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Institutional and legal aspects of urban agriculture in French-speaking West Africa: from marginalization to legitimization
Ist Teil von
Environment and urbanization, 2005-10, Vol.17 (2), p.143-154
Ort / Verlag
London, England: SAGE Publications
Erscheinungsjahr
2005
Quelle
Alma/SFX Local Collection
Beschreibungen/Notizen
Although urban agriculture has long been marginalized or ignored on the
assumption that it is not an appropriate urban activity, it is attracting
increasing interest among public authorities, civil society and researchers.
This paper reports on research and city consultations in seven West African
cities, which examined the institutional aspects of urban agriculture, including
the constraints it faces. The paper discusses the growing interest by public
authorities in urban agriculture, and the fact that this has failed to lead to
its effective consideration in the institutional and legal provisions of most
West African countries. Moreover, decentralization processes in the region have
not led to a commitment by city governments to support urban agriculture. The
uncertain legal status of urban agriculture contrasts with the multiplicity of
actors who intervene directly or indirectly in its promotion and development.
Despite problems of coordination between various sectors and levels of
government, and a failure to achieve the necessary functional complementarity
(for instance, between land management, agriculture and water, and waste
management) the multiplicity and diversity of actors involved in urban
agriculture are the expressions of its added value in both social and economic terms.