KSA 4: Water Utilisation in Agriculture.
Thrust 3: Water Utilisation for Poverty Reduction and Wealth Creation in Agriculture.
Programme 1: Sustainable water-based agricultural activities in rural communities.
Title :Sustainable urban agriculture for addressing food, nutrition security and socio-economic development in high population areas.
ToR ID : 1009877
Contact Person: Luxon Nhamo <luxonn@wrc.org.za>
Closing Date : 30 October 2021
Brief description of ToR
Urban agriculture offers livelihood opportunities and social cohesion opportunities as people in urban spaces start to work together. Based on the socio-economic and social-ecological setting of urban areas in South Africa regarding food and nutrition security, the Water Research Commission seeks to commission an integrated urban agriculture intervention with the overall aim to showcase how sustainable agriculture can be implemented in poor and densely populated areas in Johannesburg, Polokwane, Mbombela and eThekwini Municipality to address food and nutrition security, and socio-economic development. These should showcase innovations aligned to the agriculture-environment-health nexus, water-energy-food nexus, crop diversification, hydroponics, etc. In addition, such integrated urban agriculture should create sustainable opportunities for high-risk groups; Young, Old, Pregnant, and Immuno-compromised (YOPI), to participate and beneficiate.
