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01.06.2014

Growing Out of Poverty: Does Urban Agriculture Contribute to Household Food Security in Southern African Cities?

verfasst von: Bruce Frayne, Cameron McCordic, Helena Shilomboleni

Erschienen in: Urban Forum | Ausgabe 2/2014

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Abstract

The literature on urban agriculture (UA) as a food security and poverty alleviation strategy is bifurcating into two distinct positions. The first is that UA is a viable and effective pro-poor development strategy, and the second is that UA has demonstrated limited positive outcomes on either food security or poverty. These two positions are tested against data generated by the African Urban Food Security Network’s (AFSUN) baseline food security survey undertaken in 11 Southern African cities. At the aggregate level, the analysis shows that (1) urban context is an important predictor of rates of household engagement in UA—the economic, political, and historical circumstances and conditions of a city are key factors that either promote or hinder UA activity and scale; (2) UA is not an effective household food security strategy for poor urban households—the analysis found few significant relationships between UA participation and food security; and (3) household levels of earnings and land holdings may mediate UA impacts on food security—wealthier households derive greater net food security benefits from UA than poor households do. These findings call into question the potential benefits of UA as a broad urban development strategy and lend support to the position that UA has limited poverty alleviation benefits under current modes of practice and regulation.

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Metadaten
Titel
Growing Out of Poverty: Does Urban Agriculture Contribute to Household Food Security in Southern African Cities?
verfasst von
Bruce Frayne
Cameron McCordic
Helena Shilomboleni
Publikationsdatum
01.06.2014
Verlag
Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in
Urban Forum / Ausgabe 2/2014
Print ISSN: 1015-3802
Elektronische ISSN: 1874-6330
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12132-014-9219-3

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