Horticulture, livelihoods, and urban transition in Africa: evidence from South‐West Cameroon
基于喀麦隆Muea地区约300户家庭的重复调查数据，研究了1995至2004年间城郊园艺的变化，发现家庭实际收入增长14%，农业活动从主食作物转向园艺，且园艺主要由女性和老年劳动力从事，对非洲生计作用日益重要。
Abstract This article documents change in periurban horticulture using repeat surveys in 1995 and 2004 of about 300 households around Muea, Cameroon. Real household incomes increased by 14%, with a large shift from farm to nonfarm income. Within agriculture, activity shifted from staple crops to horticulture, both for sale and in home consumption. In 1995, there were large remittances from farmers involved in periurban horticulture to their village of origin; in 2004 remittances continued and horticultural farmers were also heavily involved in informal financial associations. Periurban horticulture is disproportionately practiced by women and older workers, and plays an important and growing role in African livelihoods.