Determinants of peri-urban and urban agricultural locational choice behaviour in Lagos,Nigeria |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Animal Sciences, State University of Maringá, Av. Colombo, 5790, Maringá, 87020-900, Pr, Brazil;2. Geography Department, Kansas State University, 66506, Manhattan, KS, USA;1. Martin-Luther University, Department of Sustainable Landscape Development, Von-Seckendorff-Platz 4, 06120 Halle, Germany;2. Opole University of Technology, Department of Architecture and Urbanism, ul. Katowicka 48, 45-061 Opole, Poland;3. German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Puschstraße 4, 04103 Leipzig, Germany;1. School of Built Environment, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia;2. School of Built Environment, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia;3. School of Built Environment, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia;1. Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Madda Wallaby University, Bale Robe, Ethiopia;2. Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia;1. College of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Addis Ababa Science and Technology University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia;2. Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark;3. Ethiopian Institute of Architecture, Building Construction and City Development, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
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| Abstract: | This article quantitatively assessed factors that shape locational choice behaviour of urban farmers. Three hundred questionnaires were randomly administered to farmers in ten localities with a view to identifying factors that shape their locational choice behaviour. The average number of farmers per locality was designated as the index of attractiveness and was correlated with six broad categories of factors identified by farmers as influential in urban agricultural site selection. These broad factors are proximity to water, proximity to residence, access to land, proximity to market, suitable fertile soils, and availability of labour. These factors were subsequently broken down to sixteen categories. Almost all the variables exhibited negatively significant correlations with the index of attractiveness. Urban farmers prefer sites which were closer to water, free with minimal lease and rental cost, and also sites with fertile soil that is closer to farmer's residence, where aggregate costs of production is minimal and labour relatively available. The results obtained can be used in mainstreaming urban agriculture into city planning while at the same time provide avenue for increased urban agricultural productivity. |
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| Keywords: | Transportation cost Urban agriculture Distance Urbanization |
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