A Garden in a Sack: Experience in Kibera, Nairobi

Author(s)
Pascal, P. and Mwende, E.
Publication language
English
Pages
3pp
Date published
01 Jan 2009
Publisher
Urban Agriculture
Type
After action & learning reviews
Keywords
Food and nutrition, Livelihoods, Agriculture, Shelter and housing, Land issues, Urban
Countries
Kenya
Organisations
Oxfam

More than 60 percent of the population of Nairobi lives in the numerous slums located around the city. Kibera slum is one of the 146 slums of the Kenyan capital and the second biggest slum in Africa (after Soweto in South Africa). Around one million people are currently living in Kibera and the population is increasing daily. In the slum, landslides are frequent and the unemployment rate is very high. Most of the land is dedicated to housing, and agricultural land remains scarce.