Food security in Southern African cities: the place of urban agriculture

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dc.contributor.authorCrush, Jonathan
dc.contributor.authorHovorka, Alice
dc.contributor.authorTevera, Daniel
dc.date.accessioned13/02/2014 14:50
dc.date.available13/02/2014 14:50
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractSeveral decades of research on �urban agriculture� have led to markedly different conclusions about the actual and potential role of household food production in African cities. In the context of rapid urbanization, urban agriculture is, once again, being advocated as a means to mitigate the growing food insecurity of the urban poor. This article examines the contemporary importance of household food production in poor urban communities in 11 different Southern African Development Community (SADC) cities. It shows that urban food production is not particularly significant in most communities and that many more households rely on supermarkets and the informal sector to access food. Even fewer households derive income from the sale of produce. This picture varies considerably, however, from city to city, for reasons that require further research and explanation.en_US
dc.description.accreditationInternational Bibliography of Social Sciencesen_US
dc.identifier.citationCrush, J., Hovorka, A. & Tevera, D. (2011). Food security in Southern African cities: the place of urban agriculture. Progress in Development Studies, 11(4): 285�305en_US
dc.identifier.issn1464-9934
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/1008
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/146499341001100402
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherSage Publicationsen_US
dc.rights� 2011 SAGE Publications
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/146499341001100402
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectFood securityen_US
dc.subjectUrban agricultureen_US
dc.subjectUrbanizationen_US
dc.subjectSADCen_US
dc.subjectPovertyen_US
dc.titleFood security in Southern African cities: the place of urban agricultureen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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