Food security attainment role of urban agriculture: a case study from Adama town, central Ethiopia.

作者：Messay Mulugeta Tefera · 发表于：Journal of sustainable development in Africa · 年份：2010 · 被引用次数：24 · 研究领域：Urban Agriculture and Sustainability、Child Nutrition and Water Access、Agriculture and Rural Development Research

This study was conducted with the main objective of assessing the role of urban agriculture in attaining urban food security with special reference to smallholders in Adama town. As studies on urban agriculture in Ethiopia are limited, if not inexistent, it would attempt to bridge such research gaps and aware the urban administrators and planners towards addressing the strategies to appropriately handle and develop the sector. To that effect, the necessary data were generated both from primary and secondary sources. Field observations, sample household survey, key informant interview and focus group discussions were the principal means of generating data from primary sources. Secondary data were obtained from the offices of Oromiya Finance and Economic Development, Adama City Administration and Central Statistical Authority. Both qualitative and quantitative techniques were employed to analyze the data. A quantitative technique known as household food balance model was used to look into the household per capita dietary energy contribution of urban agriculture in Adama. Moreover, regression analysis was employed to see the determinants of agricultural productivity in the study area. The finding of this study confirms that urban agriculture plays a great role in attaining urban household food security. Over 40% of the surveyed sample households were obtaining well over the nationally set minimum dietary energy requirement only from their urban farmlands. Based on the findings o...