Salwa Tohme Tawk, Ziad Moussa, Shadi Hamadeh, Diana Abi-Saiid

The city of Amman is the capital of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and lies in the northern part of the Kingdom, covering an area of 1700 km2 with an estimated population of 2,200,000 inhabitants. Annual average rainfall is 275 mm. The poverty rate in Amman reached 8.5 percent in 2008 (Directorate of Statistics, 2010); 25 percent of poor reside in the capital and the unemployment rate is 12.7 percent (ibid). In this context urban agriculture can play a crucial role in positively affecting the standard of living of farming families and individuals.