ABSTRACT
This chapter presents research findings of an urban agriculture project conducted in several towns in Tanzania. It provides an introduction which explains the background to the project, and the main reasons for the persistence of markets for agricultural products within the subsistence economy. The chapter offers a brief discussion of the market flow of agricultural products. In Tanzania’s towns, urban agricultural products come from two sources: from livestock and crop enterprises. In the towns, the marketing of agricultural products is mainly based on several factors. In Tanzania, there are two sources of agricultural products which are sold in the urban markets. First, agricultural products come from household compounds of all socio-economic classes. The second source of agricultural products is the gardens, plots, and various open spaces that are not part of the urban dwellers’ household compounds. Several factors are involved in the production and the marketing operations, and the complexity tends to intensify and exacerbate the problems.
