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March 14, 2026Open Access

Community Gardening and Food Security in Cape Town: A Decade's Reflection

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DMDlamini MagagulaKKKhathi KhumaloNSNombuyisilwe Sithole

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Overview

Community gardening improves food security and nutrition levels in urban poor, suggesting positive implications for quality of life.

Key Points

  • The central aim is to assess the impact of community gardening on food security and nutrition in Cape Town's urban poor population.
  • Mixed-methods approach including qualitative interviews and quantitative data analysis
  • Interviews conducted with participants
  • Analysis of household food expenditure surveys over a decade
  • Community gardens led to a 20% increase in fresh produce consumption among participants vs. non-participants
  • Significant enhancement in food security and quality of life for urban poor families
  • Need for further research on best practices and scalability strategies

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Magagula et al. (2013) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69b4fc59b39f7826a300d17bhttps://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18989305
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