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SUMMARY:Vegetable Cultivation in an Urban Setting: Thoughts\, fears and str
 ategies of gardeners in the city of Bobo-Dioulasso\, Burkina Faso (MA proj
 ect)
DESCRIPTION:Burkina Faso’s economy is heavily reliant on agriculture\, wi
 th close to 80% of the active population employed in the sector. Due to th
 e rapid growth of cities in West Africa\, urban food supply systems are he
 avily pressured. As a result\, agriculture is more and more spreading to t
 owns and cities\, where it is increasingly recognized for its capacity to 
 strengthen the resilience of the urban food system\, enhance the urban poo
 r’s access to nutritious food\, generate more (self-) employment and inc
 ome\, help cities to adapt to climate change and reduce their ecological f
 oot print.\\r\\nIn Bobo-Dioulasso\, the second-largest city of Burkina Fas
 o and – as sometimes referred to – a commercial hub for agricultural p
 roducts of the country\, agriculture can be found in various sites through
 out the urban area. Urban farmers\, cultivating their plots side by side a
 long the river\, play a vital role in providing the local population with 
 fresh produce. Although urban agriculture constitutes an integrative part 
 of the urban economic and ecological system\, it is also competing with ot
 her forms of land use\, generating a certain degree of land insecurity for
  urban farmers\, forcing them to develop strategies to break new ground.
X-ALT-DESC:<p> </p>\n<p>Burkina Faso’s economy is heavily reliant on agri
 culture\, with close to 80% of the active population employed in the secto
 r. Due to the rapid growth of cities in West Africa\, urban food supply sy
 stems are heavily pressured. As a result\, agriculture is more and more sp
 reading to towns and cities\, where it is increasingly recognized for its 
 capacity to strengthen the resilience of the urban food system\, enhance t
 he urban poor’s access to nutritious food\, generate more (self-) employ
 ment and income\, help cities to adapt to climate change and reduce their 
 ecological foot print.</p>\n<p>In Bobo-Dioulasso\, the second-largest city
  of Burkina Faso and – as sometimes referred to – a commercial hub for
  agricultural products of the country\, agriculture can be found in variou
 s sites throughout the urban area. Urban farmers\, cultivating their plots
  side by side along the river\, play a vital role in providing the local p
 opulation with fresh produce. Although urban agriculture constitutes an in
 tegrative part of the urban economic and ecological system\, it is also co
 mpeting with other forms of land use\, generating a certain degree of land
  insecurity for urban farmers\, forcing them to develop strategies to brea
 k new ground.</p>\n\n
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