HOW CAN AGROECOLOGY HELP TO TRANSFORM LEFT OVER OPEN SPACE IN TOWN SHIP AREAS SUCH AS KWAMASHU

Presenter: Helge Mehrtens (Town Planner), EThekwini Municipality, Go! Durban

Identify Community Needs and Understand Municipality Strategy

Interested Target group – Community

Commercial – Subsistence

Training and Qualification

Value ChainCooling ChainMarket Access

CropsFamily Taste – MarketBig scale – a bit of everything

IrrigationSecurity / Fence Water SourceSeeds InfrastructureLabourRisks and HazardsCrimeVulnerability

Municipality Role

Allotment Gardens – Cooperatives

Environmental ImpactWater Quality Water Use Licence

Cost efficiency

Job Creation or Food for the most vulnerable

Right Space and Place

OrganicPermaculture Fertilizer

Legalized

Ownership

Working hours

RESEARCH

WHICH FORM OF AGROECOLOGY SHOULD BE PROMOTED IN TOWN SHIP AREAS SUCH AS KWAMASHU? Research about target group SWOT of commercial aspects

WHICH SPACES ARE SUITABLE FOR AGROECOLOGY?Environmental and other legal requirementsSuitability (Soil, Water, Accessibility, Others) Other plans / Spatial Planning (Sports, Recreation, Transport, Housing, Others) Mapping of potential Space for Agroecology

Cooperation?Funding Request for this Research was submittedExpertise in Agriculture neededSocio-economic research (Questionnaires, interviews)Conference / Workshop is planned Report: Suggestion for the Agroecology in KwaMashu