Urban Agriculture as Livelihood Strategy: A Case Study in the Southern Fringe of Addis Ababa

Urban Agriculture as Livelihood Strategy: A Case Study in the Southern Fringe of Addis Ababa

Ashenafi Tilahun Hailie
ISBN13: 9781522580638|ISBN10: 1522580638|EISBN13: 9781522580645
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-8063-8.ch028
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Hailie, Ashenafi Tilahun. "Urban Agriculture as Livelihood Strategy: A Case Study in the Southern Fringe of Addis Ababa." Urban Agriculture and Food Systems: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2019, pp. 557-579. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-8063-8.ch028

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Hailie, A. T. (2019). Urban Agriculture as Livelihood Strategy: A Case Study in the Southern Fringe of Addis Ababa. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Urban Agriculture and Food Systems: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice (pp. 557-579). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-8063-8.ch028

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Hailie, Ashenafi Tilahun. "Urban Agriculture as Livelihood Strategy: A Case Study in the Southern Fringe of Addis Ababa." In Urban Agriculture and Food Systems: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 557-579. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-8063-8.ch028

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Abstract

This chapter assesses the benefits of urban agriculture in the study area. Data is generated through questionnaire, focus group discussions, interviews, and direct observations. Qualitative and quantitative analysis is made in line with sustainable livelihood framework. In the findings, sex indiscrimination, migrants' dominancy, poor educational status, and agricultural background made it as main stays. As assets, access to land, gentle slope, fertile soil, moderate climate, drainage, diversification, access to transportation, are promising. Skills, knowledge transfer, ability to labor, and good health are examined insufficient. Population explosion, absence of good governance, frequent indeterminable natural calamities, land tenure insecurity, and seasonality of prices are identified vulnerabilities. The strategies designed need intervention, organization, and persuasion effort. As outcomes, increasing well-being, reducing vulnerability, and improving food security, are substantial. Hence, incorporating a land use plan and promoting and providing support to the sector imply helping urban poor.

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