Melbourne School of Land and Environment Urban Horticulture

This subject will cover:

• Global trends in Urban Agriculture
• Plant growth requirements
• Urban Agriculture market economies
• Irrigation: managing different sources
• Soil maintenance and rehabilitation
• Integrated pest and disease management
• Growing food on roofs
• The role of Urban Agriculture in poverty alleviation
• Subsistence Urban Agriculture
• Assignment tutorial
• Social dimensions of Urban Agriculture

• Case study 1: cash and subsistence Urban Agriculture in Papua New Guinea
• Case study 2: urban vegetable production in Accra, Ghana,
• Food cooperatives in modern cities
• Environmental risks and benefits of Urban Agriculture

Handbook Entry

This subject is taught by Dr Andrew Hamilton