The recurring decimal of rural and urban poverty in Nigeria, resulting from lack of sustainable livelihood activities by the people due to non-diversification of the economy, necessitated this study. One hundred snail farmers were randomly selected in Akure North and Akure South Local Government areas of Ondo State, Southwest Nigeria where snail farming is widely practised. Data collection was ...

The increasing popularity of urban agriculture as a method of localizing food systems has created a mounting need to address soil pollution in urban farms. Lead is an especially pervasive pollutant in urban soils with a number of detrimental health effects. Phytoremediation, the use of plants to extract or degrade pollutants, has shown promise for cleaning up leadcontaminated soils, yet its pot...

The oceans of the world have always served as a nutrient source, whether from mollusks, fish or vegetation. The world’s animal and human populations have always relied upon the sea for nutrition and sustenance. The value of the sea is becoming ever present as soil quality diminishes due to over farming, pesticide use and urban sprawl [1]. In addition, drought is becoming a predominant player in...

Proponents of urban agriculture have identified its potential to improve health and the environment but in New York City and other densely developed and populated urban areas, it faces huge challenges because of the shortage of space, cost of land, and the lack of contemporary local food production. However, large portions of the city and metropolitan region do have open land and a history of a...

This study was conducted in Delta State Nigeria to establish a nexus between rural-urban migration and child labour. Random sampling was applied to select rural settlements and this study covers 450 sample farming households. The results show that rural-urban migration influence child labour (P

BACKGROUND Urban/peri-urban dairy production and sales has evolved as an adjustment to cope with food security and economic needs for urban dwellers in low-income countries and created an opportunity to transform from subsistence rural lifestyles of dairy farming to commercial engagement in towns. However, urban/peri-urban dairy farms differ in challenges from rural dairy farms and reproduction...

Alice J. Hovorka Clark University, Worcester MA, USA, ✉ [email protected] The incorporation of gender considerations into urban agriculture research is increasing, and indeed, there have been advances over the last decade in our understanding of both men’s and women’s experiences with farming in cities around the world. There is a move away from the socalled “urban farmer”, an undifferentiate...