The Marginalisation of Urban Agriculture in Lusaka

 In 1987, Sanyal suggested that Lusaka, Zambia, was the capital city
of urban agriculture (UA) in Africa. This was at the peak of Zambia’s
economic crisis when residents took up UA as a form of employment and
to improve their nutritional status. Travelling in the region today, one
will easily agree that Harare, Zimbabwe, has taken over as the capital of
urban agriculture and that the activity may not be as widespread in
Lusaka as observed by Sanyal in the 1980s.