Urban and peri urban dairy production system is among the many forms of dairy production
in the tropics and sub tropics. Both the number of dairy cattle and dairy farmers vary across …

This paper reviews a synthesis, made in late 2010, which identified the major issues arising
from the East and Central African data as: the relationship of UPA to food security and …

Urban agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa has gained momentum in recent years in terms of
research and policy, as well as in practical terms. The paradox of accelerated urbanisation …

Though the crisis in world food prices exploded during 2008, the problem of urban food
insecurity in Africa has been a fact of life for many low-income urban dwellers for decades …

Urban agriculture (UA) has become a contemporary issue, gaining prominence especially in
develo** economies because it has been discovered to be a viable poverty intervention …

People in sub-Saharan Africa rely on a variety of informal mechanisms to gain access to
land for urban farming. However, the literature on land tenure focuses on gaining access to …

The significance of urban agriculture 1 to the livelihoods of urban households, to the well-
being of individual male and female farmers, and (potentially) to the urban economy and …

Inadequate compliance with food safety measures such the adoption of local and
international standards has resulted in occasional outbreaks of food borne related diseases …

This paper provides an extended analysis of livelihood diversification in rural Tanzania, with
special emphasis on artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM). Over the past decade, this …

Urban agriculture (UA) has recently received increasing attention in both scholarly and
policy cycles as a potential tool for poverty alleviation in sub-Saharan Africa. This paper …