Browsing Journal Articles by Subject "Urban agriculture"

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    • Community-based wastewater farming and its contribution to livelihoods of the urban poor: Case of Nairobi, Kenya 

      Mary, Njenga; Nancy, Karanja; Gordon, Prain; Kuria, Gathuru; Diana, Lee-Smith (Urban Harvest–International Potato Centre, Lima OfficeWorld Agroforestry CentreMazingira InstituteDepartment of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technologies,University of Nairobi and World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), 2011)
      No current and reliable estimates of the number of people participating in urban agriculture exist; however, Smit and Nasr roughly estimated the number to be about 800 million (Smit, Ratta, & Nasr, 1996). Other estimates ...

    • Creating space: Sack gardening as a livelihood strategy in the Kibera slums of Nairobi, Kenya 

      Gallaher, CM; WinklerPrins, AM; Njenga, M; Karanja, NK (2015)
      As many countries in sub-Saharan Africa undergo rapid urbanization, a growing number of people are joining the ranks of the urban poor. Urban agriculture is a livelihood strategy used by the poor to improve their ...

    • Participatory and integrative approaches to food safety in developing country cities 

      Grace, Delia; Kang’ethe, Erastus; Waltner-Toews, David (SpringerInternational Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, KenyaDepartment of Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi,Veterinarians Without Borders, Victoria, Canada, 2012)

    • Social and gender determinants of risk of cryptosporidiosis, an emerging zoonosis, in Dagoretti, Nairobi, Kenya 

      Kimani, Violet N; Mitoko, Grace; McDermott, Brigid; Grace, Delia; Ambia, Julie; Kiragu, Monica W; Njehu, Alice N; Sinja, Judith; Monda, Joseph G; Kang’ethe, Erastus K (Department of Community Health, University of Nairobi,Biometry Unit, Department of Crop Science, University of Nairobi,International Livestock Research Institute,Department of Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,, 2012)
      The aim of the study was to investigate the social and gender determinants of the risk of exposure to Cryptosporidium fromurban dairying in Dagoretti, Nairobi. Focus group discussions were held in six locations to obtain ...

    • Urban agriculture, social capital and food security in the Kibera slums of Nairobi, Kenya 

      Courtney, M Gallaher; John, M Kerr; Mary, Njenga; Nancy, K. Karanja; Antoinette, M. G. A. WinklerPrins (Department of Geography, Northern Illinois UniversityDepartment of Community, Agriculture and Recreation Resource Studies,Michigan State UniversityDepartment of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technologies,University of Nairobi and World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technologies,University of Nairobi, 2012)
      Much of the developing world, including Kenya, is rapidly urbanizing. Rising food and fuel prices in recent years have put the food security of the urban poor in a precarious position. In cities worldwide, urban agriculture ...

    • Urban agriculture: An overview 

      Owuor, SO (Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, 2006)