Gender issues in urban agriculture : revised discussion paper 1

Policy recommendations regarding urban agriculture need to conceptualise gender as a social, political, economic and cultural issue, as well as a human right's issue, to which local governments, institutions and organisations have to respond. Urban agriculture policies should be based on acknowledgement of the real value of women's contribution to production, should contribute to the recognition of women as subject of economic rights, and their consideration as beneficiaries of the policies. This paper provides a granular analysis of aspects of a variety of women’s roles in urban agriculture. These can be location-specific, and the paper provides illustrative cases