IDRC Photo: Monica Rucki
Urban Farming in Accra
“While we in the urban West congratulate ourselves on innovations like the 100-Mile Diet and eating food raised close to home, much of Africa has been quietly surviving on the 100-metre version.
“Their produce isn’t trucked halfway across the continent. Some of it grows in greenspace hacked right out of city landscapes.
“That’s why you’ll see lettuce under power lines, and cassavas in the culverts.
“But harvesting the cities may not just be practical. In times of soaring food prices, it might help make the difference between a stable society and civil unrest.
“So you have to wonder; why is it still such a struggle? Canadian journalist Kim Brunhuber began his quest for answers in Uganda.
Listen to Kim’s story on Dispatches.
See Contents May 12/18 2008.
11 minutes 33 seconds.
Books about African Urban Agriculture:
URBAN AGRICULTURE IN WEST AFRICA
Contributing to Food Security and Urban Sanitation
CITIES FEEDING PEOPLE
An Examination of Urban Agriculture in East Africa
Sprouts in the Sidewalk 