Sangwan, Navjot and Tasciotti, Luca ORCID: 0000-0003-2561-5530 (2023) Losing the plot: the impact of urban agriculture on household food expenditure and dietary diversity in sub-Saharan African countries. Agriculture, 13 (2):284. pp. 1-20. ISSN 2077-0472 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13020284)

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Abstract

Urban agriculture (UA) is proposed as a solution to the social and economic challenges presented by cities by providing urban households with food and income using environmentally friendly food production techniques. To date, most analysis of UA has been based on single-city studies. This paper aims to contribute to the literature by using a cross-country approach and by analysing household level data from nine sub-Saharan countries—Burkina Faso (2014), Ethiopia (2013), Ghana (2009), Malawi (2013), Niger 2014, Nigeria (2012), Tanzania (2010) and Uganda (2013). This paper sets out to answer three questions; the first investigates which are the main characteristics of households engaged in urban agriculture; the second looks at the role played by UA in diversifying household diets and reducing household food expenditure; the third examines the heterogeneity in the impact of UA across the food expenditure distribution. Using an inverse-probability weighted regression adjustment method, the results show that households engaged in agriculture reduced expenditure on food and modified their food expenditure profile by spending more on protein rich food -nuts, legumes, fruits, dairy products, meat and poultry. The study also finds substantial variation on the impact of UA across the food expenditure distribution.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	This article belongs to the Topic Sustainable Development and Food Insecurity.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	urban agriculture; household level data; sub-Saharan countries; food expenditure; dietary diversity
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General)
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Business Faculty of Business > Department of Accounting & Finance Faculty of Business > Institute of Political Economy, Governance, Finance and Accountability (IPEGFA) Faculty of Business > Institute of Political Economy, Governance, Finance and Accountability (IPEGFA) > Greenwich Political Economy Research Centre (GPERC)
Last Modified:	02 Feb 2023 16:34
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/38495

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