Coping with food poverty in cities: The case of urban agriculture in Glen Norah Township in Harare

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 202-213

  Masvaure, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

food poverty; livelihoods; urban agriculture; urban livelihoods coping model

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; DEVELOPING WORLD; FOOD SECURITY; LIVELIHOOD; POVERTY; URBAN AGRICULTURE;

HARARE [HARARE (PRV)]; HARARE [ZIMBABWE]; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84929692725     PISSN: 17421705     EISSN: 17421713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742170515000101     Document Type: Article

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