Food Production in Urban Areas: A Study of Urban Agriculture in Accra, Ghana

ISBN-13: 9781138314443 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 231 str.

Kwaku Obosu-Mensah

Opis

Published in 1999, a thought-provoking study of an important coping mechanism adopted by many urban dwellers, this volume uses theoretical models to study among other things, the characteristics of urban farmers, the official attitude toward urban agriculture, and the influence of social inequality on this practice.

Recenzje

’All those who seek a deeper understanding of the practices, motives, problems and policy implications of urban agriculture - a growing part of the informal sector in sub-Saharan Africa - will find this book illuminating. The lessons to be learned from this study of food production in Accra apply to a host of other cities in the developing world, and thus the book has broader relevance and value for all urban analysts, development planners and policy makers concerned with alleviating poverty.’ Professor D.B. Freeman, York University, Canada 'This book fills a significant gap in studies on Accra and urban agriculture in West Africa generally...Obosu-Mensah has opened up a little-researched area of Ghanaian studies. Both specialists and non-specialists will find the book very illuminating and well worth reading.' African Studies Review

Spis treści

Contents: The emergence of contemporary urban agriculture; Official attitudes toward urban agriculture; Characteristics of urban farmers; Influence of social inequality on urban agriculture; Effects of social networks on urban agriculture; General problems of urban farmers and ways of coping; Conclusion and policy recommendations; Bibliography; Index.

O autorze

Kwaku Obosu-Mensah