A systematic review highlights that there are multiple benefits of urban agriculture besides food

P Pradhan, M Callaghan, Y Hu, K Dahal, C Hunecke… - Global Food …, 2023 - Elsevier
Urban agriculture, including peri-urban farming, can nourish around one billion city dwellers
and provide multiple social, economic, and environmental benefits. However, these benefits …

A systematic review of urban agriculture and food security impacts in low-income countries

MN Poulsen, PR McNab, ML Clayton, RA Neff - Food Policy, 2015 - Elsevier
With increasing global urbanization and environmental threats, ensuring food security for
poor city residents is a critical challenge. An ongoing debate is whether urban agriculture …

[HTML][HTML] Differences in motivations and social impacts across urban agriculture types: Case studies in Europe and the US

CK Kirby, K Specht, R Fox-Kämper, JK Hawes… - Landscape and Urban …, 2021 - Elsevier
Urban agriculture is an increasingly popular approach to addressing negative social and
health effects of cities. Social benefits of urban agriculture include improved health and …

[HTML][HTML] Barriers to urban agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa

J Davies, C Hannah, Z Guido, A Zimmer, L McCann… - Food Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Trends in urbanization and urban food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) have
stimulated critical debates around the potential benefits of urban agriculture (UA) to urban …

Give peas a chance? Urban agriculture in develo** countries. A review

AJ Hamilton, K Burry, HF Mok, SF Barker… - Agronomy for …, 2014 - Springer
Urban agriculture is receiving increasing attention throughout the develo** world, but
debate rages as to whether it is a blessing or a curse. Some see it as savior for the poor …

[PDF][PDF] Urban farming and food supply: A comparative review of USA and African cities

AS Toromade, DA Soyombo, E Kupa… - International Journal of …, 2024 - researchgate.net
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International Journal of Advanced Economics, Volume 6, Issue 7, July 2024 Toromade …

Supermarket expansion and the informal food economy in Southern African cities: implications for urban food security

J Crush, B Frayne - Journal of Southern African Studies, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
The new international food security agenda proposes small farmer production as the
solution to growing food insecurity in Africa. A striking omission in this agenda is any …

Environment for development

S Farming - 1992 - JSTOR
With ongoing climate change, food insecurity is likely to become more widespread in most
small-holder and subsistence farm households in sub-Saharan Africa. However, the …

An obsolete dichotomy? Rethinking the rural–urban interface in terms of food security and production in the global south

AM Lerner, H Eakin - The Geographical Journal, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The global food system is coming under increasing strain in the face of urban population
growth. The recent spike in global food prices (2007–08) provoked consumer protests, and …

Sco** review of the impacts of urban agriculture on the determinants of health

PP Audate, MA Fernandez, G Cloutier, A Lebel - BMC public health, 2019 - Springer
Background There has been an increasing interest in urban agriculture (UA) practice and
research in recent years. Scholars have already reported numerous beneficial and potential …