Cross-Location Analysis of the Impact of Household Socioeconomic Status on Participation in Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture in West Africa

Dossa, Luc Hippolyte; Buerkert, Andreas; Schlecht, Eva

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“…Several authors have used MCA as a weighting method for the construction of a composite index (Canuel et al 2014;Charreire et al 2010;Cortinovis et al 1993;Dossa et al 2011;Howe et al 2008). MCA is a data reduction procedure for categorical variables (nominal or ordinal) as much as Principal Components Analysis is for quantitative variables (Greenacre 2007).…”

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An adaptation index to high summer heat associated with adverse health impacts in deprived neighborhoods

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Socially and materially disadvantaged urban areas present a group of factors strongly correlated with high heat and humidity adverse health effects, particularly in densely populated cities where the heat island effect extends over large areas. This paper presents an adaptation index to high summer heat whose validity was tested by correlating it with selfreported adverse health impacts to heat. The data comes from a 2011 cross-sectional study conducted in the most deprived areas in 9 cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants in Quebec (Canada). In total, 3,485 people were interviewed at home. An index of various behavioral adaptations was developed using a Multiple Correspondence Analysis. This individual-level adaptation index summarizes a range of 14 easy-to-use and energy-efficient solutions for cooling off or protecting oneself against the sun, both at home and in other places, whether indoors or out. In addition, it shows that adaptation to heat goes beyond air conditioning in the home. People who experience adverse effects of heat on their health tend to adopt more of the behaviors measured by the index than those perceiving little or none, regardless of their age group or presence of air conditioning at home. Monitoring and improving this index over time Climatic Change (2015) 132:279-293 DOI 10.1007/s10584-015-1420 Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s10584-015-1420-4) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. Ouranos, Montréal, QC, Canada and in several populations and contexts would establish a significant milestone for adaptation in health promotion and prevention.

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“…The difference in land availability between Jessore and Tongi may affect these UPA characteristics. Dossa et al (2011) revealed a negative relationship between population density and the prevalence of UPA in African urban cities. In an urban city with a high population density, such as Tongi, the nutritional and/or economic benefits of engaging in UPA appear to be confined to a small proportion of urban dwellers.…”

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“…In Jessore, the predicted probability of engaging in UPA is 33.8% for a household with the number of family members equal to the mean minus the standard deviation ( ), 41.7% at the mean ( ), and 50.1% at the mean plus the standard deviation ( ). As pointed out by Dossa et al (2011) andMaxwell (1995) when examining the case of urban cities in Africa, the more members there are in a family, the more likely a family is to engage in urban agriculture in Jessore. The predicted probability for a household with more than one child under five years old to engage in UPA is 35.5%, which is 12.4% lower than that for a household without any children under five, indicating that having a young child under five is a deterrent for engaging in UPA in Jessore.…”

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“…UPA is roughly defined as growing food crops (such as vegetables, root and tuber crops, staple grains, and fruits) and raising domestic animals (such as poultry, cattle, swine, and goats) within and around urban areas. Various empirical studies claim that UPA has been considered a solution for improving poor living conditions in undeveloped urban and peri-urban areas of developing countries, on the grounds of its effects on improving household food and nutrition intakes (Amrullah et al, 2017;Bhatta et al, 2008;Bukusuba et al, 2007;Dossa et al, 2011;Gallaher et al, 2013a;Lynch et al, 2013;Smart et al, 2015;Zezza and Tasciotti, 2010) and the physique of a child (Maxwell, 1995;Maxwell et al, 1998), increasing or diversifying household income (Amrullah et al, 2017;Ashebir et al, 2007;Maxwell, 1995;Smart et al, 2015;Zezza and Tasciotti, 2010), providing remunerative economic activities for women (Mudimu, 1996;Maxwell, 1995), empowering women through economic independence (Gororo and Kashangura, 2016;Masvaure, 2015;Simiyu and Foeken, 2014), and accumulating social capital (Gallaher et al, 2013a).…”

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“…However, determinants or deterrents of urban and periurban agriculture in developing countries have rarely been examined in detail, with the few exceptions pointing out that the more members there are in a family (Dossa et al, 2011;Maxwell, 1995) and the longer their length of stay at their current residential address (Maxwell, 1995), the more likely a family is to engage in urban agriculture in cities in Africa. Additionally, previous studies regarding UPA have paid considerable attention to African countries only where severe food poverty has been pervasive, and UPA in Asian countries has rarely been discussed.…”

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Who engages in urban and peri-urban agriculture in the condensed urban slums of Bangladesh?

