Can farmers extend their cultivation areas in urban agriculture? A contribution from agronomic analysis of market gardening systems around Mahajanga (Madagascar)

Mawois, Marie; Aubry, Christine; Bail, Marianne Le

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2010.09.004

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“…As a single bed is likely to be cultivated several times during the season, S d is the "cumulative area of all the areas cultivated during the various cycles" (Mawois et al, 2011); consequently, a row or a bed seeded twice during the season is counted twice (Figure 5). …”

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“…In the second part of the paper, we apply land-use assessment methods taken from the agronomy of farming systems that were previously adapted to the context of diversified market-gardening (Mawois, Aubry, & Le Bail, 2011;Navarrete & Le Bail, 2007). These methods allow us to analyze (a) the intensity of use of surface areas in CGs; (b) the most common crops in CGs in terms of surface area; (c) the crop diversity in CGs and (d) the yields of CGs.…”

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Pourais

Duchemin

Aubry

2015

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Among the various forms of urban agriculture that have emerged and been developed over the past 15 years in countries of the global North, collective gardens (CGs) are one of the most significant. In Montreal and Paris, their numbers have increased rapidly in the past 20 years. Previous research has shown that food production is an important motivation for urban dwellers to engage in gardening activities, but the food function of CGs, that we define as the quantitative and qualitative food supply they are likely to provide to gardeners, is poorly known. This paper investigates this food function in Paris and Montreal. We carried out comprehensive interviews with gardeners, quantified production, and did plot monitoring to provide insights on the quantities of fruits and vegetables produced in CGs, the destination of garden produce, the use of space in plots, and the types of crops grown in CGs and their yields. The results show a wide diversity of practices regarding CGs' food function that has to be considered in relation to the multifunctionality of these gardens. The paper concludes with a discussion on the results and the implications of this research for garden planning and management.

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Pourais

Duchemin

Aubry

2015

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“…They are commonly found in East and Southeast Asian countries and are considered to be an important hub for vegetable and fruit food systems (Schipmann & Qaim, 2010). Both traditional and modern food systems in developing regions are experiencing dramatic changes under urbanization (Mawois et al, 2011;Vermeiren et al, 2013), but they have not yet been fully addressed geographically in previous studies. We, therefore, discuss the following three main questions, with the aim of providing information about a local food system, which may contribute to the sustainability of peri-urban agriculture.…”

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Linking food and land systems for sustainable peri-urban agriculture in Bangkok Metropolitan Region

Tsuchiya

Hara

Thaitakoo

2015

Landscape and Urban Planning

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h i g h l i g h t s• A geographic approach helps in a holistic understanding of peri-urban food systems.• Food-related activities occurred at multiple spatial scales.• Wet markets served as a hub and spread across wider areas than supermarkets.• An increase in wet markets and supermarkets was associated with land use change.• Connection between local farmers and nearby wet markets was limited. a b s t r a c tWe applied a geographic approach to the analysis of current food-related behaviors in peri-urban Bangkok, Thailand, to better understand potential for building a local food system for sustainable periurban agriculture during a period of rapid urbanization. We addressed three main working questions:(1) Do traditional wet markets keep functioning as an important hub for vegetable and fruit food systems under the influence of modern supermarkets? (2) How "local" are the current food-related behaviors of multiple actors? (3) How do the distributions of food-related actors and their environments change in this period of rapid urbanization in peri-urban areas? We combined field based interviews of multiple actors, including farming and non-farming households, wet market retailers, and food shop owners with a GIS analysis of food-related activities and land use changes. We found that the traditional food system played an important role as both a food source for households and a selling destination for farmers. Wet market, a hub in traditional food system, spread across peri-urban areas and kept increasing under urbanization. There was, however, little connection between farmers and nearby wet markets in the same district and it constricted positive feedbacks between producers and consumers in peri-urban areas. Promoting communication between farmers and nearby retailers will contribute to better governance of a local food system and subsequent long-term conservation of peri-urban farmlands.

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“…Studies regarding periurban agriculture in developed countries have paid more attention to the social and environmental effects of farming activities Soulard and Aubry, 2011;Mok et al, 2014), while in developing countries more research on food production capacity has been focused on food security and sovereignty (Mawois et al, 2011). Only a few studies were carried out on periurban farming systems in developed countries (Soulard and Thareau, 2009), while more emphasis was put on investigating agro-environmental issues (Silvestri et al, 2012), short supply chains (Renting et , 2003) or public procurement for school canteen (Galli and Brunori, 2012).…”

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Assessing food production capacity of farms in periurban areas

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The assessment of food production capacity is particularly important in small-and medium-sized cities, which have greater chances to develop local periurban farming. To date the literature has been focused on niche sectors of the food market, such as alternative food networks and public procurement for school canteens, but less attention has been paid to urban food production. We present a method to assess the food production capacity in periurban areas, which we tested on meat production (beef and lamb) in the urban region of Pisa, a medium-sized Italian city. The capacity of periurban livestock farms for meat production to fulfil urban demand was assessed on the basis of meat supply and demand. We derived meat demand from statistical data, whereas we calculated meat supply on the basis of three estimates (i.e. potential, current, actual meat supply) taking into account both statistical and on-farm survey data. In particular, the potential meat supply was estimated from statistical data on slaughtered livestock, the current meat supply was estimated from meat production data of on-farm surveys, while the actual meat supply was estimated from the amount of meat sold by farmers on the local market from onfarm surveys. For the urban region of Pisa, we estimated that the potential meat supply met is equal to 16% of the beef demand and 62% of the lamb demand. This data could change, if the on-farm data is taken into account in the current supply, as was the case with lamb, which decreased to 37%, whereas beef remained almost unchanged (14%). The actual supply was 70% and 10% of the current supply for beef and lamb respectively. We identified some gaps between the three estimates, particularly for lamb production, suggesting that it may have some constraints in terms of production and commercialisation.Our results can contribute to assess local food systems and their drivers at the farm level. Furthermore these results also highlight the need for an agronomical approach to food systems based on the analysis of farm activities located in periurban areas in order to quantify the food supply that is actually produced for the local market. Food planning policies, as well as studies at the local level, could take advantage from this method.

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Can farmers extend their cultivation areas in urban agriculture? A contribution from agronomic analysis of market gardening systems around Mahajanga (Madagascar)

Cited by 37 publications

References 18 publications

http://www.agdevjournal.com/volume-5-issue-2/510-products-urban-collective-gardens.html

http://www.agdevjournal.com/volume-5-issue-2/510-products-urban-collective-gardens.html

Linking food and land systems for sustainable peri-urban agriculture in Bangkok Metropolitan Region

Assessing food production capacity of farms in periurban areas

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