Beyond food security: women’s experiences of urban agriculture in Cape Town
| Autor: | Lindy Heinecken, David W. Olivier |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Economic growth
Food security 05 social sciences 0211 other engineering and technologies 0507 social and economic geography 021107 urban & regional planning Sustainable Agriculture Innovation Network 02 engineering and technology Livelihood Urban planning Cape Political science Urban agriculture 050703 geography Agronomy and Crop Science History general Social capital |
| Zdroj: | Agriculture and Human Values. 34:743-755 |
| ISSN: | 1572-8366 0889-048X |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10460-017-9773-0 |
| Popis: | Urban agriculture is an important source of food and income throughout Africa. The majority of cultivators on the continent are women who use urban agriculture to provide for their family. Much research on urban agriculture in Africa focuses on the material benefits of urban agriculture for women, but a smaller body of literature considers its social and psychological empowering effects. The present study seeks to contribute to this debate by looking at the ways in which urban agriculture empowers women on the Cape Flats, a region of Cape Town where urban agriculture is supported by nongovernmental organisations (NGOs). Based on interviews with cultivators, the findings show that NGO-run urban agriculture projects not only aid food security, but also help women to develop supportive networks that unlock benefits across the personal, social and economic spectrum. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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