Grace Nabulo, George Nasinyama, Diana Lee-Smith and Donald Cole

In: UA Magazine No. 12 - Gender and Urban Agriculture

This article reports on a survey of 250 farmers growing food on former dump-sites and wastewater irrigated wetlands in Kampala city. The questionnaires were developed with the help of IDRC guidelines on gender analysis methods. The study seeks to describe the distribution of activities and resources, benefits and risks of urban agriculture based on gender. It shows that the main motivating benefit of urban agriculture in Kampala City is food and that women suffer more from a lack of ownership and control over land than men. Women are more likely to grow food crops on contaminated land, which makes them more vulnerable to health risks associated with improper management of urban agriculture.