Urban Agriculture Initiatives In Addis Ababa With Practical Evidences From Selected Vegetable Producing Cooperatives And Households In The City
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2002-02
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Addis Ababauniversity
Abstract
Many of the urban development studies on the city of Addis Ababa nearly always
concentrate on the non-agricultural activities, as the result of which information and even
base-line data on urban agriculture in the city are missing.
This exploratory and descriptive study intends not only to contribute something in fillingin
this gap of information on urban agriculture by taking one component of urban
agriculture, which is vegetable production, but also has the intention of attracting
allention to the relatively neglected area of urban agriculture. To this end, the study
attempts to characterize the vegetable producing urban farmers in the city; to explore and
describe the types, the scales and peljormances of vegetable production activities in the
city. It also tries to examine the income, employment, and consumption effects of
vegetable production; to idel1li/Y and analyze the major problems and constraints as well
as to indicate implication for future government policy planning and management of
urban agriculture.
Major findings of the study prove that the activity of urban agriculture in Addis Ababa
has been significantly contributing to the income generation of the urban poor families
thereby contributing towards alleviating the intensity of poverty. Additionally, findings of
the research show that, the sector has also been of a paramount importance in providing
these families with food security and employment opportunities. However, results of the
findings on the other hand indicate that urban agriculture in Addis Ababa is being highly
constrained by various factors amongst which lack of government recognition, constraints
on access to inputs and services are worth mentioning.
Departingji-om all these outcomes of the study therefore it has been highly recommended
that the government give sufficient attention to the industl), particularly in the areas of
support for research and development, in the areas of provision of extension workers,
inputs, and credit facilities for the overall improvement of productivity and the successful
development of urban agriculture
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Selected Vegetable Producing Cooperatives And Households In The City