Reconceptualizing Urban Agriculture in Africa: Issues of Scale, Class and Institutional Support in Zambian Copperbelt Towns

Implications of the Urban Water and Food Systems Governance Nexus for Household Food Security in the City of Gweru, Zimbabwe

“…The bond between urban food production and urban planning was previously devalued (FAO, 2020;Binns & Nel, 2020). The assumption is that food is always available in cities and is easily accessible at markets.…”

“…Urban agriculture relies on resources located within and around the city (Binns & Nel, 2020). Farming for subsistence falls under primary water use (Government of Zimbabwe, 1998), which is permissible depending on a city's bylaws.…”

Introduction to urban food security in the Global South

“…Indeed, there was more research and policy debate on urban food insecurity in the 1990s, when the South was a lot less urbanized than it is today (Drakakis- Smith, 1991;Maxwell, 1999;Smith, 1998). The only aspect of urban food security that continues to command significant attention has been urban agriculture, which is widely but improbably seen as the key to cities feeding themselves (Badami and Ramankutty, 2015;Binns and Nel, 2020;Frayne et al, 2014;Lee-Smith, 2010).…”