URBAN AGRICULTURE
August 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE SURGE of developing country populations to cities and towns has prompted the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) to press for the promotion of small-scale urban farming. The FAO says this is impeded by "lack of suitable land, uncertainty about land tenure, insufficient access to irrigation water of appropriate quality, inadequate know-how, and low investment".
THE SURGE of developing country populations to cities and towns has prompted the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) to press for the promotion of small-scale urban farming. The FAO says this is impeded by "lack of suitable land, uncertainty about land tenure, insufficient access to irrigation water of appropriate quality, inadequate know-how, and low investment".
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