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["Lee-Smith, Diana (CIP-NAIROBI)" <<address removed>>]

Dear Dr Chander

To say there are success stories would be pushing it, in my experience, but
there are some lessons and room for reflection. I agree with my colleague
from ICIPE, Dr Nyambo, that zero grazing works better in urban and
peri-urban settings, not only for the reasons you mention as problems, but
also because of managing crop/livestock systems in close proximity. Several
slums in Nairobi have a relatively successful system with stall fed
livestock and separate intensive crop production, both making extensive use
of urban wastes. 

Problems remain:
1. Health risks from zoontoic disease transmission in densely settled areas.
2. Disease transmission (zoonotic and human) from lack of sanitation --
eliminating the free-rangers helps with this, but goats are still viewed as
useful in cleaning up garbage dumps. 
3. We do have free ranging pastorilist (Maasai) cattle roaming Nairobi and
there is the inherent conflict wherever there are the two systems of
agriculturalists and pastoralists competing for peri-urban space as
described in West Africa. 

You will be interested to know that Kampala City Council is engaged in
implementing a participatory bye-law review which will try to get a handle
on urban livestock through a "temporary permit" system for urban
agriculture. It should be implemented on a pilot basis in 2004. Again, it is
early to call this a success story -- the main success so far is in getting
the farmers and other stakeholders to participate in the law review. 

Regards
Diana Lee-Smith
Sub-Saharan Africa Coordinator
Urban Harvest (formerly SIUPA)
International Potato Centre (CIP)
P O Box 25171 Nairobi 00603
Kenya
CIP is a Future Harvest Centre supported by the CGIAR
Tel: 254 20 630743 ext. 4942
Fax 254 20 631499
Mob: 254 722 677 526
E-mail <address removed>
www.cipotato.org/urbanharvest


-----Original Message-----
From: Dr.Mahesh Chander [mailto:<address removed>
Sent: 28 April 2004 12:01
To: <address removed>
Subject: Re: urban and peri-urban agriculture



> Dear Colleagues,
Ms Daina Lee-Smith made an important contribution on peri-urban
agriculture. I would be interested to know if there are any success
stories of urban livestock production. To my knowledge and experience in
India, cattle and buffaloes owned by not necessarily poor people but
people with poltical connections, roam around cities once milk has been
drawn from them. These make cities more prone to accidents, polluted
leading to more harm than good.May be there are some successful cases
elsewhere where livestock have been managed with less impact on
environment and economic empowerment of poor.Peri-urban livestock
production may be accpted but i wonder if urban livestock production is
acceptable?
Mahesh Chander
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Dr Mahesh Chander
Sr. Scientist
Div. of Extension Education
Indian Veterinary Research Institute
Izatnagar-243 122 (UP) India
Phone +91 581 2302391(office)
Fax; +91 581 2303284


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