Urban Agriculture
Sub-Title:
Case studies of Accra, Bangalore, Lima, and Nairobi and a Global ReviewAuthor:
Daniel Hoornweg, Marielle Dubbeling, Judy Baker, Anjali Acharya and Gisela CampilloPublisher:
World Bank PublicationsPublication Date:
05-15-2013ISBN:
9780821388433Pages:
192Subjects:
Urban AgricultureAvailable as:
Paperback, 9780821388433Description:
Urban agriculture offers important contributions to sustainable urban development and poverty reduction in cities. Although urban agriculture cannot be expected to meet the food consumption requirements of all urban residents, it can have a critical role to play in food security and nutrition, particularly for the urban poor. It can also contribute to urban resilience, in the face of increasing climate variability, and also promote resource efficiency, by stimulating the productive reuse of organic wastes in cities. At the same time, city decision-makers need to take into account competing land uses, and how best to allocate scarce urban land for agriculture, when other activities such as manufacturing and services, as well as infrastructure, are key to economic vibrancy in a dense urban setting. This report offers useful lessons and experiences on urban agriculture in developing countries, providing a detailed review of urban agriculture from different regions of the world: Accra, Bangalore, Lima, and Nairobi. The case studies of these four cities are placed within the broader context of the state of urban agriculture globally, the use and re-use of scarce resources and wastes, and the economics of urban agriculture. .
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