Urban Food Hives
Kampala, Uganda · Operator: Oxfam in Uganda / Community Integrated Development Initiatives (CIDI)
Overview
A four-year urban food project Oxfam launched in 2021 with local NGO CIDI, scaling up small-scale urban farming in Kampala's slums
Citizen participation
Urban residents are trained to grow vegetables in small spaces to gain food and income
Operating model
NGO-led grant project combining self-consumption with surplus sales
Impact
Aims to improve food security and livelihoods for the urban poor
Crops
- vegetables
Scale
4年間の都市食料事業 / four-year urban food project
Sources（1）
This entry is compiled from the public sources, official sites and research below.
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