Moroccan Journal of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences

Vol. 9 No. 2 (2021): (June 2021)
Crop Production and Environment

Urban and suburban agriculture in the city of Lomé and its suburbs

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  • Wouyo ATAKPAMA,
  • Madjouma KANDA,
  • Fousseni FOLEGA,
  • Denis Talate LAMBONI,
  • Komlan BATAWILA,
  • Koffi AKPAGANA
Wouyo ATAKPAMA Laboratoire de Botanique et Écologie Végétale, Université de Lomé, Togo
Madjouma KANDA Laboratoire de Botanique et Écologie Végétale, Université de Lomé, Togo
Fousseni FOLEGA Laboratoire de Botanique et Écologie Végétale, Université de Lomé, Togo
Denis Talate LAMBONI Laboratoire de Botanique et Écologie Végétale –LBEV), Université de Lomé (UL), 01 BP 1515, Lomé, Togo ; Institut Nationale de Formation Agricole (INFA) de Tové, BP 401 Kpalimé Togo
Komlan BATAWILA Laboratoire de Botanique et Écologie Végétale, Université de Lomé, Togo
Koffi AKPAGANA Laboratoire de Botanique et Écologie Végétale, Université de Lomé, 01 BP 1515, Lomé, Togo

Published 2021-06-15

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Abstract

Urban and suburban agriculture contributes to food and farmers’ incomes. The present study mapped the agrarian areas, characterized people involved in the urban and the suburban agriculture, cultural practices, and listed cultivated species, and assessed the socio-economic importance in urban and suburban agriculture in the city of Lomé. Urban agricultural land use map was generated from Google Earth images. Information about the social, the economy, the cultural practices, crops, and dynamics of urban and suburban agriculture were gathered based on 89 agricultural producers. The indigenous population, landowners, namely married people, are the most involved in this agriculture. A total of 34 main crop species were identified. Maize (57.7%) and the cassava (39.0%) are the commonly grown crops.

 Keywords: urban agriculture, cartography, crops, farmers, Lomé, Togo

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