An Assessment of the Contribution of Urban Crop Agriculture in Nigerian Cities: A Case Study of Enugu Metropolis, Enugu State, Nigeria

Gender Roles in Urban Crop Production in Imo State, Nigeria.

“…This implies their likelihood of adopting innovations meant to improve urban crop production. This is in line with the finding of Chah et al (2010) who reports that the average age of urban farmers in Enugu is 38.59 years. About 44% had tertiary education while 41.8% had secondary education.…”

A systematic review of urban agriculture and food security impacts in low-income countries

“…Bahir Dar & Gondar, Ethiopia (2006 -Structured interviews with randomly sampled dairy farmers (n = 256) Dairy production accounted for 40% of farmers' income; an additional 3% derived from other agricultural activities -Regression and correlation analyses comparing urban and peri-urban farming 57% of participants reported increasing income as motivation for keeping cattle; 34% cited household use Chah et al (2010) Enugu, Nigeria (unknown) -Cross-sectional survey of randomly selected farmers (n = 60) from randomly selected wards 22% of participants earned income solely through UA -Descriptive analysis 97% of participants consumed UA produce; 92% sold produce; 20% gave part away to others Profits from UA were small, but participants rated their UA practice as successful; 88% reported that they could easily meet their children's needs (continued on next page)…”

Contributions of Urban Mixed-Cropping to Household Food Security in Nigeria and Around the Globe

“…In Enugu, Nigeria, Chah (2007) reported that about 38 percent of the respondents carried out their urban mixed-cropping on governmentowned land. About 28% percent used private unused sites while others used acquired plots from relatives (38 %), friends (20%), neighbours (5%), leased (1.67%) and 15 % on own plots in their compounds.…”

“…The report further indicated that half (50%) of the urban farmers have been in urban farming from 6-10 years in one location followed by about 27 percent for 1-5 years, about 17 % for11-15 years and only 6 percent for 16-20 years. Also, majority of the urban farmers (80 percent) were females and married (Chah, 2007). In Yaounde, Cameroon, the IITA team conducted a survey of urban households and discovered that traditional leafy vegetables are essential for both nutrition and economic livelihood.…”

“…This is because the plot areas are small and the farmers want to make maximum use of the available space. Crops commonly grown by urban farmers were fluted pumpkin (ugu) (100 percent), maize (95 percent), okra (83 percent), green (71.67 percent), cassava (70 percent), pepper (61.67 percent) and spices (45 percent) (Chah, 2007;Spore, 2005;Spore, 2008). In other towns like Ugep, Calabar, Uyo, Port Harcourt, Ojo, Alapere, Nyanyan and Ketu in Nigeria, tomato, watermelon, waterleaf, cabbage, carrot, onion, garlic and ginger are also grown as mixed crops.…”