Assessing the Factors influencing Access to land for Urban Agriculture in Southeast Nigeria
DOWNLOADFebruary 16, 2019 - Author: Chukwudi Charles Olumba, Jonathan Okechukwu Alimba and Oyinkan Tasie
Chukwudi Charles Olumba, Jonathan Okechukwu Alimba and Oyinkan Tasie, 2019. Assessing the Factors influencing Access to land for Urban Agriculture in Southeast Nigeria , FSP Policy Research Brief 116.
Key Findings
- The majority (59.6%) of urban farmers face tenure insecurity, as they cultivate open spaces/ land.
- Access to land for urban agriculture was positively related to credit access and cooperative membership and negatively related to the age of the farmers and conflicting land use.
- Credit access, land tenure security and income of the farmers have positive effect on the size of land accessed by urban farmers.
- The age and gender of urban farmers negatively influenced the size of land accessed by the urban farmers.