Urban agriculture support policies in West Africa. Taking account of informal arrangements

Politiques d'appui à l'agriculture urbaine en Afrique de l'Ouest. Tenir compte des arrangements informels

Ophélie Robineau
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Ophélie Robineau: UMR Innovation - Innovation et Développement dans l'Agriculture et l'Alimentation - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - Montpellier SupAgro - Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques - Montpellier SupAgro - Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier

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Abstract: In West Africa, urban agriculture plays an economic, environmental and social role. However, the support policies and actions that are beginning to target this activity remain relatively ineffective, since they fail to take into account informal arrangements between stakeholders - farmers, livestock holders, waste managers, and authorities -, or the spatial organisation of these activities and the proximity required between them. Supporting urban agriculture therefore calls for a global approach that takes into account these informal arrangements and this need for proximity.

Keywords: urban agriculture; food security; public policy; development economics; sécurité alimentaire; agriculture urbaine; politique publique; économie du développement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-01
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Published in Perspective, 2015, N° 31, 4 p. ⟨10.18167/agritrop/00033⟩

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DOI: 10.18167/agritrop/00033

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