Overview on urban and peri-urban agriculture: Definition, impacts on human health, constraints and policy issues
OBJECTIVES: To collate and synthesize current knowledge of components of urban agriculture (UA) with a thematic emphasis on human health impact and a geographic emphasis on East Africa. DATA SOURCES: Data management followed a structured approach in which key issues were first identified and then st...
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| author | Kang'ethe, Erastus K. Grace, Delia Randolph, Thomas F. |
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| description | OBJECTIVES: To collate and synthesize current knowledge of components of urban agriculture (UA) with a thematic emphasis on human health impact and a geographic emphasis on East Africa. DATA SOURCES: Data management followed a structured approach in which key issues were first identified and then studies selected through literature search and personal communication. DATA EXTRACTION: Evidence-based principles. DATA SYNTHESIS: Urban agriculture is an important source of food security for urban dwellers in East Africa. Descriptors of UA are location, areas, activities, scale, products, destinations, stakeholders and motivation. Many zoonotic and food-borne diseases have been associated with UA but evidence on human health impact and management is lacking. Major constraints to UA are illegality and lack of access to input and market; policy options have been developed for overcoming these. CONCLUSION: Urban agriculture is an important activity and likely to remain so. Both positive and negative human health impacts are potentially important but more research is needed to understand these and set appropriate policy and support levels. |
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| spelling | CGSpace8442017-09-24T12:20:05Z Overview on urban and peri-urban agriculture: Definition, impacts on human health, constraints and policy issues Kang'ethe, Erastus K. Grace, Delia Randolph, Thomas F. agriculture pathology constraints policies OBJECTIVES: To collate and synthesize current knowledge of components of urban agriculture (UA) with a thematic emphasis on human health impact and a geographic emphasis on East Africa. DATA SOURCES: Data management followed a structured approach in which key issues were first identified and then studies selected through literature search and personal communication. DATA EXTRACTION: Evidence-based principles. DATA SYNTHESIS: Urban agriculture is an important source of food security for urban dwellers in East Africa. Descriptors of UA are location, areas, activities, scale, products, destinations, stakeholders and motivation. Many zoonotic and food-borne diseases have been associated with UA but evidence on human health impact and management is lacking. Major constraints to UA are illegality and lack of access to input and market; policy options have been developed for overcoming these. CONCLUSION: Urban agriculture is an important activity and likely to remain so. Both positive and negative human health impacts are potentially important but more research is needed to understand these and set appropriate policy and support levels. 2007-11-15 2010-03-19T08:16:15Z 2010-03-19T08:16:15Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/844 en Limited Access Kang’ethe, E.K., Grace, D. and Randolph, T.F. 2007. Overview on urban and peri-urban agriculture: Definition, impacts on human health, constraints and policy issues. East African Medical Journal 84(11 S): S48-S56. |
| spellingShingle | agriculture pathology constraints policies Kang'ethe, Erastus K. Grace, Delia Randolph, Thomas F. Overview on urban and peri-urban agriculture: Definition, impacts on human health, constraints and policy issues |
| title | Overview on urban and peri-urban agriculture: Definition, impacts on human health, constraints and policy issues |
| title_full | Overview on urban and peri-urban agriculture: Definition, impacts on human health, constraints and policy issues |
| title_fullStr | Overview on urban and peri-urban agriculture: Definition, impacts on human health, constraints and policy issues |
| title_full_unstemmed | Overview on urban and peri-urban agriculture: Definition, impacts on human health, constraints and policy issues |
| title_short | Overview on urban and peri-urban agriculture: Definition, impacts on human health, constraints and policy issues |
| title_sort | overview on urban and peri urban agriculture definition impacts on human health constraints and policy issues |
| topic | agriculture pathology constraints policies |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/844 |
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