The UFP currently works with over 1000 slum dwellers in Maili Saba, Silonga and Mwenge slums located about 15Km East of Nairobi. Nowadays, the municipality allows crop cultivation as long as the crop is less than one metre high. Although that excludes maize, even this crop can be seen everywhere.
Most people cultivate the common food crops, mostly for their own consumption.
These valuable, early papers on Urban Agriculture, look at food gardens around the world. UA projects in Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Morocco, India, Cambodia, Kenya, Ghana, are described. The workshop was limited to 60 participants. 15,000 word report written by Kim Peters. The Urban Vegetable Promotion Project has sent us a list of 21 papers produced under their guidance.