The study examined Gender and Urban Agriculture in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone. Within Freetown, urban and peri-urban locations in the Bormeh/Kingtom dumpsite, New England/George Brook and Regent farming communities were purposively selected for the study. The findings from the study suggest that majority of farmers that are engaged in urban vegetable production are women and that they contribute more to the labour for vegetable production than men. However, the women are less involved in community decision-making thus affecting their access to and control over productive resources. Generally urban farmers face numerous constraints although female farmers tend to be more affected. If urban agriculture is to be improved, policy makers should ensure gender equity in the accessibility to and control over production resources and consider gender role differences and its interrelated issues for all future development policy.
Resource collections
- Accountability to affected populations (AAP)
- Topics
- UN Habitat - Urban Response Collection
- Urban Response - Urban Crisis Preparedness and Risk Reduction
- Urban Response Collection - Community Engagement and Social Cohesion
- Urban Response Collection - Economic Recovery
- Urban Response Collection - Environment and Climate Change
- Urban Response Collection - Housing, Land and Property
- Urban Response Collection - Urban Crisis Response, Recovery and Reconstruction
- Urban Response Collection - Urban Resilience
