing access to land in Tamale, where sales by chiefs to private investors were accelerating. In Ouagadougou, formal reallocation of land to homeowners by the state had similarly decreased available farmland. Water availability was a universal concern, and the quality of water used for irrigation was potentially more questionable in Ouagadougou than in Tamale. The results point to the need for further work on uncontaminated, perennial water sources and soil fertility management, alongside focuses on commercialization of animal production, and the legal, political and institutional context of UPA in different West African cities.


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Download or read book Characteristics of Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture in West Africa written by Imogen Bellwood-Howard and published by International Water Management Institute (IWMI). This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The report summarizes key results from surveys carried out on urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) in Tamale (Ghana) and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) in 2013. The aim was to provide a broad overview of the state of UPA in the study cities and a basis for future research endeavors. The randomized sampling approach used aerial photography to identify 10 sites in different categories of farm in each city. Farmers provided information on their cropping and livestock-rearing activities. There were similarities between the cities, but the differences in the expression of UPA in Tamale and Ouagadougou were more intriguing, as in farm sizes, crops grown and livestock ownership. Farmers were particularly concerned about diminishing access to land in Tamale, where sales by chiefs to private investors were accelerating. In Ouagadougou, formal reallocation of land to homeowners by the state had similarly decreased available farmland. Water availability was a universal concern, and the quality of water used for irrigation was potentially more questionable in Ouagadougou than in Tamale. The results point to the need for further work on uncontaminated, perennial water sources and soil fertility management, alongside focuses on commercialization of animal production, and the legal, political and institutional context of UPA in different West African cities.


Informal Irrigation in Urban West Africa

Informal Irrigation in Urban West Africa

Author: Pay Drechsel

Publisher: IWMI

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 43

ISBN-13: 9290906421

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This report tries to provide a state-of-the-art overview on irrigated urban agriculture in the West African subregion based on a comprehensive literature review supported by the results of three IWMI FAO projects.


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Download or read book Informal Irrigation in Urban West Africa written by Pay Drechsel and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2006 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report tries to provide a state-of-the-art overview on irrigated urban agriculture in the West African subregion based on a comprehensive literature review supported by the results of three IWMI FAO projects.


Digging Deeper: Inside Africa’s Agricultural, Food and Nutrition Dynamics

Digging Deeper: Inside Africa’s Agricultural, Food and Nutrition Dynamics

Author:

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2014-11-06

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13: 9004282696

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This volume attempts to dig deeper into what is currently happening in Africa’s agricultural and rural sector and to convince policymakers and others that it is important to look at the current African rural dynamics in ways that connect metropolitan demands for food with value chain improvements and agro-food cluster innovations. It is essential to go beyond a ‘development bureaucracy’ and a state-based approach to rural transformation, such as the one that often dominates policy debate in African government circles, organizations like the African Union and the UN, and donor agencies.


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Download or read book Digging Deeper: Inside Africa’s Agricultural, Food and Nutrition Dynamics written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2014-11-06 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume attempts to dig deeper into what is currently happening in Africa’s agricultural and rural sector and to convince policymakers and others that it is important to look at the current African rural dynamics in ways that connect metropolitan demands for food with value chain improvements and agro-food cluster innovations. It is essential to go beyond a ‘development bureaucracy’ and a state-based approach to rural transformation, such as the one that often dominates policy debate in African government circles, organizations like the African Union and the UN, and donor agencies.