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D-peri-urban-farming Dictionary

Peri-Urban Farming

Farming on land at the edge of a town or city

All termsIntroduced in Module 10Open the Toolkit
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Plain meaning
Farming on land at the edge of a town or city
How to use it
Use proximity to town for fresh, perishable products that city buyers will pay more for.
South African benchmark
Vegetable production around Gauteng supplies Johannesburg's fresh-produce market (Article 56).
Country notes
Applies the same way in all five markets.
Go and read
C10 Lesson 10.6
Calculate it
No calculator; the term is applied in the venture plan narrative.
Library sources
LIB-A056
See also
Value density, Staggered planting
Eight small farms pooling produce through a co-operative to reach a buyer or lenderMany small farms, one strong sellerCO-OPERATIVEBuyer or lenderPooling volume gives small farms grading, transport and bargaining power.
From Module 10, People and Industry Structure, where this term is introduced.

Introduced in C10 People and Industry Structure.