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The Social, Political and Environmental Dimensions of Urban Agriculture:
First ever collection of findings about the proliferation of urban agriculture written by the world’s leading authority in the field. Urban agriculture feeds hundreds of millions of people worldwide and is a rapidly emerging issue in urban and development studies. Accessible, jargon-free style, making it ideal for policymakers, city managers, students, and general readers.
Urban agriculture is an increasingly popular practice in cities worldwide, and a sustainable future for it is critical, especially for the urban poor of the developing world. This book presents the first findings of original field research projects funded by IDRC’s AGROPOLIS International Graduate Research Awards on Urban Agriculture. Countries studied include Cuba, Argentina, Botswana, France, the UK, Zimbabwe, Ivory Coast, Togo, and Tunisia. Together, these studies examine concrete strategies to better integrate "city farming" into the urban landscape.
Luc J. A. Mougeot is Senior Program Specialist with IDRC's Special Initiatives Division and is author of Agropolis (2005).
Contents:
Migration and Food Security in Namibia; The Pest-control System in the Market Gardens of Lom?; Determinants of Urban Livestock Adoption in the "Zone Dense" of Khoroho; Exploring the Gender Dimensions of Urban Open-space Cultivation in Harare, Zimbabwe; Gender, Commercial Urban Agriculture, and Urban Food Supply in Greater Gabarone, Botswana; Shifting Perspectives on Urban Agriculture in Havana, Cuba; Urban Agriculture and Local Sustainable Development in Rosario, Argentina; Agri-urban Development from a Land-use Planning Perspective; Assessing Benefits from Allotments as a Component of Urban Agriculture in England; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
"Agropolis presents nine research studies that explore diverse urban agricultural environments in five African and two Latin American countries, plus one British and one combined French-Tunisian study, with introductory and conclusive essays by Mougeot....The case studies are detailed and rigorous and, as Mougeot points out, suggest a need for more experimentation in this nascent area of study to examine such factors as local policy-making groups and socio-biodiversity. They also suggest an opportunity for substituting action research for more traditional analysis. Summing Up: Recommended."
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Published by Earthscan Publications Ltd.
Edited by Luc J. A. Mougeot
September 2005
320 pp., 6 1/8" x 9 1/4", figures & tables.
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