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Coping with increasing food prices in Nakuru, Kenya: Urban school farming as a way to make school lunches affordable [1]

School feeding is common in Africa and widely recognised as beneficial for both the physical and mental development of the children. However, mainly due to the sharp increase of food prices, many parents are no longer able to pay for their children

Publication Date: 
01/06/2009
Dick Foeken [2], Samuel O. Owuor [3], Alice M. Mwangi [4]
Urban Agriculture Magazine [5]
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Agriculture [6], Urban Agriculture [7], Food Prices [8], Food Supply [9], Nutrition [10], Child Health [11], Kenya [12], Food Security [13]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/dick-foeken
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/samuel-o-owuor
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/alice-m-mwangi
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/urban-agriculture-magazine
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[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/urban-agriculture
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-prices
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-supply
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nutrition
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/child-health
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kenya
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-security