Fresh vegetables for school kids in Antananarivo
The Urban Agriculture Low Space and No Space supported by Antananarivo’s Better Food for Kids program has been establishing vegetable gardens in school yards. Vegetable gardens have been set up by the Institut des Métiers de la Ville and the Urban Community of Antananarivo in 14 public schools in the city that provide school children with nutritional school meals and help to increase school retention rate and improve children’s ability to learn.
Urban farming in Tanzania
The importance of urban agriculture in Tanzania is an integral part of the urban economy. It is found everywhere in towns and cities. The cultivation of crops, and especially vegetables is a common and widespread phenomenon making urban agriculture a widely accepted fact of life.
Rooftop farming in Cairo
Rooftop farming has been used in Cairo, Egypt, as an adaptation intervention that acts to reduce localised heat stress, improve living conditions and generate income. The prevailing flat roof-tops across the region provide a good basis for such an intervention.
