Opportunies of Urban Horticulture for Poverty Alleviation in Dar es Salaam city, Tanzania  A Case study of Ubungo Municipality

Bishoge, Obadia Kyetuza; Suntu, Shaldon Leparan

doi:10.21839/jfna.v1i1.123

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“…A staggering estimate reveals that over 836 million people subsist on less than $1.0 per day, with an additional one billion unable to fulfill their basic necessities [11]. The research by Bishoge et al [12] Kontothanasis [13], Rezai et al [14] suggested that cultivating urban vegetables and ornamental flowers plays a crucial and beneficial role in enhancing the availability and accessibility of food security, nutrients, and income. This, in turn, contributes positively to the improvement of essential social services like water, electricity, health, and education.…”

Section: Poverty Alleviationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Urban Horticulture: A Cutting-Edge Strategy and Essential for the Future

Swetha,

Devi,

Kumar

2024

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Urban Horticulture is a key solution to rapid population growth, urbanization, food crisis and climate change. According to FAO reports, projections indicate that by 2050, the global urban population will exceed 9.7 billion, nearly doubling the current 3.5 billion. In the case of India, UN World Population Prospects foresee that by 2050, 40.76% of the country's population will inhabit urban areas. Considering the above statistics, we can estimate the burden on rural production system to meet increasing demands of fruits and vegetables in urban markets. So, urban horticulture could be the saviour to avoid food crisis and inflation of market. Urban horticulture, with its roots dating back to the mid-19th century, has gained momentum worldwide and can potentially mitigate the looming threats of food crises and market inflation. There are various types of urban agriculture like, kitchen gardening, rooftop gardening, vertical farming, container gardening, etc. Multiple auras of crops can be cultivated in the minimal available space, right from herbs, vegetables and fruits to aromatic and medicinal plants. There are considerable number of advantages of urban farming, like, providing employment and daily wages to poor farmers, educating children, strengthening the community, improving social and emotional wellbeing and environmental justice to tackle climate change. Many cities across the world are practicing urban farming and have achieved success in production, marketing and educating people. While numerous cities globally have embraced urban farming, achieving success in production, marketing, and education, India is still in the nascent stages of this practice. It is imperative for both governmental and private entities to accord greater importance to and invest in the promotion and harnessing of the profitability of urban horticulture in the country.

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Section: Poverty Alleviationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Urban Horticulture: A Cutting-Edge Strategy and Essential for the Future

Swetha,

Devi,

Kumar

2024

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“…Currently, some ornament dealers have started to propagate fruit trees such as mango, guava, pawpaws and citrus, all these are sold to different customers. The fruit trees are highly sold to customers compared to typical ornamental plants because of its possibility to offer double rewards such as food and ornamentation (Bishoge, 2018 et al, 2017). In this study it was revealed that about 80% (n=30) receive no formal training in the ornamental nursery establishment and management.…”

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“…Ornamental tree nurseries offer employment opportunity to urban residents around the world and trends forecast show a promising market for this business (Di Vita, 2015). As a considerable number of youths have been employed in this sector, youth unemployment and income generation challenges have somehow been reduced (Abreu et al, 2009& Bishoge, 2018.…”

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Burgeoning of Commercial Ornamental Plant Nurseries in Dar es Salaam City: Challenge and Future Prosperity

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S²,

S³

2020

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Commercial ornamental nurseries are popping up everywhere in the city of Dar es Salaam. However, as the city urbanizes, the commercial ornamental nurseries are confronted by several challenges of which are inadequately explored and documented. This research examines challenges, problems and explains the future prospects of commercial ornamental nurseries in the city of Dar es Salaam. The study adopted the case study design where the method for data collection relied on in-depth interviews and observation. Results revealed that ornamental plant dealers face several challenges such as; unsecured land tenure, which threaten the prosperity of the commercial ornamentalnursery practices. Problems encountered are those related to plant pests, diseases management and inaccessibility of water for irrigation. On the other hand, commercial ornamental dealers get little support from the responsible city authorities in access land and management of pest and diseases. The study recommends that success of commercial ornamental nursery industry needs more support from different actors and policies together with capacity building among the commercial ornamental dealers.

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