Farming in the city of Nairobi

Foeken, D.W.J.; Mboganie-Mwangi, A. (1998)

Research paper

This paper describes urban farming in Nairobi, Kenya: its magnitude and characteristics, its importance for those involved, the constraints faced by urban farmers, the impact of urban farming on the environment, the legal and institutional setting, and the prospects for urban farming. The paper is based on four studies carried out in Nairobi by Diana Lee-Smith et al. (1984-1985), Donald Freeman (1987), Alice Mboganie Mwangi (1994), and Pascale Dennery (1994)

• Kenya
• urban agriculture

• All authors: Foeken, D.W.J.; Mboganie-Mwangi, A.
• Date: 1998
• Title of host publication: ASC Working Paper Series
• Issue: 30
• Name: 30