Urban Agriculture - Facts

Facts

  • 50% of the world's population lives in cities.
  • 800 million people are involved in urban agriculture world-wide and contribute to feeding urban residents.
  • Low income urban dwellers spend between 40% and 60% of their income on food each year.
  • By 2015 about 26 cities in the world are expected to have a population of 10 million or more. To feed a city of this size at least 6,000 tonnes (6,600 tons) of food must be imported each day.
  • 250 million hungry people in the world live in cities

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