BBC Podcast Explores “Farming in the City” in Uganda’s capital Kampala
IDRC Photo: by Frederick Ibanda (follow link). “Kampala residents have set up several flower and tree nurseries along the roads leading to residential districts; there they use polythene bags that once carried milk, fruit drinks and groceries as containers for seedlings. Also many residents now eat vegetables grown in re-used polythene bags.”
BBC’s OnePlanet: Farming in the City
By Andrew Luck-Baker
17 July 2008
“Andrew Luck-Baker goes in search of farmers growing crops and rearing livestock amid concrete and traffic, in this edition of One Planet.
“The world’s city dwellers now outnumber its rural folk, so it may become necessary to farm in cities in order to feed everyone. Andrew investigates how green urban agriculture is and whether it is safe.
“Visiting urban farmers in back alley plots and slum district cattle sheds in East Africa and India, Andrew explores the issues through their personal stories. He also talks to the agricultural experts, city officials and politicians who work with, and sometimes against, them.”
More links on this subject.
Background: Urban Agriculture in Kampala
CFP Report 29B - Urban Agriculture in Kampala, Uganda: Reviewing Research Impacts
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