Jane Battersby

ABOUT THE WRITER

Senior Researcher in Urban Food Security and Food Systems, University of Cape Town

By this writer

Urban agriculture is widely promoted as the solution to the growing problem of urban food insecurity in South Africa and in Africa more broadly. It is said to provide livelihoods and social cohesion, and have environmental benefits. But it’s also promoted as having additional food security benefits. It is the primary, and usually the only, […]