Overview
- Editors:
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Gordon Prain
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CIP, Urban Harvest, La Molina, Lima, Peru
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Diana Lee-Smith
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Mazingira Institute, Nairobi, Kenya
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Nancy Karanja
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Urban Harvest, CIP, Nairobi, Kenya
- Addresses marginalized topic of urban agriculture within the histories of agricultural research and urban institutions and policy
- Presents original research from Cameroon, Uganda and Kenya
- Offers ideas on the future of urban agriculture in light of potential institutional change
- Co-published with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Over the past two decades, how has urban agriculture changed in sub-Saharan Africa? Is city farming now better integrated into environmental management and city governance? And, looking ahead, how might urban agriculture address the needs of the low-income households and modernizing cities of Africa?
In this book, leading specialists in the fields of urban agriculture and urban environment present a unique collection of case studies that examines the growing role of local food production in urban livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa. Amongst many issues, the authors probe the changing role of urban agriculture, the risks and benefits of crop–livestock systems, and the opportunities for making locally produced food more easily available and more profitable. Concluding chapters reflect on the policy and governance implications of greater integration of urban natural resources and the built environment, an expanded role for urban agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa and the crucial role of women in urban food systems.
African Urban Harvest will be of interest to decision-makers, development professionals, researchers, academics, and students and educators in urban planning, development studies, African studies, and environmental studies.
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01 April 2024
Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Cameroon
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- Gordon Prain, Diana Lee-Smith
Pages 13-35
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- Athanase Bopda, Randall Brummett, Sandrine Dury, Pascale Elong, Samuel Foto-Menbohan, James Gockowski et al.
Pages 39-59
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- Thomas Dongmo, François Meffeja, Jean Marin Fotso, Christian Nolte
Pages 61-70
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- Athanase Pr Bopda, Louis Awono
Pages 71-94
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Uganda
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- Sonii David, Diana Lee-Smith, Julius Kyaligonza, Wasike Mangeni, Sarah Kimeze, Lucy Aliguma et al.
Pages 97-122
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- Fred Baseke, Richard Miiro, Margaret Azuba, Maria Kaweesa, Moses Kalyebara, Peter King’ori
Pages 123-138
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- Robinah Nyapendi, Rupert Best, Shaun Ferris, John Jagwe
Pages 139-165
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- George W. Nasinyama, Donald C. Cole, Diana Lee-Smith
Pages 167-190
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Kenya
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Front Matter
Pages 191-191
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- Mary Njenga, Dannie Romney, Nancy Karanja, Kuria Gathuru, Stephen Kimani, Sammy Carsan et al.
Pages 193-212
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- Nancy Karanja, Mary Njenga, Kuria Gathuru, Anthony Karanja, Patrick Muendo Munyao
Pages 213-228
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- Erastus K. Kang’ethe, Alice Njehu, Nancy Karanja, Mary Njenga, Kuria Gathuru, Anthony Karanja
Pages 229-247
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- Sammy Carsan, Dennis Osino, Paul Opanga, Anthony J. Simons
Pages 249-263
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Urban Agriculture and Institutional Change
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Front Matter
Pages 265-265
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- Luc J.A. Mougeot, Francois Gasengayire, Diana Lee-Smith, Gordon Prain, Henk de Zeeuw
Pages 267-285
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- Diana Lee-Smith, Gordon Prain
Pages 287-308
Editors and Affiliations
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CIP, Urban Harvest, La Molina, Lima, Peru
Gordon Prain
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Mazingira Institute, Nairobi, Kenya
Diana Lee-Smith
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Urban Harvest, CIP, Nairobi, Kenya
Nancy Karanja