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Urban-Based Agriculture and Poultry Production : The Case of Kisumu and Thika in Kenya
Kenya’s population is rapidly growing and urbanising. Poverty and problems of food insecurity are equally urbanising at an unprecedented rate. Formal employment has not kept pace with the job demand of the growing population. As a result, urban residents seek employment (livelihood) from an array of informal economic activities, including own food production. The growing urban population and urbanisation creates a demand for food, some of which are grown in urban areas. Despite its importance, there has been no recent studies to document and analyse own food production in the medium-sized cities of Kenya, which have the largest share of population, are the majority, and still have relatively more available land than the bigger cities.Thus, the purpose of this study is to contribute to our understanding of the development of urban agriculture in medium-sized cities in Kenya by analysing the role of own food production on households’ food security. This was achieved through three specific objectives; to provide a theoretical framework of why urbanites engage in farming; to analyse the operation of the urban poultry value chain; and to investigate the profitability of indigenous chicken production in urban areas of Thika and Kisumu, Kenya. Using data from these two cities, and a mixed-methods approach of combining quantitative and qualitative methods, the aforementioned objectives were addressed in three journal articles.Findings indicate that more than half of urban households in the two cities studied engage in some form of agriculture in urban or rural areas. One out of four households practises urban agriculture while 37 per cent practise agriculture in rural areas. For households engaged in urban agriculture, 36 per cent of their income derives from agriculture. Households practising agriculture in rural areas derive 39 per cent of their income from agriculture. Findings from this study also demonstrate that urban agriculture contributes to household food security through two pathways; through direct ...
Urban-Based Agriculture and Poultry Production : The Case of Kisumu and Thika in Kenya
Kenya’s population is rapidly growing and urbanising. Poverty and problems of food insecurity are equally urbanising at an unprecedented rate. Formal employment has not kept pace with the job demand of the growing population. As a result, urban residents seek employment (livelihood) from an array of informal economic activities, including own food production. The growing urban population and urbanisation creates a demand for food, some of which are grown in urban areas. Despite its importance, there has been no recent studies to document and analyse own food production in the medium-sized cities of Kenya, which have the largest share of population, are the majority, and still have relatively more available land than the bigger cities.Thus, the purpose of this study is to contribute to our understanding of the development of urban agriculture in medium-sized cities in Kenya by analysing the role of own food production on households’ food security. This was achieved through three specific objectives; to provide a theoretical framework of why urbanites engage in farming; to analyse the operation of the urban poultry value chain; and to investigate the profitability of indigenous chicken production in urban areas of Thika and Kisumu, Kenya. Using data from these two cities, and a mixed-methods approach of combining quantitative and qualitative methods, the aforementioned objectives were addressed in three journal articles.Findings indicate that more than half of urban households in the two cities studied engage in some form of agriculture in urban or rural areas. One out of four households practises urban agriculture while 37 per cent practise agriculture in rural areas. For households engaged in urban agriculture, 36 per cent of their income derives from agriculture. Households practising agriculture in rural areas derive 39 per cent of their income from agriculture. Findings from this study also demonstrate that urban agriculture contributes to household food security through two pathways; through direct ...
Urban-Based Agriculture and Poultry Production : The Case of Kisumu and Thika in Kenya
Omondi, Samuel (author)
2018-10-22
Meddelande från Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi. Avhandlingar; (23) (2018)
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