Comparative urban food geographies in Blantyre and Gaborone
@article{Riley2014ComparativeUF, title={Comparative urban food geographies in Blantyre and Gaborone}, author={L. Riley and Alexander Legwegoh}, journal={African Geographical Review}, year={2014}, volume={33}, pages={52 - 66} }
The geographical diversity of African cities creates context-specific strengths and weaknesses in household food security that come to light in the comparative case study presented in this paper. A recent survey of low-income households in 11 southern African cities found a much higher rate of food security in Blantyre (48%) relative to Gaborone (18%), which was a surprising finding considering Blantyre’s lower ‘development’ status in terms of urban infrastructure, economic opportunities and… CONTINUE READING
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