Stimulating and developing sustainable urban local economies

The role of urban agriculture

Dados Bibliográficos

ID21540936
AutoresJames Kwame Mensah (0000-0003-1533-4903, Department of Public Administration and Health Services Management, University of Ghana Business School, Accra, Ghana, autor correspondente)
Ano2023
Volume40
Fascículo5
Páginas1086-1099
Data de publicação2023-09-03
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoDevelopment Southern Africa (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0376-835X • E-ISSN: 1470-3637
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/0376835x.2023.2177259
OpenAlexW4321220063
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas36

Whereas urban agriculture is a potential tool for urban local economic development (LED), there appears to be little empirical evidence that has examined how urban agriculture affects the urban local economy from a LED perspective. This research aims to examine the role of urban agriculture in the urban local economy in a developing country, Ghana. Data for the research was obtained through focus group discussions and key informant interviews with urban agriculturalists and urban local authorities in two assemblies respectively in the Greater Accra region of Ghana. The findings showed that if properly supported, urban agriculture can improve the local economy because of its multiple benefits of employment, income, and improved livelihood and food security. This study contributed to expanding the international scholarship on LED from the perspective of using urban agriculture as an LED strategy by examining the case in Ghana

Agriculture · Business · Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Empirical evidence · Food security · Geography · Livelihood · Scholarship · Urban agriculture · Urban economics · Urban Agriculture and Sustainability · Urban and Rural Development Challenges · Urban Green Space and Health