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  • Title: Recognizing Ethiopia's urban farmers.
    Author: Lee M.
    Journal: IDRC Rep; 1993 Oct; 21(3):12-3. PubMed ID: 12287222.
    Abstract:
    According to Dr. Axumite, urban agriculture in Ethiopia would 1) provide food and income, 2) reduce fuel consumption and damage to roads by decreasing the need for food transport into cities, 3) encourage the cooperation of extended families because of the collective work effort needed, and 4) lead to greater numbers of people who own their own homes and have higher education levels because less job income would be spent on food. Unfortunately, government frowns on the use of public lands for farming, and credit is hard to find. For example, in Addis Ababa, which housed 30.2% of Ethiopia's urban population in 1984, 60% of the city's households made less than 200 Birr per month (equivalent to 40 U.S. dollars). 56% of this money was spent on food. In 1983, 17% of 1352 surveyed households produced their own food. They did so on less than 25 sq. meters of land. 90% of those who did not farm cited lack of land as the reason. If the City Council would allow access to public land, grant tax rebates, or coordinate activities of both governmental and nongovernmental agencies, urban agricultural cooperatives in the city situated along waterways, which produce food for member consumption and sale to the public. The income of members of the largest cooperative is 70% higher than that of people who do not farm in the city. However, because the cooperative has not been legalized by the government, it cannot get loans to improve productivity.
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