ABSTRACT
The paper examined the viability of urban agriculture in reducing food insecurity in Gweru,
Mkoba 19 suburb. The study aimed to ascertain the prevalence of urban agriculture, its effects on
food security and the challenges to its practice. A questionnaire was administered to 107
household heads engaged in urban agriculture. The study revealed that urban agriculture had
been widely adopted by the households in the suburb. It provided a variety of foods to
households such a meat, vegetables and the staple mealie-meal thereby making food available
and accessible to the households, it also provided employment and income to the households.
The challenges to the practice were the shortage of water, land, and lack of technical and
institutional support, poor laws on urban agriculture, poor market linkages, the consumption of
crops by livestock and the scarcity funds which resulted in poor production. The study
recommended that the government should come up with an explicit broad policy on urban
agriculture and should also empower local governments to make by-laws that support urban
agriculture as a legitimate economic activity. Measures were also suggested to address the
challenges to urban agriculture in Mkoba 19.
ZIWENGA, T (2021). The viability of urban agriculture in reducing food insecurity in Gweru, Mkoba 19 surburb. Afribary. Retrieved from https://tracking.afribary.com/works/the-viability-of-urban-agriculture-in-reducing-food-insecurity-in-gweru-mkoba-19-surburb
ZIWENGA, TANAKA "The viability of urban agriculture in reducing food insecurity in Gweru, Mkoba 19 surburb" Afribary. Afribary, 04 May. 2021, https://tracking.afribary.com/works/the-viability-of-urban-agriculture-in-reducing-food-insecurity-in-gweru-mkoba-19-surburb. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.
ZIWENGA, TANAKA . "The viability of urban agriculture in reducing food insecurity in Gweru, Mkoba 19 surburb". Afribary, Afribary, 04 May. 2021. Web. 24 Dec. 2024. < https://tracking.afribary.com/works/the-viability-of-urban-agriculture-in-reducing-food-insecurity-in-gweru-mkoba-19-surburb >.
ZIWENGA, TANAKA . "The viability of urban agriculture in reducing food insecurity in Gweru, Mkoba 19 surburb" Afribary (2021). Accessed December 24, 2024. https://tracking.afribary.com/works/the-viability-of-urban-agriculture-in-reducing-food-insecurity-in-gweru-mkoba-19-surburb