In an insightful new study, Donald Freeman examines the development and significance of urban agriculture in Nairobi, Kenya, overturning a number of common assumptions about the inhabitants and economy of African cities. He addresses the ways in which urban agriculture fits into a broader picture of Kenyan social and economic development and discusses the implications of his findings for development theory in general.
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- Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-153) and index
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- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 306.3/49/0967625
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 20
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- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- 0773508228 9780773562806
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- S473.K42
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- N344 1991eb
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- 1 electronic text (xv, 159 p., [8] p. of plates)
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- Canada
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- (CaBNVSL)jme00326600 (OCoLC)752269957 (CaOOCEL)400940
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Table of Contents
- Contents 8
- Maps 10
- Acknowledgments 12
- Preface 14
- Illustrations 18
- PART ONE: THE CONTEXT OF URBAN AGRICULTURE 26
- 1 The Lure of the City 28
- 2 Promises Unfulfilled: Life in the Urban Informal Sector 38
- 3 Open Spaces and Colonial Views: The Early Years in Nairobi 46
- 4 Open Space in the "City Beautiful": Nairobi as a Modern, Planned Capital 59
- PART TWO: KENYA'S URBAN FARMERS AND THEIR GARDENS 70
- 5 Urban Food Production and Consumption in Six Kenyan Municipalities 74
- 6 City Dwellers with Farming Backgrounds: Nairobi's Urban Cultivators 79
- 7 Inner City Farmers and Suburban Cultivators: A Comparison 89
- 8 Urban Farmland: Questions of Ownership 96
- 9 The Role of Women Cultivators 104
- 10 Maize, Beans, and What Else? Cultivation Practices of Nairobi's Urban Farmers 112
- 11 Harsh Realities: Impediments and Problems of Urban Agriculture 121
- PART THREE: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF URBAN AGRICULTURE 128
- 12 The Importance of Open-Space Farming to Urban Families 130
- 13 The Importance of Urban Agriculture to the Community and the Nation 136
- Appendix I: The 1987 York–Kenyatta University Survey 148
- Appendix 2: Statistical Tables 152
- Glossary of Kiswahili Terms 172
- Bibliography 174
- Index 180
- A 180
- B 180
- C 180
- D 180
- E 181
- F 181
- G 181
- H 181
- I 181
- J 181
- K 181
- L 182
- M 182
- N 182
- O 182
- P 182
- Q 183
- R 183
- S 183
- T 183
- U 183
- V 184
- W 184
- Y 184
- Z 184
