Urban Agriculture is in the minds of people today more than it has been before. As our research focuses on Rotterdam and Antwerp, there are other places where urban agriculture is implemented. For example, Nairobi or Kumasi. By using urban agriculture the people living in over crowded cities try to become less dependent on the harvest from the country side as well as development aid. If you are interested in this side of Urban Agriculture, I recommend you to read this article:
Zezza, A., & Tasciotti, L. (2010). Urban
agriculture, poverty, and food security: Empirical evidence from a sample of
developing countries. Food Policy, 35,
265-273. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2010.04.007
At the same time Urban Agriculture is not charity, it is a real business. The economics of Urban Agriculture are explained in this document:
'The Economics of Urban Agriculture' published in the Urban Agriculture Magazine in August 2002. You can find it on this website: www.ruaf.org
I hope you like it!
Yvette
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