Abstract:
As the population of South African cities rapidly increases, evidence of food insecurity of urban populations is also on the increase. Urban agriculture provides an opportunity to improve urban food security whilst reducing poverty, inequality and unemployment. This position paper identifies three problem areas in the current urban agricultural system in Johannesburg. It proposes methods, whilst exploring examples, that can better encourage participation, increasing skills and knowledge, and improve networking through considered design intervention between stakeholders in Johannesburg’s food system through the use of appropriate technology.