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2010 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

8. Identifying Market Opportunities for Urban and Peri-Urban Farmers in Kampala

Authors : Robinah Nyapendi, Rupert Best, Shaun Ferris, John Jagwe

Published in: African Urban Harvest

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Abstract

Rapid urbanization in many Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries is an indicator of the ever-growing pace of structural transformation. Increasing urban population requires more services, the most basic being food. This increasing demand has led to recognition of the contribution of urban and peri-urban agriculture to providing food security, employment and income generation as well as productive management of idle or under-utilized resources. Statistics from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) indicate that approximately 800 million people are engaged in urban agriculture worldwide with the majority in Asian cities. Of these, 200 million are considered to be market-oriented producers, employing 150 million people full time (Smit et al. 1997).

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Footnotes
1
Although not against the Kampala Structure Plan as noted in Chapter 6
 
2
These food markets are chaotic, busy, crowded and unhygienic. The name Toninyira, meaning “don’t step on me”, developed as a result of people always requesting others not to step on them.
 
3
However, see also Chapters 2 and 4 above and Chapters 10, 11, and 12 below, where the policy and ecosystem health benefits of nutrient cycling are discussed. (Eds.)
 
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Metadata
Title
Identifying Market Opportunities for Urban and Peri-Urban Farmers in Kampala
Authors
Robinah Nyapendi
Rupert Best
Shaun Ferris
John Jagwe
Copyright Year
2010
Publisher
Springer New York
Book
African Urban Harvest

Print ISBN: 978-1-4419-6249-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-4419-6250-8

Copyright Year: 2010

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6250-8_8