Project info
- Location: Uganda
- Year: 2024 - 2025
- Client: ACTogether Uganda
- Size: n/a
- Collaborators: ACTogether Uganda, National Slum Dwellers Federation Uganda
- Financing: Self-financed
- Project team: Klara Elmdahl, Fie Rasmussen, Siri Braide, Yuri Mamero
- Contact: Team leader Klara Elmdahl: [email protected]
In this development project, we investigate how the yield of urban farming can be increased to better contribute to food security, job creation and reduction of urban heat island effect in a dense and treeless slum.
The project is based on upscaling of existing urban farming practices in a slum in Kampala, Uganda, but explores how the barrier of lack of space can be overcome by incorporating roof surfaces and hydroponic cultivation.
The project is currently being developed in close collaboration with our partners in Uganda and the local community in the Kinawataka slum where the project takes place. The initiative is based on our previous Growing Green project where we established an urban farming learning environment for community residents who wanted to learn more about growing and get started growing food at home.
Watch video from the Growing Green project here.
We will update this page regularly when there are new developments in the project.
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