Urban agriculture increasing income opportunities for Zambia populations

Maureen Mubanga a resident of Lusaka, Zambia’s capital, has made it a point to grow vegetables in her backyard for domestic consumption. Growing a variety of vegetables also gives 45-year-old Mubanga, an elementary teacher, some extra income which she uses to supplement her monthly earnings. “Vegetable cultivation is something I have been doing for the past three years.

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