Global assessment of urban and peri-urban agriculture: irrigated and rainfed croplands

The role of urban agriculture in global food security is a topic of increasing discussion. Existing research on urban and peri-urban agriculture consists largely of case studies that frequently use disparate definitions of urban and peri-urban agriculture depending on the local context and study obj...

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Main Authors: A L Thebo, P Drechsel, E F Lambin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2014-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/9/11/114002