The Effectiveness Of Urban Agriculture As A Survival Strategy Among Gweru Urban Farmers In Zimbabwe

ABTSTRACT

Almost 70 percent of the respondents

maintained that urban agriculture is

important for them as they use all the

produce for household consumption.

They also highlighted that the crops

provide them with fresh supplies and a

variety of food cheaply. Almost the same

number of people produces less than 6

bags (50 kg) of maize yearly. About 18

percent produce 7-15 bags while the rest

could not quantify their produce. Some

rear chickens and pigs for sale and grow

crops in order to feed their animals. The

end result in all cases is improved food

security since the money from sales can

be used to buy household needs and

provide extra cash. It can be argued that

city farming has been effective in ensuring

household survival though this is dependent

on the resources commanded by

different households in practising urban

agriculture.