Informal urban agriculture in Nairobi, Kenya

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

“…2010, Predotova et al 2010). It has also been widely argued in the general UPA literature and in several case studies that urban farmers are among the poorest of poor urban dwellers who have no other livelihood alternatives (Lado 1990; Rogerson 1993; Enete and Achike 2008). While these claims seem largely unsubstantiated, some studies provide a more complex picture.…”

Urban Agriculture for Poverty Alleviation:A Case Study of Hyderabad, India

“…The practitioners of UA Generally speaking women are the main practitioners of UA. Evidence from case studies in Dhaka, Bangladesh (Remenyi, 2000); Kampala, Uganda (Maxwell et al, 1998;UNDP, 1996: 67); Hyderabad, India (Buechler and Devi, 2003); Belém, Brazil (Madaleno, 2000); and Nairobi, Kenya (Lado, 1990) support the assertion that van Veenhuizen ( 2006) has made: that 65 percent of urban farmers around the world are female. However, there are of course exceptions to this claim.…”

“…It was perhaps due to the recognition of this situation -that the international community had jumped to support UA before its worth had been proven -that the 1990s and early 2000s saw a wave of research being undertaken, especially in Africa, to assess the incidence, impact and opportunities of UA in developing countries' cities (in Nairobi, Kenya see Lado, 1990; in Kampala, Uganda see Maxwell, 1995 andMaxwell et al, 1998; in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania see Lynch, 1995;Sumberg, 1997;and Howorth et al, 2001;in Harare, Zimbabwe see Drakakis-Smith et al, 1995; in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe see Mutengu et al, 2007; in Kano, Nigeria see Lynch et al, 2001; in Accra, Ghana see Asomani-Boateng, 2002; in Mekelle, Ethiopia see Ashebir et al, 2007; in Lilongwe and Blantyre, Malawi see Mkwambisi et al, 2007; in Africa in general see Maxwell, 1996; in Sub-Saharan Africa in particular see Binns and Lynch, 1998;in Belém, Brazil see Madaleno, 2000; in Mexico City, Mexico see Losada et al, 2000; in Dhaka, Bangladesh see Remenyi, 2000; in Kathmandu, Nepal see Rutkowski et al, 2007; in Hyderabad, India see Buechler and Devi, 2003; in Asia in general see Midmore and Jansen, 2003;and for an overview of UA in general see UNDP, 1996).…”

“…A common conclusion drawn in many of these case studies was that UA was shown to be an important practice for the economic and nutritional security of practitioners and their families (Armar-Klemesu, 2000;Mougeot, 2000;Drakakis-Smith et al, 1995;Lado, 1990;Maxwell, 1995;Maxwell et al, 1998;Binns and Lynch, 1998;Lynch et al, 2001;Asomani-Boateng, 2002;Hubbard and Onumah, 2001;van Veenhuizen, 2006;and Mkwambisi et al, 2007). However, a similar finding was that UA's future was under threat due to rapid changes in urban land use and the failure of local governments to provide policy and planning support for the continuation of its practice.…”

“…However, a similar finding was that UA's future was under threat due to rapid changes in urban land use and the failure of local governments to provide policy and planning support for the continuation of its practice. As a result, a widely held opinion in the literature was that more government support in the form of policy was needed to secure UA's future (Lado, 1990;Maxwell, 1995;Maxwell et al, 1998;Binns and Lynch, 1998;Lynch et al, 2001;Asomani-Boateng, 2002; see also Bakker et al, 2000;Hubbard and Onumah, 2001;and van Veenhuizen, 2006).…”