Browsing by Author "Kanosvamhira, Tinashe P."

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    How do we get the community gardening? Grassroots perspectives from urban gardeners in Cape Town, South Africa
    (Taylor and Francis Group, 2023) Kanosvamhira, Tinashe P.
    Urban agriculture offers numerous environmental, economic, and socialbenefits. However, it is often hampered by limited engagement in cities of theglobal South. This article offers bottom-up perspectives on how to increasethe uptake of urban agriculture activities. It draws on urban gardeners�perspectives in the low-income neighbourhood of Mitchells Plain, Cape Town.The mixed-methods approach combined a questionnaire survey, semi-structured interviews with urban gardeners, and interviews with civil societyactors and a state official. The results indicate that climate and soil conditionsare major deterrents to urban agriculture. However, community dialoguesabout urban agriculture�s social and environmental benefits could play acrucial role in increasing uptake and in facilitating conversations about urbanagriculture and food more generally. The paper offers recommendations forfuture interventions seeking to promote urban agriculture and support actorsin low-income neighbourhoods in Cape Town and other African cities.
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    Urban agriculture and the sustainability nexus in South Africa: Past, current, and future trends
    (Springer, 2023) Kanosvamhira, Tinashe P.
    Urban agriculture remains a topical issue that needs to be better understood in striving for sustainable cities, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Through a literature review, this article examines urban agriculture studies in South Africa to identify trends, opportunities, and gaps in the literature. The article examines the discourses that have emerged based on a narrative literature review of 62 peer-reviewed articles from 1993 to 2022. The findings indicate that several gaps in the knowledge limit our understanding of the practice of urban agriculture toward sustainable cities, for instance, an under-representation of secondary cities and the general productivist focus of most studies in the country. The author argues that future research needs to focus on underrepresented cities using rich methodologies to gain further insights into urban agriculture and its place in the city.
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    Urban community gardens and urban justice in the Cape Flats of Cape Town
    (University of the Western Cape, 2022) Kanosvamhira, Tinashe P.; Tevera, Daniel
    Cities worldwide are undergoing neoliberal transformation processes, culminating in deep income inequalities, erosion of public space, and the depletion of social fabric across distressed communities. The process of neoliberalism has coincided with a renaissance of urban community gardens across the globe. This has been apparent, especially during financial crises, due to the failure of the capitalist system. Such crises have resulted in various unemployed and distressed citizens engaging in urban gardening activities for several reasons. Traditionally, the literature has observed that the motivations behind urban community gardening were to address the people's immediate needs such as food security and nutrition.