Food security in Southern African cities: The place of urban agriculture

Progress in Development Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 285-305

  Crush, Jonathan ^a,b   Hovorka, Alice ^c   Tevera, Daniel ^d  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SWAZILAND   (Swaziland)

Author keywords

Food security; Poverty; SADC; Urban agriculture; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SECURITY; POVERTY; RESEARCH WORK; SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY; URBAN AGRICULTURE; URBAN ECONOMY; URBANIZATION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 80051708733     PISSN: 14649934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146499341001100402     Document Type: Article

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