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dc.contributor.authorFoeken, D W J
dc.contributor.authorOwuor, Samuel Ouma
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-26T05:46:37Z
dc.date.available2013-06-26T05:46:37Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.identifier.isbn90-04-15202-4
dc.identifier.issn1570-9310
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11295/40013
dc.description.abstractUrban agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa has gained momentum in recent years in terms of research and policy, as well as in practical terms. The paradox of accelerated urbanization and the increase in urban agriculture in developing countries is widely recognized. More than ever before, urban residents all over the developing world are cultivating urban plots and/or keeping animals to sustain their livelihoods. This volume looks at urban farming in the Kenyan town of Nakuru and is based on surveys and in-depth studies carried out by various researchers, including Kenyan Masters students, 1999-2002. It considers farming techniques (crops and yields, animal production and rearing systems), socioeconomic aspects of urban farming (income, food supply, employment, assistance to urban farmers) and the environmental issues involved, and there is also a chapter on school farming. Specific attention is paid to urban farming in relation to poverty, with the conclusion being that those who depend on urban agriculture the most are, in fact, benefiting the least from it.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subjectAfrica Kenyaen
dc.subjecturban agricultureen
dc.titleTo subsidise my income" : Urban farming in an East-African townen
dc.typeBooken
local.publisherDepartment of Geography and Environmental Studiesen


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