Economic crisis and food security in Africa: Exploring the significance of urban agriculture in Zambia's Copperbelt province

Geoforum

Volumn 65, Issue , 2015, Pages 37-45

  Smart, Jessie ^a   Nel, Etienne ^a,b   Binns, Tony ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Copperbelt; Food security; Resilience; Urban agriculture; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC POLICY; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FOOD SECURITY; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; URBAN AGRICULTURE; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY;

COPPERBELT; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84937119924     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2015.07.009     Document Type: Article

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