Patterns of Urban Food Consumption and Expenditure in Zambia: An Overview Report Based on the CSO/MACO/FSRP Food Consumption Survey in Urban Areas of Lusaka, Kitwe, Mansa and Kasama, 2007-2008
Munguzwe Hichaambwa, Margaret Beaver, Antony Chapoto, Michael T. Weber, Hichaambwa, Munguzwe, Beaver, Margaret, Chapoto, Antony, Weber, Michael T.
AgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA)
Urban Farm DB summary
An overview report based on the 2007-2008 CSO/MACO/FSRP food consumption survey in urban Lusaka, Kitwe, Mansa and Kasama, Zambia. It states that policies promoting demand-driven smallholder agriculture and improved urban food marketing system performance in Sub-Saharan Africa need to be grounded in careful food demand analysis, and that governments, donors and policymakers require an up-to-date understanding of urban consumption patterns, including the extent of and constraints on urban agriculture for household consumption and cash income. This excerpt does not present specific survey results.