ABSTRACT
The last case study analysed in this book is Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. After the genocide of 1994, the city was facing a number of developmental issues, such as damaged infrastructure, overpopulation, lack of food security and social unrest. Thanks to a series of reforms and solutions aligned with the principles of sustainable development, Kigali is nowadays one of the most dynamically developing metropolises on the African continent and is frequently called “the Singapore of Africa”. This chapter discusses the distribution of urban agriculture within the city space along with structural and production as well as organisational features of individual agricultural zones. It demonstrates that crop fields are mainly clustered in marshy valleys and on hill slopes, while the surface area and structure of the crops vary depending on the location. Aspects that are important to the distribution of agriculture are the terrain as well as the nutritional needs of the residents since they have the option to use wasteland zones for food production to meet their own needs. This chapter analyses the functions fulfilled by urban agriculture in the spatial and functional structures of Kigali. Particular attention was paid to the evolving role of agricultural activity in view of the dynamic changes taking place in the urban tissue.
