Urban agriculture for an inclusive green economy model in Tanzania

Submitted by Petra Hansson on
EfD Authors:
Tibesigwa, Byela
Muta Denje, Telvin
Ntuli, Herbert

According to the inclusive green economy (IGE) model, no one should be left out of the green economy revolution. To support an IGE approach, the Tanzanian government must develop policies to support urban agriculture ecosystems because, firstly, Tanzania is an agricultural country. Secondly, agriculture provides many benefits for households, such as boosting livelihoods and improving food security. Third, urban agriculture enhances urban biodiversity and produces ecosystem services needed for urban resilience to climate change and increases tree cover which absorbs greenhouse gases.

Research Brief
Agriculture, Biodiversity, Land, Policy Design, Urban

We can incorporate agriculture ecosystems into urban green economy in Tanzania: Dar es Salaam households are willing to pay

Submitted by Petra Hansson on
EfD Authors:
Tibesigwa, Byela
Ntuli, Herbert
Muta Denje, Telvin

We are living in a crisis era, with competing land use for finite land and ill-informed myopic urban land-use policies that remain stagnant, in a world with a rapidly changing urban environment, such as the mushrooming urban agriculture. While smallholder farms in and around cities, in sub-Saharan Africa, provide many ecosystem services including boosting household income and nutrition, and access to land constraints these benefits. This paper examines the willingness to pay for urban farm plots, using a random parameter logit model.

EfD Discussion Paper
Agriculture, Climate Change, Land, Policy Design, Urban
Participants of the workshop in Catillo Hot Springs (Parral)

EfD Chile researchers discussed local environmental policy with politicians and other stakeholders

The Eigth Annual Meeting on Environmental Economics was marked by face-to-face attendance and included the participation of representatives from the academic, political, business, and civil society…

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