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HOW CAN AGROECOLOGY HELP TO TRANSFORM LEFT OVER OPEN SPACE IN TOWN SHIP AREAS SUCH AS KWAMASHU
Presenter: Helge Mehrtens (Town Planner), EThekwini Municipality, Go! Durban
Identify Community Needs and Understand Municipality Strategy
Interested Target group – Community
Commercial – Subsistence
Training and Qualification
Value ChainCooling ChainMarket Access
CropsFamily Taste – MarketBig scale – a bit of everything
IrrigationSecurity / Fence Water SourceSeeds InfrastructureLabourRisks and HazardsCrimeVulnerability
Municipality Role
Allotment Gardens – Cooperatives
Environmental ImpactWater Quality Water Use Licence
Cost efficiency
Job Creation or Food for the most vulnerable
Right Space and Place
OrganicPermaculture Fertilizer
Legalized
Ownership
Working hours
RESEARCH
WHICH FORM OF AGROECOLOGY SHOULD BE PROMOTED IN TOWN SHIP AREAS SUCH AS KWAMASHU? Research about target group SWOT of commercial aspects
WHICH SPACES ARE SUITABLE FOR AGROECOLOGY?Environmental and other legal requirementsSuitability (Soil, Water, Accessibility, Others) Other plans / Spatial Planning (Sports, Recreation, Transport, Housing, Others) Mapping of potential Space for Agroecology
Cooperation?Funding Request for this Research was submittedExpertise in Agriculture neededSocio-economic research (Questionnaires, interviews)Conference / Workshop is planned Report: Suggestion for the Agroecology in KwaMashu