Vide Anosike, Shakirudeen Odunuga and Mayowa Fasona

In: UA Magazine No. 15 - Multiple Functions of Urban Agriculture

Land use reflects the functional activities assigned to a particular piece of land. In the past fifty years of Nigerian National Agricultural Development Planning, urban agriculture has not been promoted as a feasible urban land use or activity. Its contribution to urban food security and employment has not been acknowledged yet because food production is often perceived as a rural-based activity.