Urban agriculture and the urban poor in East Africa: Does policy matter?
| Title | Urban agriculture and the urban poor in East Africa: Does policy matter? |
| Publication Type | Book Chapter |
| Year of Publication | 2008 |
| Authors | D.W.J. Foeken |
| Editor | M.M.E.M. Rutten, A.H.M. Leliveld, and D.W.J. Foeken |
| Secondary Title | Inside poverty and development in Africa: Critical reflections on pro-poor policies |
| Date Published | 2008/// |
| Publisher | Brill Academic Publishers |
| Place Published | Leiden |
| Publication Language | eng |
| Keywords | Africa, agriculture, farmers, Kenya, policy, Tanzania, urban agriculture, urban poverty |
| Abstract | This chapter addresses urban agriculture from a legal and policy perspective, focusing in particular on the poor. Based on studies carried out in Nakuru (Kenya) and Morogoro and Mbeya (Tanzania), it is shown that those who would benefit most from urban farming, namely the poor, are actually under-represented among urban farmers, and those who do farm perform worse than their richer counterparts. The legal and policy setting in these towns is not only confusing but also such that the poor do not generally benefit from policy measures, if indeed policies exist at all. |
| Citation Key | 991 |