This paper describes urban farming in Nairobi, Kenya: its magnitude and characteristics, its importance for those involved, the constraints faced by urban farmers, the impact of urban farming on the environment, the legal and institutional setting, and the prospects for urban farming. The paper is based on four studies carried out in Nairobi by Diana Lee-Smith et al. (1984-1985), Donald Freeman (1987), Alice Mboganie Mwangi (1994), and Pascale Dennery (1994)ASC – Publicaties niet-programma gebonde
Urban agriculture is practised in most Third World societies not as a hobby but as a necessity both...
Meeting: Cities Feeding People : Lessons Learned from Projects in African Cities, 21-25 June 1998, N...
No current and reliable estimates of the number of people participating in urban agriculture exist; ...
Agricultural development has historically focused on rural areas and the needs of rural populations...
In 2008, more than half of the global population, 3.3 billion lived in cities, making our kind, for ...
This article considers the extent to which farming activities undertaken by low-income dwellers in...
This study purposed to identify the sustainable potential of urban and peri-urban agriculture practi...
Kenya is rapidly urbanising. In the growing cities and towns, there is an increasing need for food s...
Urban agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa has gained momentum in recent years in terms of research a...
As many countries in sub-Saharan Africa undergo rapid urbanization, a growing number of people are j...
This paper, which is based on research carried out among 210 households in Nairobi (Kenya) in 1994, ...
In Nakuru town (northwest of Nairobi, Kenya), two out of five households were living in conditions...
Globally the UN Development Program estimates that 800 million people are involved in urban farming ...
Due to copyright restrictions, this item cannot be sharedThis paper presents findings from a study o...
In order to make ends meet, many poor urban households in sub-Saharan Africa fall back on farming ac...
Urban agriculture is practised in most Third World societies not as a hobby but as a necessity both...
Meeting: Cities Feeding People : Lessons Learned from Projects in African Cities, 21-25 June 1998, N...
No current and reliable estimates of the number of people participating in urban agriculture exist; ...
Agricultural development has historically focused on rural areas and the needs of rural populations...
In 2008, more than half of the global population, 3.3 billion lived in cities, making our kind, for ...
This article considers the extent to which farming activities undertaken by low-income dwellers in...
This study purposed to identify the sustainable potential of urban and peri-urban agriculture practi...
Kenya is rapidly urbanising. In the growing cities and towns, there is an increasing need for food s...
Urban agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa has gained momentum in recent years in terms of research a...
As many countries in sub-Saharan Africa undergo rapid urbanization, a growing number of people are j...
This paper, which is based on research carried out among 210 households in Nairobi (Kenya) in 1994, ...
In Nakuru town (northwest of Nairobi, Kenya), two out of five households were living in conditions...
Globally the UN Development Program estimates that 800 million people are involved in urban farming ...
Due to copyright restrictions, this item cannot be sharedThis paper presents findings from a study o...
In order to make ends meet, many poor urban households in sub-Saharan Africa fall back on farming ac...
Urban agriculture is practised in most Third World societies not as a hobby but as a necessity both...
Meeting: Cities Feeding People : Lessons Learned from Projects in African Cities, 21-25 June 1998, N...
No current and reliable estimates of the number of people participating in urban agriculture exist; ...