Research & reports

Peer-reviewed research and reports on community urban agriculture, food education, composting, welfare and more.

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• To Subsidise My Income: Urban farming in an East-African town, by Dick Foeken

  2008

  M. B. David · African Affairs · Kenya

  This study on urban agriculture in the Kenyan town of Nakuru illustrates health and environmental problems associated with keeping livestock in urban areas, the small size of plots cultivated, and the dependence of urban households on rural sources of food. These findings were observed in the context of economic hardships occasioned by structural adjustment programmes since the 1980s.

  Environmental trade-offsCommunityEconomicsHealthUrban–rural linkage
  Read source →DOI: 10.1093/afraf/adn071

• URBAN FARMING AND MALARIA RISK FACTORS IN A MEDIUM-SIZED TOWN IN COTE D’IVOIRE

  2006

  Barbara Matthys, Penelope Vounatsou, Giovanna Raso, Andres B. Tschannen, EMMANUEL GBEDE BECKET, Laura Gosoniu, Guéladio Cissé, Marcel Tanner, ELIÉZER K. N’GORAN, Jürg Utzinger · American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · Côte d'Ivoire

  This study investigated malaria risk factors in urban farming communities in a medium-sized town in Côte d'Ivoire, conducting two cross-sectional surveys among 112 households across six agricultural zones. The overall prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum was 32.1%. Findings indicate that specific crop systems and agricultural practices may increase the risk of malaria in urban settings of tropical Africa.

  Environmental trade-offsHealthUrban–rural linkage
  Read source →DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.75.1223