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Sharing The Economic Benefits Of Urban Agriculture

By: Judoemue Kollie

Date: 11 January 2017

Source: Daily Observer

An increasing number of residents in Monrovia and its suburbs are involved in urban farming for income generation and food security.

Urban and peri-urban farming is the growing of crops and raising of animals within and around cities. It also involves the production of inputs, processing, marketing, and the provision of services to agricultural producers and agro-entrepreneurs.

Kenyan slum activists build climate change resilience from the bottom up

By: Lou del Bello


Date: 12 January 2017


Source: IRIN


Living in the Kenyan slum of Mukuru is hard enough, but when it rains it’s downright miserable. Streets flood, sewage overflows, homes are inundated. 


After each bout of torrential rain, Nairobi’s largest informal settlement is left a little shabbier, a little poorer, the community more insecure.


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