Yamashita¹,

Ishida²

2017

J. Dev. Agric. Econ.

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Urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) have been considered solutions for improving poor living conditions in undeveloped urban and peri-urban areas of developing countries. Therefore, this paper aims to identify the factors affecting UPA decision-making, with special attention to land constraints among poor urban slum dwellers in Bangladesh. A logit regression model was applied using secondary individual household data obtained from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), and the predicted probabilities of engaging in UPA for each significant independent variable were estimated. In moderately populated Jessore, households that had more family members without children under five, had some savings, lived in their own house or lived there without paying rent, and had any water logging around the house 1 to 60 days per year were more likely to engage in UPA than other households. On the other hand, in densely populated Tongi, households that lived in their own house or lived there without paying rent, lived there for longer periods, had any water logging around the house less than four months per year, or could rely on neighbors through a difficult period were more likely to engage in UPA than other households. This finding suggests that constraint factors associated with engaging in UPA differ in various urban settings. Therefore, nonprofit/community organizations or local governments are required to plan carefully when promoting UPA, which is one of the coping strategies of poor urban dwellers wishing to enhance their resilience against food insecurity.

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Gaseous emissions of nitrogen and carbon from urban vegetable gardens in Bobo‐Dioulasso, Burkina Faso

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Z. Pflanzenernähr. Bodenk.

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Urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) is an important livelihood strategy for the urban poor in sub-Saharan Africa and contributes to meeting increasing food demands in the rapidly growing cities. Although in recent years many research activities have been geared towards enhancing the productivity of this land-use system, little is known about turnover processes and nutrient efficiency of UPA. The aim of our study therefore was to determine horizontal fluxes of N, P, K, and C as well as gaseous N and C emissions in urban vegetable gardens of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. Two gardens referred to as "Kodéni" and "Kuinima" were selected as representative for urban and peri-urban systems classified as: (1) "commercial gardening + field crops and livestock system" and (2) "commercial gardening and semicommercial field crop system", respectively. A nutrient-balance approach was used to monitor matter fluxes from March 2008 to March 2009 in both gardens. Ammonia (NH 3 ), nitrous oxide (N 2 O) and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions from the respective soils were measured during the coolest and the hottest period of the day using a closed-chamber system. Annual partial balances amounted to 2056 kg N ha -1 , 615 kg P ha -1 , 1864 kg K ha -1 , and 33 893 kg C ha -1 at Kodéni and to 1752 kg N ha -1 , 446 kg P ha -1 , 1643 kg K ha -1 , and 21 021 kg C ha -1 at Kuinima. Emission rates were highest during the hot midday hours with peaks after fertilizer applications when fluxes of up to 1140 g NH 3 -N ha -1 h -1 , 154 g N 2 O-N ha -1 h -1 , 12 993 g CO 2 -C ha -1 h -1 were recorded for Kodéni and Kuinima. Estimated annual gaseous N (NH 3 -N + N 2 O-N) and C (CO 2 -C + CH 4 -C) losses reached 419 kg N ha -1 and 35 862 kg C ha -1 at Kodéni and 347 kg N ha -1 and 22 364 kg C ha -1 at Kuinima. For both gardens, this represented 20% and 106% of the N and C surpluses, respectively. Emissions of NH 3 , largely emitted after surface application of manure and mineral fertilizers, accounted for 73% and 77% of total estimated N losses for Kodéni and Kuinima. To mitigate N losses nutrient-management practices in UPA vegetable production of Bobo-Dioulasso would greatly benefit from better synchronizing nutrient-input rates with crop demands.

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Cross-Location Analysis of the Impact of Household Socioeconomic Status on Participation in Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture in West Africa

Cited by 27 publications

References 64 publications

An adaptation index to high summer heat associated with adverse health impacts in deprived neighborhoods

An adaptation index to high summer heat associated with adverse health impacts in deprived neighborhoods

Who engages in urban and peri-urban agriculture in the condensed urban slums of Bangladesh?

Gaseous emissions of nitrogen and carbon from urban vegetable gardens in Bobo‐Dioulasso, Burkina Faso

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