Agriculture urbaine en Afrique de l'Ouest
Author | : O. B. Smith |
Publisher | : IDRC |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Agriculture |
ISBN | : 0889368902 |
Urban Agriculture in West Africa: Contributing to Food Security and Ur
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Author | : O. B. Smith |
Publisher | : IDRC |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Agriculture |
ISBN | : 0889368902 |
Urban Agriculture in West Africa: Contributing to Food Security and Ur
Author | : Pay Drechsel |
Publisher | : IWMI |
Total Pages | : 43 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Irrigation farming |
ISBN | : 9290906421 |
This report tries to provide a state-of-the-art overview on irrigated urban agriculture in the West African subregion based on a comprehensive literature review supported by the results of three IWMI FAO projects.
Author | : Karg, H. |
Publisher | : International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). |
Total Pages | : 88 |
Release | : 2018-12-12 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9290908750 |
Author | : Antoinette M G A WinklerPrins |
Publisher | : CABI |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2017-05-24 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 1780647328 |
There has been growing attention paid to urban agriculture worldwide because of its role in making cities more environmentaly sustainable while also contributing to enhanced food access and social justice. This edited volume brings together current research and case studies concerning urban agriculture from both the Global North and the Global South. Its objective is to help bridge the long-standing divide between discussion of urban agriculture in the Global North and the Global South and to demonstrate that today there are greater areas of overlap than there are differences both theoretically and substantively, and that research in either area can help inform research in the other. The book covers the nature of urban agriculture and how it supports livelihoods, provides ecosystem services, and community development. It also considers urban agriculture and social capital, networks, and agro-biodiversity conservation. Concepts such as sustainability, resilience, adaptation and community, and the value of urban agriculture as a recreational resource are explored. It also examines, quite fundamentally, why people farm in the city and how urban agriculture can contribute to more sustainable cities in both the Global North and the Global South.
Author | : Ada Górna |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 267 |
Release | : 2024-04-01 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1040008658 |
This book examines the role and position of urban agriculture in the spatial and functional structure of cities in the Global South. In the face of dynamic urbanisation and negative consequences of climate change, one of the key challenges is not only how to provide food for the ever-growing urban population but also how to achieve urban sustainability and simultaneously reduce the negative impact of cities on the natural environment. These problems are particularly urgent in the metropolises of the Global South that are experiencing the greatest population growth while struggling with increasing social inequalities and the resulting uneven distribution of resources. Examining the role that urban agriculture can play in addressing these challenges, this book draws on three case study cities: Havana, Singapore and Kigali. The case studies, differing in socio-economic, spatial, political and environmental terms, exemplify diverse characteristics of urban agriculture in different geographical conditions. Drawing on fieldwork conducted in each city, the book also provides a unique perspective on the constraints in the development of urban agriculture and the use of its full potential for urban sustainability. This book will appeal to students and scholars, as well as decision makers, interested in the issues of urban sustainability, food security, spatial development and alternative food systems.
Author | : Luc J. A. Mougeot |
Publisher | : IDRC |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1552501868 |
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.
Author | : Hilmy Sally |
Publisher | : IWMI |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 2011-10-21 |
Genre | : Agricultural development projects |
ISBN | : 9290904941 |
Only 4 percent of arable land in sub-Saharan Africa is irrigated, using just 2 percent of the available water resources. Furthermore, 18 percent of the area equipped for irrigation is not utilized at all and the intensity of use varies between 50 percent and 80 percent. This highlights the huge potential available for intensifying and expanding irrigated area, provided that the investments required can be successfully mobilized. However, it must be noted that if investments in irrigation are to yield satisfactory returns, investments must also be made in a series of related activities. Current global figures for the amount of private investment in irrigation confirm that good returns can indeed be achieved. Prospects for sub-Saharan Africa would be far more favorable if public development assistance, particularly foreign direct investments, did not show declining trends.
Author | : Mélanie Robertson |
Publisher | : IDRC |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 1853397237 |
4 Healthy, sustainable, and culturally appropriate living and working environments: Domestic pig production in Malika, Senegal5 Housing for the urban poor through informal providers, Dhaka, Bangladesh; 6 Socio-spatial tensions and interactions: An ethnography of the condominium housing of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; 7 Partnership modalities for the management of drinking water in poor urban neighbourhoods: The example of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo; 8 Rethink, reuse: Improving collective action capacity regarding solid waste management and income generation in Koh Kred, Thailand.
Author | : Bernard Yapo Kouassi |
Publisher | : KARTHALA Editions |
Total Pages | : 186 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Agricultural productivity |
ISBN | : 284586972X |
En Afrique de l'Ouest, une série de facteurs contribue à la baisse de la productivité agricole : la dégradation de l'environnement, la forte croissance démographique, les attaques acridiennes, la performance insuffisante des économies. De nombreux pays enregistrent d'énormes déficits alimentaires. Une telle situation ne peut être améliorée qu'à partir de l'adoption de nouvelles technologies visant à l'obtention de meilleurs rendements. Dans cet ouvrage organisé en quatre chapitres, les auteurs se penchent sur les déterminants d'une meilleure productivité agricole. L'accent est surtout mis sur les aléas climatiques de ces dernières décennies, marquées par de fortes irrégularités saisonnières et une baisse régulière de la pluviométrie. Aux aléas climatiques s'ajoute le problème de la fertilité des sols caractérisé le plus souvent par un faible taux de matières organiques : carence en phosphore et en azote, complexe absorbant insuffisant, petite capacité de rétention en eau, etc. Enfin, dans les régions à forte densité de population ( exemples du Ghana et du Togo ), le taux de croissance démographique élevé agit négativement sur le potentiel foncier, caractérisé par la dégradation des ressources naturelles. Les auteurs exposent ici les réalités de ces facteurs déterminants pour la sécurité alimentaire, afin de permettre aux décideurs de mieux les intégrer à leur politique de développement du secteur agricole.
Author | : Axumite G. Egziabher |
Publisher | : IDRC |
Total Pages | : 138 |
Release | : 2014-05-14 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1552501094 |
Cities Feeding People examines urban agriculture in East Africa and proves that it is a safe, clean, and secure method to feed the world's struggling urban residents. It also collapses the myth that urban agriculture is practiced only by the poor and unemployed. Cities Feeding People provides the hard facts needed to convince governments that urban agriculture should have a larger role in feeding the urban population.