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9781840149104

Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture in Africa

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  • ISBN13:

    9781840149104

  • ISBN10:

    1840149108

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-01-01
  • Publisher: Ashgate Pub Ltd
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Table of Contents

Introduction: the main themes of the book: significance and implications
Field Studies From Eastern and Southern Africa: Urban agriculture in Harare: socio-economic dimensions of a survival strategy
Vegetable production in the Maseru urban area: the past, the present and the future
Commercial horticulture
STOAS mutual fitting approach - developing horticultural gardens in cities: the Dar-es-Salaam project
Urban agriculture - production and marketing: the Tanzania experience
Trade in African rural development: the case of Zimbabwe
The Jos (Nigeria) Peri-Urban Studies: Economic characteristics of dry season gardening: the Jos-Bukuru example
Women's participation in small-scale irrigation farming in Jos-Bukuru area, Nigeria
The use of satellite imagery for assessing land use and water potential in the Jos-Bukuru area
Small-scale gardening in the Jos region, Nigeria: partial findings
On-farm demonstration, training and advice: gardening improvement activities in Korot, Nigeria
Access to Resources and Inputs: Capital, Technology and Infrastructure: Accelerating technology transfer by means of ATTA (Advanced Technologies in Traditional Agriculture)
Katheka revisited: urban agriculture, participation and the challenge of intensified resource utilization
Credit for small-scale producers: African options
Theoretical Issues, Approaches to Development and Policy Considerations: Drought mitigation policies: waste water use, energy and food provision in urban and peri-urban Africa
Conceptual evaluation of urban and peri-urban production and marketing of fruits and vegetables in developing countries
Urban agriculture in Southern and Eastern Africa: policy questions and challenges
The role of non-governmental organizations in agricultural development
Three Israeli approaches to development projects in Africa (abstracts)
Summary of the open discussions during the Netanya Workshop (June 23-27, 1996) and concluding remarks
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