Growing Out of Poverty: Does Urban Agriculture Contribute to Household Food Security in Southern African Cities?

Urban agriculture and poverty reduction:

Urban agriculture and poverty reduction: Evaluating how food production in cities contributes to food security, employment and income in Malawi

✍ David D. Mkwambisi; Evan D. G. Fraser; Andy J. Dougill 📂 Article 📅 2011 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 261 KB

Support of urban agriculture can be used as a route to reducing urban poverty across Sub-Saharan Africa. However policy makers require more precise information on how it contributes to alleviating food insecurity and poverty problems. This study in Malawi's two main cities (Lilongwe and Blantyre) re