ABSTRACT Cryptosporidium and enterohaemorrhagic (EHEC) Escherichia coli O157:H7 are two important pathogens in humans among other common representative zoonotic pathogens carried by animals especially cattle and are discharged through their faeces into the environment. With the increasing practice of urban farming, the risk of transmission of these pathogens to humans is increased. The study aimed at determining the public health risks associated with integrated urban farming using Non-Sorbi...
ABSTRACT The study examines the relationship between household initial asset endowment and participation in urban farming in Ibadan metropolis. A stratified random sampling method was used to stratify the city into two strata. It was followed by the random selection of two Local Government Areas from each of the two strata. One hundred and ninety-eight urban producers of high - value horticultural crops were selected from the two LGAs based on probability proportionate to size. Data on socio...
ABSTRACT Urban agriculture plays a significant role in national development by contributing towards food security, employment creation, poverty alleviation, and ecologising the “artificial” urban systems. However, it is associated with diverse negative impacts to people and the biophysical environment. Further, though generally illegal in Kenya, the practice continues unabated, being a survival strategy for the low income bracket. This study aimed at assessing its status with view of enco...
Abstract The study aimed on addressing urban poverty in context with urban community gardens in the case of Karoi Town Council. The problem statement states that, due to the prevailing situation in Zimbabwe of poor economy and limited employment opportunities, urban residents are now living under poverty conditions, earning below the poverty datum line and enduring with one meal a day. So it is the core of the study to show how urban community gardens can solve such challenges and reduces urb...
ABSTRACT This study assessed the opportunities for urban livestock keepers in the new capital city of Dodoma with three specific objectives: Identification of opportunities associated with shifting the capital city to Dodoma, establishing the feasible options to Dodoma Urban Livestock Keepers and identifying challenges that may undermine effective utilization of opportunities associated with shifting the capital city to Dodoma. A representative sample of 90 respondents from Ng’hong’honha ...
ABSTRACT municipal solid waste (MSW) as soil organic input has become a corn Zaria urban farming. This is due to its high nutritive effect on crops'his waste has some negative effects on the quality of soil and cropsrefore examines the effects of municipal soliel vvasfe application on send crop qualities in Zaria urban area norlhern Nigeria. Soil sarnped from eight irrigated farm plots where municipal solid waste is u sec! znemice! fertilizer as soil organic amendment and one plot (the c cs...
ABSTRACT Urban farming makes a substantial influence on the household economy of the urban poor especially in developing countries. Urban soil the hot spot of urban farming is a natural sink for contaminants especially the potentially toxic trace elements derived mainly from anthropogenic activities. The sources of trace elements include effluents from sewerage drainage system, unprocessed wastewater from neighboring manufacturing industries in addition to farming activities along polluted r...
ABSTRACT This research sought to analyze the impact of textile industry closure it has on livelihoods looking at indicators such as access to income, quality of education, health care and standard of living. Particular attention was paid on how former workers and their immediate family members have been affected by the closure of textile industry and what coping strategies they have employed. The researcher’s case study is Merlin Textile Limited situated in Belmont Industrial Area in Bulawa...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted to analyze the socio-economic and environmental effects of urban fish farming in Dar es Salaam. Gross Margin was used to determine the profitability of urban fish farming. Results indicate that urban fish farming are operating profitably. The gross margin obtained by tilapia farmers ranges from TZS 658 000/= to 2 515 350/= per pond per production cycle. While gross margin obtained by African catfish farmers ranges from TZS 3 750 000/= to 9 590 000/=. Contrib...
Abstract: The use of wastewater to produce food crops particularly vegetables is very prevalent within and outside the urban centers of developing countries. In the capital city of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, where irrigation water for cultivation of vegetables is commonly derived from the polluted Akaki River, the practice has often been blamed for causing negative externalities to public health and the environment. To address these issues, the studies of this doctoral dissertation mainly focuse...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted on urban vegetable farming sites at Mzumbe, Mafisa and Fungafunga in Morogoro municipality-Tanzania. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of Commiphora swynnertonii resin extract against helminths eggs/larvae isolated from low quality water and vegetables at Mzumbe, Mafisa and Fungafunga in Morogoro municipality. A total of 90 vegetable samples and 70 water samples (30 treated, 30 river water and 10 untreated) were collected from the stu...
Nigeria as nation has over the years engaged in lots of developmental activities without actions which makes achievements to elude the people. Development of societies doesn’t happen in the vacuum. Thus, the adoption of Structural Adjustment Program, SAP, by Nigeria leading to the neglect of the custom periodic National Plan at a time when Nigeria had no structure for development was the beginning of journey to widened inequality and large poverty incidence, depth and severity. To close the...
ABSTRACT This study identified the types of soil ameliorant that exist in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. It also determined farmer's willingness to pay for composted urban waste as well as the amounts they were willing to pay for a 50kg bag of compost should it result in a 25% and 50% increments in output, respectively. The study further investigated the socio-economic factors that affect farmer's willingness to pay for compost. The results obtained further revealed that different types o...
ABSTRACT Pig production is among other animal keeping activities that have been practised in Morogoro region for food as well as generating income. The increase in urban population in the region has resulted into the increase in urban and peri-urban farming as a response to the increament in food demand from plants as well as animals; thus created a need to understand the health risks that could be brought about, and the biosecurity measures that can cancel those risks. This crosssectional s...
ABSTRACT This research is a study on urban agriculture as a tool for environmental management in Dodoma Municipality. The general objective of the study is to investigate the real and potential contributions of urban agriculture as a tool for urban environmental management in Dodoma municipal area. The analysis of the study utilized both primary and secondary data. Primary data were collected through a questionnaire survey that covered104 farming households in four wards namely, Makulu, K/Nde...