Agriculture and Urban Planning : Generating Livelihoods and Food Security

Table of Contents

• Contents 6
• List of Figures, Tables and Boxes 10
• Foreword 14
• Acknowledgements 15
• List of Acronyms and Abbreviations 17
• Introduction 20
• Enter AGROPOLIS 21
• The Rise of Cities and City Farming 22
• Overview of this Book 27
• Conclusion 37
• References 38
• 1 Household Food Security Among Urban Farmers in Nairobi, Kenya 40
• Introduction 40
• Methodology 42
• Food Security 47
• Relationships between Variables 49
• Changes in Agriculture and Livestock Extension Services 50
• Conclusion and Recommendations 51
• Acknowledgements 52
• Notes 52
• References 52
• 2 Urban Compost: A Socio-economic and Agronomic Evaluation in Kumasi, Ghana 54
• Introduction 54
• Objectives 55
• Methodology 56
• Research Findings 59
• Conclusions and Recommendations 65
• Acknowledgements 65
• Note 66
• References 66
• 3 Urban Agriculture as a Livelihood Strategy in Lima, Peru 68
• Introduction 68
• Methodology 69
• Conceptual Framework 70
• Research Findings 72
• Conclusion 89
• Acknowledgements 89
• Note 89
• References 89
• 4 The Social and Economic Implications of Urban Agriculture on Food Security in Harare, Zimbabwe 92
• Introduction 92
• Objectives and Hypotheses 93
• Methods 94
• Research Findings 99
• Conclusions 107
• Acknowledgements 108
• Note 108
• References 108
• 5 Urban Agriculture and Food Security in Lilongwe and Blantyre, Malawi 110
• Introduction 110
• Literature, Concepts and Objectives 111
• Research Methodology 112
• Results 114
• Discussion 118
• Conclusion and Policy Recommendations 119
• Acknowledgements 120
• Notes 120
• References 120
• 6 An Analysis of the Quality of Wastewater Used to Irrigate Vegetables in Accra, Kumasi and Tamale, Ghana 124
• Introduction 124
• Key Concepts 125
• Methods 126
• Results and Discussion 130
• Conclusions and Recommendations 139
• Acknowledgements 140
• Notes 140
• References 141
• 7 Water Contamination and its Impact on Vegetable Production in the Rímac River, Peru 144
• Introduction 144
• Methods 145
• Research Findings and Discussions 151
• Conclusions and Recommendations 160
• Acknowledgements 162
• Notes 162
• References 162
• 8 Wastewater Use and Urban Agriculture in Kinshasa, DR Congo 166
• Introduction 166
• Concepts, Objectives and Hypothesis 167
• Methods 168
• Research Findings 171
• Conclusion and Recommendations 181
• Acknowledgements 182
• Notes 182
• References 183
• 9 The Health Impacts of Farming on Producers in Rosario, Argentina 186
• Introduction 186
• Objectives and Hypotheses 187
• Methods 188
• Research Findings 190
• Conclusion and Recommendations 196
• Acknowledgements 197
• Note 198
• References 198
• 10 Using Participatory Education and Action Research for Health Risk Reduction Amongst Farmers in Dakar, Senegal 200
• Introduction 200
• Objectives and Hypothesis 203
• Methods 203
• Research Findings 208
• Conclusions 216
• Acknowledgements 217
• Notes 217
• References 217
• 11 Complex Ecologies and City Spaces: Social–Ecological Networks of Urban Agriculture 220
• Introduction 220
• Objectives, Hypotheses and Concepts 221
• Methodology 222
• Research Findings 224
• Conclusion and Recommendations 231
• Acknowledgements 232
• Notes 232
• References 233
• 12 Urban Agriculture and Physical Planning: A Case Study of Zaria, Nigeria 236
• Introduction 236
• Background, Objectives and Hypothesis 237
• Methodology 239
• Research Findings 239
• Recommendations and Conclusions 250
• Acknowledgements 252
• Note 253
• References 253
• 13 Conclusion 254
• References 261
• Index 262
• A 262
• B 262
• C 262
• D 262
• E 263
• F 263
• G 263
• H 264
• I 264
• K 264
• L 264
• M 265
• N 265
• O 265
• P 265
• R 266
• S 266
• T 266
• U 266
• V 267
• W 267
• Y 267
• Z 267