Research & reports

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

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• Opportunities for managing solid waste flows in the periurban interface of Bamako and Ouagadougou

  2003

  Derek Eaton, Thea Hilhorst · Environment and Urbanization · Africa

  A 2003 paper examined the links between urban solid waste management and peri-urban agriculture in Bamako and Ouagadougou. Farmers near both cities value urban waste as an organic matter source and are willing to pay for it, but uncertain land tenure provides little incentive for safe disposal of dangerous elements in solid waste. Current plans to eliminate this recycling practice and promote large-scale composting are noted to be too costly for farmers, creating an incentive for illicit waste acquisition.

  Governance failureOrganic cyclePeri-urban agriculturePolicyEconomics
  Read source →DOI: 10.1177/095624780301500110

• Environmental concerns of urban and peri-urban agriculture: case studies from Accra and Kumasi.

  2001

  E. Mensah, Philip Amoah, Pay Drechsel, Robert Clement Abaidoo · CABI Publishing eBooks · Sub-Saharan Africa

  This work, presented as case studies from Accra and Kumasi, addresses environmental concerns of urban and peri-urban agriculture. It focuses on waste composting for urban and peri-urban agriculture, aiming to close the rural-urban nutrient cycle in Sub-Saharan Africa.

  Environmental trade-offsPeri-urban agricultureCompostOrganic cycle
  Read source →DOI: 10.1079/9780851995489.0055

• Estimating rural-urban nutrient flows for mega-cities

  2001

  Jens Færge, Jakob Magid, F.W.T. Penning de Vries · CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research) · Sub-Saharan Africa

  This 2001 entry from CGSpace references a publication titled "Waste composting for urban and peri-urban agriculture: closing the rural-urban nutrient cycle in Sub-Saharan Africa." The publication, edited by Drechsel and Kunze, focuses on waste composting to manage nutrient flows between rural and urban areas in Sub-Saharan Africa.

  CompostOrganic cyclePeri-urban agriculture
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• Recognizing Ethiopia's urban farmers.

  1993

  Lee M · PubMed · Ethiopia

  In Ethiopia, urban agriculture faces significant challenges due to government disapproval of public land use for farming and difficulty in obtaining credit. A 1983 survey in Addis Ababa found that 17% of 1352 households produced their own food on less than 25 sq. meters, with 90% of non-farmers citing lack of land. Despite urban agricultural cooperatives demonstrating 70% higher member income, their lack of government legalization prevents access to loans for productivity improvement.

  Governance failureCommunityEconomicsPolicyFood sovereignty & justiceHealthWelfareClimate changeUrban–rural linkagePeri-urban agricultureFood educationBiodiversityCompostDIYElderlyFood lossHeirloom & landraceOrganic cyclePollinatorsFood miles & supply chainCSA & TeikeiDigital agriculture
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• Project to Increase Urban Food Production in South Africa

  1982

  Pauline Raphaely · Birkhäuser Basel eBooks · South Africa

  Food Gardens Unlimited is an educational project in South Africa that teaches disadvantaged urban populations to grow food in small areas using limited resources. The project provides five-day training courses, step-by-step directions, and subsidized seeds through existing institutions. It aims to deliver physical, emotional, and spiritual benefits to participants.

  Food educationWelfareCommunityOrganic cycleHealth
  Read source →DOI: 10.1007/978-3-0348-6310-0_39