The changing realities of urban agriculture in Suva Fiji
The changing realities of urban agriculture in Suva, Fiji - DevNet
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>chang<strong>in</strong>g</strong> <strong>realities</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>urban</strong><br />
<strong>agriculture</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Suva</strong>, <strong>Fiji</strong><br />
•Urban Agriculture (UA): a variety <strong>of</strong> food production that occurs<br />
with<strong>in</strong> city boundaries<br />
•Urbanisation<br />
•Food security<br />
•Lack <strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>stitutional support
Urban <strong>agriculture</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Suva</strong><br />
(Murray and Soulsby, 1999)
Research Questions<br />
1) How has the spatial extent <strong>of</strong> UA changed<br />
over the last decade?<br />
2) Which groups with<strong>in</strong> <strong>Suva</strong> are <strong>in</strong>volved <strong>in</strong> UA?<br />
3) For what purpose is UA utilised?<br />
4) What is the government policy towards UA<br />
4) What is the government policy towards UA<br />
and has it changed over the past decade?
Methods<br />
• Mapp<strong>in</strong>g<br />
• Questionnaire<br />
i<br />
• Semi‐structured <strong>in</strong>terviews<br />
• Policy analysis
Research significance<br />
• Temporal comparison <strong>of</strong> UA <strong>in</strong> <strong>Suva</strong><br />
• Challenge <strong>in</strong>appropriate development<br />
• Potential to <strong>in</strong>form policy
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