DOI:
VOLUME 1 – MAY ISSUE 1
*Moges Girmay and Workie Sahlu
ABSTRACT
This review was focused on overall situation and challenges of urban agriculture in and around Addis Ababa. Hence, the objectives of this review were to assess status of urban agriculture and to identify challenges face to practice urban agriculture in and around Addis Ababa city. The review was based on reviewing secondary data from journal articles, books, published and unpublished reports of national and international organizations based on their relevance to the topic. According to the review, UA is playing key roles in poverty reduction, food security improvement, urban waste management and recycling, urban greening and job creation in the area. However, it is found that very low attention has been given to UA as a result of which the sector has been suffering from lack of proper awareness among stakeholders, and high scarcity of vital inputs such as water and power.
Keywords:
Urban, Urban Agriculture, Challenges.
