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Urban Agriculture Is An Increasingly Popular Practice In Cities Worldwide. A Sustainable Future For It Is Critical, Especially For The Urban Poor Of The Developing World. This Book Presents The First Findings Of Original Field Research Projects Funded By Idrc's Agropolis International Graduate Research Awards On Urban Agriculture. Countries Studied Include Argentina, Botswana, Côte D'ivoire, Cuba, France, Togo, Tunisia, The Uk And Zimbabwe. Together, These Studies Examine Concrete Strategies To Better Integrate 'city Farming' Into The Urban Landscape--p. [4] Of Cover. Introduction / Luc J.a. Mougeot -- 1. Survival Of The Poorest : Migration And Food Security In Namibia / Bruce Frayne -- 2. The Pest-control System In The Market Gardens Of Lomé, Togo / Komla Tallaki -- 3. Determinants Of Urban Livestock Adoption In The 'zone Dense' Of Khorogo, Côte D'ivoire : A Tobit Approach / Mody Bakar Barry -- 4. Exploring The Gender Dimensions Of Urban Open-space Cultivation In Harare, Zimbabwe / Stephanie Gabel -- 5. Gender, Commercial Urban Agriculture And Urban Food Supply In Greater Gaborone, Botswana / Alice Hovorka -- 6. Moving Between The Plan And The Ground : Shifting Perspectives On Urb

Author

Luc J. A. Mougeot

Publisher

Earthscan; Routledge

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9781136535901

Subjects

Political Science, Nature, Sociology