Livestock and Urban Waste in East Africa

Author(s)
Guendel, S.
Publication language
English
Pages
1pp
Date published
01 Jan 2003
Type
Articles
Keywords
Livelihoods, Urban, Water, sanitation and hygiene

 

Rapid urbanisation has not been accompanied by equitable economic growth and has resulted in increased urban poverty. As a result of this worsening of urban pover- ty, many low-income households suffer from extremely limited livelihood security. Increasing demand for land in cities for housing favours urban livestock keeping, as it requires less or no land and promises higher returns per unit of land utilised.