URBAN AGRICULTURE: A NEW PERSPECTIVE IN FOOD SECURITY IN NIGERIA

Abstract

This paper aims to highlight and assess urban agriculture as a new perspective in food security in Nigeria. It deserves highlighting because its expositions and place in sub-Saharan economic history have been embedded in broader arguments, creating a heuristic need to give it a balanced and lucid examination. Indeed, it needs revision to realize more of its potential than has been revealed to date. Specifically, it will be argued that urban agriculture is specific to effectively realizing food security in Nigeria. The paper will also explore the implications of improved urban agriculture for an understanding of food security in Nigeria. It will examine the investments in urban agriculture and food security techniques that could be adopted in Nigeria.