Contents List of figures, Tables and Boxes ix foreword xiii Acknowledgements xiv List of Acronyms and Abbreviations xvi Introduction 1 Mark Redwood Enter AGROPOLIS 2 The Rise of Cities and City Farming 3 Overview of this Book 8 Conclusion 18 References 19 1. Household Food Security Among Urban Farmers in Nairobi, Kenya 21 Eunice Wambui Njogu Introduction 21 Methodology 23 Food Security 28 Relationships between Variables 30 Changes in Agriculture and Livestock Extension Services 31 Conclusion and Recommendations 32 Acknowledgements 33 Notes 33 References 33 2. Urban Compost: A Socio-economic and Agronomic Evaluation in Kumasi, Ghana 35 Nikita S. Eriksen-Hamel and George Danso Introduction 35 Objectives 36 Methodology 37 Research Findings 40 Conclusions and Recommendations 46 Acknowledgements 46 Note 47 References 47 3. Urban Agriculture as a Livelihood Strategy in Lima, Peru 49 Luis Maldonado Villavicencio Introduction 49 Methodology 50 Conceptual Framework 51 Research Findings 53 Conclusion 70 Acknowledgements 70 Note 70 References 70 4. The Social and Economic Implications of Urban Agriculture on Food Security in Harare, Zimbabwe 73 Charity Mutonodzo Introduction 73 Objectives and Hypotheses 74 Methods 75 Research Findings 80 Conclusions 88 Acknowledgements 89 Note 89 References 89 5. Urban Agriculture and Food Security in Lilongwe and Blantyre, Malawi 91 David Dalison Mkwambisi Introduction 91 Literature, Concepts and Objectives 92 Research Methodology 93 Results 95 Discussion 99 Conclusion and Policy Recommendations 100 Acknowledgements 101 Notes 101 References 101 6. An Analysis of the Quality of Wastewater Used to Irrigate Vegetables in Accra, Kumasi and Tamale, Ghana 105 Philip Amoah Introduction 105 Key Concepts 106 Methods 107 Results and Discussion 111 Conclusions and Recommendations 120 Acknowledgements 121 Notes 121 Refrences 122 7. Water Contamination and its Impact on Vegetable Production in the Rimac River, Peru 125 Henry Juarez Introduction 125 Methods 126 Research Findings and Discussions 132 Conclusions and Recommendations 141 Acknowledgements 143 Notes 143 References 143 8. Wastewater Use and Urban Agriculture in Kinshasa, DR Congo 147 Kifuani Kia Mayeko Introduction 147 Concepts, Objectives and Hypothesis 148 Methods 149 Research Findings 152 Conclusion and Recommendations 162 Acknowledgements 163 Notes 163 References 164 9. The Health Impacts of Farming on Producers in Rosario, Argentina 167 Patricia Silvia Propersi 167 Introduction 167 Objectives and Hypotheses 168 Methods 169 Research Findings 171 Conclusion and Recommendations 177 Acknowledgements 178 Note 179 References 179 10. Using Participatory Education and Action Research for Health Risk Reduction Amongst Farmers in Dakar, Senegal 181 Nita Chaudhuri Introduction 181 Objectives and Hypothesis 184 Methods 184 Research Findings 189 Conclusions 197 Acknowledgements 198 Notes 198 References 198 11. Complex Ecologies and City Spaces: Social-Ecological Networks of Urban Agriculture 201 Laura J. Shillington Introduction 201 Objectives, Hypotheses and Concepts 202 Methodology 203 Research Findings 205 Conclusion and Recommendations 212 Acknowledgements 213 Notes 213 References 214 12. Urban Agriculture and Physical Planning: A Case Study of Zaria, Nigeria 217 Chuo Adamu Nsangu Introduction 217 Background, Objectives and Hypothesis 218 Methodology 220 Research Findings 220 Recommendations and Conclusions 231 Acknowledgements 233 Note 234 References 234 13. Conclusion 235 Mark Redwood References 242 Index 243