African Urban Harvest: Agriculture in the Cities of Cameroon, Kenya and Uganda

By Nancy Karanja Gordon Prain,Diana Lee-Smith

Cameroon.- The Institutional and Regional Context.- Urban Agriculture in Africa: What Has Been Learned?.- Urban Farming Systems in Yaound? - Building a Mosaic.- Crop-Livestock Integration in the Urban Farming Systems of Yaound?.- Institutional Development of Urban Agriculture - An Ongoing History of Yaound?.- Uganda.- Changing Trends in Urban Agriculture in Kampala.- Can Schools be Agents of Urban Agriculture Extension and Seed Production?.- Identifying Market Opportunities for Urban and Peri-Urban Farmers in Kampala.- Health Impact Assessment of Urban Agriculture in Kampala.- Kenya.- Recycling Nutrients from Organic Wastes in Kenya's Capital City.- Crop-Livestock-Waste Interactions in Nakuru's Urban Agriculture.- Benefits and Selected Health Risks of Urban Dairy Production in Nakuru, Kenya.- Urban Agroforestry Products in Kisumu, Kenya: A Rapid Market Assessment.- Urban Agriculture and Institutional Change.- IDRC and Its Partners in Sub-Saharan Africa 2000-2008.- The Contribution of Research-Development Partnerships to Building Urban Agriculture Policy.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441962492
• ISBN13: 9781441962492
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"