Initial Household Assets and Profitability of Urban Farming

ABSTRACT

Household assets play an important role in determining participation in marketing activities and the profitability of urban farming. The relationship between household initial assets and profitability of urban farming was examined in an urban setting under tropical conditions. Two local government areas (LGAs) were randomly selected. One hundred and ninety-eight respondents were selected from these LGAs based on numbers of urban farmers in the LGAs. Data from interviews were analyzed using descriptive statistics and budgetary techniques. Eighty percent of urban farmers had sufficient assets to begin an urban farming enterprise that was profitable.

KEYWORDS:

• Budgetary technique
• food security
• profit
• urban farmers