Agriculture in Urban Planning
Generating Livelihoods and Food Security
Edited by Mark Redwood
Cloth: 978 1 84407 668 0
Price: $127.00  

Publisher: Earthscan Publications Ltd.
December 2008 , 272 pp., 6 1/8" x 9 1/4"
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This volume, by the world’s leading experts on urban agriculture, examines concrete strategies to integrate city farming into the urban landscape. Drawing on original field work in cities across the rapidly urbanizing global south, the book examines the contribution of urban agriculture and city farming to livelihoods and food security. Case studies cover food production; diversification for robust and secure food provision; the socio-economic and agronomic aspects of urban composting; urban agriculture as a viable livelihood strategy; strategies for integrating city farming into urban landscapes; and the complex social-ecological networks of urban agriculture. Other case studies look at public health aspects including the impact of pesticides, microbiological risks, pollution and water contamination on food production and people. Ultimately the book calls on city farmers, politicians, environmentalists and regulatory bodies to work together to improve the long term sustainability of urban farming as a major, secure source of food and employment for urban populations.

Published with IDRC

Table of Contents:
List of Figures, Tables and Boxes; Foreword; Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Introduction—Mark Redwood; 1) Household Food Security Among Urban Farmers in Nairobi, Kenya—Eunice Wambui Njogu; 2) Urban Compost: A Socio-Economic and Agronomic Evaluation in Kumasi, Ghana—Nikita S. Eriksen-Hamel and George Danso; 3) Urban Agriculture as a Livelihood Strategy in Lima, Peru—Luis Maldonado Villavicencio; 4) The Social and Economic Implications of Urban Agriculture on Food Security in Harare, Zimbabwe—Charity Mutonodzo; 5) Urban Agriculture and Food Security in Lilongwe and Blantyre, Malawi—David Dalison Mkwambisi; 6) An Analysis of the Quality of Wastewater Used to Irrigate Vegetables in Accra, Kumasi and Tamale, Ghana—Philip Amoah; 7) Water Contamination and its Impact on Vegetable Production in the Rímac River, Peru—Henry Juarez; 8) Wastewater Use and Urban Agriculture in Kinshasa, DR Congo—Kifuani Kia Mayeko; 9) The Health Impacts of Farming on Producers in Rosario, Argentina—Patricia Silvia Propersi; 10) Using Participatory Education and Action Research for Health Risk Reduction Amongst Farmers in Dakar, Senegal—Nita Chaudhuri; 11) Complex Ecologies and City Spaces: Social-Ecological Networks of Urban Agriculture—Laura J. Shillington; 12) Urban Agriculture and Physical Planning: A Case Study of Zaria, Nigeria—Chuo Adamu Nsangu; 13) Conclusion—Mark Redwood; References; Index.


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