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Cities Feeding People: An Examination of Urban Agriculture in East Africa

Axumite G. Egziabher, Diana Lee-Smith, Daniel Maxwell, Pyar Ali Memon, L. J. A. Mougeot, Camillus J. Sawio

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This book examines urban agriculture in East Africa and proves that it is a safe, clean, and secure method to feed the world's struggling urban residents. It also collapses the myth that urban agriculture is practiced only by the poor and unemployed. "Cities Feeding People" provides the hard facts needed to convince governments that urban agriculture should have a larger role in feeding the urban population.

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This book examines urban agriculture in East Africa and proves that it is a safe, clean, and secure method to feed the world's struggling urban residents. It also collapses the myth that urban agriculture is practiced only by the poor and unemployed. "Cities Feeding People" provides the hard facts needed to convince governments that urban agriculture should have a larger role in feeding the urban population.

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This book examines urban agriculture in East Africa and proves that it is a safe, clean, and secure method to feed the world's struggling urban residents. It also collapses the myth that urban agriculture is practiced only by the poor and unemployed. "Cities Feeding People" provides the hard facts needed to convince governments that urban agriculture should have a larger role in feeding the urban population.

Key concepts: Geography, Agriculture, Socioeconomics, Urban agriculture, Economic growth, Archaeology, Economics

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