Food Production in Urban Areas: A Study of Urban Agriculture in Accra, Ghana

Sociologist and researcher Kwaku Obosu-Mensah first defines urban agriculture and reviews current theoretical materials on the topic. He then addresses methodology and provides a history of contemporary urban agriculture in Ghana, discussing changes in official attitudes toward urban agriculture and analyzes the importance of social inequality in determining the type of cultivation an individual is likely to engage in. He evaluates the effects of social networks on urban agriculture and discusses problems faced by urban cultivators. In the final section, he predicts the future of the trend in Ghana and other sub-Saharan African countries. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)


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