Advancing the New Urban Agenda through Promoting Urban Agriculture: The Case of Masvingo City, Zimbabwe

Abstract

The New Urban Agenda is a new development agenda that seeks to introduce a new approach to development. It aims for innovative and transformative approach to development. Urban planning in many cities of the Global South has been lagging in terms of planning for realities in these cities. As a result, planning has not been able to cover emerging land uses, especially those that have been as  result of human response to poverty. This research aims to examine how urban agriculture has been incorporated in Masvingo City. A mixed methods approach is adopted in which both qualitative and quantitative methodologies are used. Interviews were done with key informants and field observations were done in areas practising urban agriculture. The research found out that despite widespread practice of urban agriculture, Masvingo City is not innovative to include urban agriculture in its development agenda.