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Market-oriented urban agricultural production in Dakar
Alain Mbaye,Paule Moustier +1 more
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The article was published on 2000-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 58 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Urban planning & Urban density.read more
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Urban Ecosystem Services
Erik Gómez-Baggethun,Åsa Gren,David N. Barton,Johannes Langemeyer,Timon McPhearson,Patrick J. O’Farrell,Erik Andersson,Zoé A. Hamstead,Peleg Kremer +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the potential of urban ecosystem services for improving resilience and quality of life in cities and describe a range of valuation approaches (cultural values, health benefits, economic costs, and resilience) for capturing the importance of urban ecosystems.
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Diversification into Horticulture and Poverty Reduction: A Research Agenda
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that development agencies must put more emphasis on horticultural research and development, especially in the following priority areas: genetic improvement, safe production systems, commercial seed production, postharvest facilities, and the urban/peri-urban environment.
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Sustainable urban agriculture in developing countries. A review
TL;DR: In this paper, the main functions of urban agriculture are described: its social roles, the economic functions as part of its multi-functionality, the constraints, and the risks for human consumption and the living environment.
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Irrigated urban vegetable production in Ghana: characteristics, benefits and risks.
Emmanuel Obuobie,Bernard Keraita,George K. Danso,Philip Amoah,Olufunke O. Cofie,Liqa Raschid-Sally,Pay Drechsel +6 more
TL;DR: Pay et al. as discussed by the authors have been heading IWMI's new global research theme on "Agriculture, Water and Cities" for the past eight years and have published over 40 publications on urban and peri-urban agriculture to its credit.
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Urban vegetable for food security in cities. A review
Christine Eigenbrod,Nazim Gruda +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors reviewed different urban cultivation systems throughout the world and found that vegetable production is the most significant component of urban food production which contributes to global food security, however, higher land prices and urban pollution constrain urban horticulture.
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Utilisation des eaux usées domestiques en maraîchage périurbain à Dakar (Sénégal)
TL;DR: In this paper, a caracteristiques physico-chimiques et biochimique des eaux usees, comparees a celles des eales de ceanes (puits peu profonds) and a celle du reseau d'eau potable le justifient.
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Typologie des aviculteurs dans la zone du Cap-Vert au Sénégal
TL;DR: Afin de caracteriser les aviculteurs de la region de Dakar au Senegal, a typologie concernant 174 elevages a ete realisee as mentioned in this paper, a permis de mettre en evidence cinq types d'aviculteur : petits elevages urbains produisant des poulets de chair lors des fetes religieuses ; exploitations recentes de taille moyenne dans lesquelles, en plus des activites d'agriculture, les proprietaires elevaient
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Complémentarité entre agriculture urbaine et agriculture rurale
TL;DR: In this article, le auteur en Afrique sur les systemes d'approvisionnement des menages urbains en produits vivriers permettent d'evaluer la place relative of l'agriculture urbaine and de l'aggriculture rurale.
Vers une gestion concertée des ressources naturelles en zone périurbaine. Le cas de la région de Dakar
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the importance of the region periurbaine de Dakar in the context of the development of the agricultural sector in the country of Senegal, and propose a solution to the problem of rarefaction and degradation of the environment.
L'agriculture périurbaine dakaroise : les enjeux de son suivi
TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose a discussion autour d'objectifs et de diagnostics partages, a base de mise en oeuvre de strategies efficaces de resolution des problemes identifies.