Water, land and health in urban and peri-urban food production: the case of Kano, Nigeria

2003 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 431-444 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Binns ◽  
R. A. Maconachie ◽  
A. I. Tanko
Keyword(s):  
Food Production ◽  
Urban Food Production

scholarly journals Peri-Urban Food Production and Its Relation to Urban Resilience

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 1340 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Olsson ◽  
Eva Kerselaers ◽  
Lone Søderkvist Kristensen ◽  
Jørgen Primdahl ◽  
Elke Rogge ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Production ◽  
Urban Resilience ◽  
Urban Food Production

scholarly journals Revisiting the Sustainability Concept of Urban Food Production from a Stakeholders’ Perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 2175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esther Sanyé-Mengual ◽  
Francesco Orsini ◽  
Giorgio Gianquinto
Keyword(s):  
Food Production ◽  
Urban Food Production ◽  
Sustainability Concept

Enterprise Choice Decisions in Urban Food Production in Nigeria

2012 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-56
Author(s):  
Ubokudom E. Okon ◽  
Anselm A. Enete ◽  
Taofeq A. Amusa
Keyword(s):  
Food Production ◽  
Urban Food Production

Urban food production sites

2020 ◽  
pp. 303-311
Author(s):  
Diana Lee-Smith ◽  
Olufunke Cofie
Keyword(s):  
Food Production ◽  
Urban Food Production

Optimize urban food production to address food deserts in regions with restricted water access

2020 ◽  
Vol 202 ◽  
pp. 103859
Author(s):  
Daoqin Tong ◽  
Courtney Crosson ◽  
Qing Zhong ◽  
Yinan Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Food Production ◽  
Food Deserts ◽  
Water Access ◽  
Urban Food Production

scholarly journals How Will We Eat and Produce in the Cities of the Future? From Edible Insects to Vertical Farming—A Study on the Perception and Acceptability of New Approaches

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (16) ◽  
pp. 4315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathrin Specht ◽  
Felix Zoll ◽  
Henrike Schümann ◽  
Julia Bela ◽  
Julia Kachel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Production ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Edible Insects ◽  
New Approaches ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
High Investment ◽  
Urban Food Production ◽  
Negative Side Effects ◽  
Legal Constraints

Global challenges such as climate change, increasing urbanization and a lack of transparency of food chains, have led to the development of innovative urban food production approaches, such as rooftop greenhouses, vertical farms, indoor farms, aquaponics as well as production sites for edible insects or micro-algae. Those approaches are still at an early stage of development and partly unknown among the public. The aim of our study was to identify the perception of sustainability, social acceptability and ethical aspects of these new approaches and products in urban food production. We conducted 19 qualitative expert interviews and applied qualitative content analysis. Our results revealed that major perceived benefits are educational effects, revaluation of city districts, efficient resource use, exploitation of new protein sources or strengthening of local economies. Major perceived conflicts concern negative side-effects, legal constraints or high investment costs. The extracted acceptance factors deal significantly with the “unknown”. A lack of understanding of the new approaches, uncertainty about their benefits, concerns about health risks, a lack of familiarity with the food products, and ethical doubts about animal welfare represent possible barriers. We conclude that adaptation of the unsuitable regulatory framework, which discourages investors, is an important first step to foster dissemination of the urban food production approaches.

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