Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture in Africa

Published in 1999 this work sets out to assess the potential of urban and peri-urban agriculture for generating income and for improving food supply for the growing urban population in Africa. It considers both full-time small-holder farmers and part-timers who hold land under various tenurial conditions. Since the book is a collection of papers based on field studies it contains a wide range of approaches methods of investigation and scientific findings.