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Feeding Africa's growing cities into the 21st century: the potential of urban agriculture

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  • Tony Binns

    (School of African and Asian Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK)

  • Kenneth Lynch

    (School of Geography, Kingston University, Kingston-upon-Thames, UK)

Abstract

Sub-Saharan Africa is urbanizing more rapidly than any other part of the world and there is an escalating demand for fresh foodstuffs from the urban population. The growing of crops in and around towns and cities is frequently a widespread and long-established activity, yet a greater understanding is needed of the patterns and processes involved. From a survey of literature and detailed empirical evidence from Kano and Dar es Salaam, this paper presents a framework for analyzing urban agriculture and proposes a number of policy recommendations which could possibly enhance its future sustainability. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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  • Tony Binns & Kenneth Lynch, 1998. "Feeding Africa's growing cities into the 21st century: the potential of urban agriculture," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 10(6), pages 777-793.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:jintdv:v:10:y:1998:i:6:p:777-793
    DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1328(1998090)10:6<777::AID-JID532>3.0.CO;2-Z
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    1. World Bank, 1995. "World Development Report 1995," World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 5978.
    2. Kenneth Lynch, 1995. "Sustainability and urban food supply in Africa," Sustainable Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 3(2), pages 79-88.
    3. Pinstrup-Andersen, Per, 1994. "World food trends and future food security," Food policy reports 3, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
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    8. Leslie Gray & Laureen Elgert & Antoinette WinklerPrins, 2020. "Theorizing urban agriculture: north–south convergence," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 37(3), pages 869-883, September.
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