Contribution of Integrated Urban Agriculture to Household Income: A Case of Mgbirichi in Ohaji–Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State, Nigeria

Urban Farm DB summary

In Mgbirichi, Ohaji-Egbema Local Government Area, Imo State, Nigeria, this study assessed integrated urban agriculture—combining crop, livestock, and fish subsectors—as a livelihood strategy and its contribution to household income, using descriptive statistics. The large majority (98.5%) of urban farmers practicing integrated farming concentrated on crop-livestock combinations, while fish-livestock and crop-livestock-fish integration were each adopted by only 0.75% of farmers, indicating that most urban farmers did not practice the fish subsector.