Global Views of Local Food Systems: From Incidental to Essential: Urban Agriculture in the Middle East

Abstract

First paragraph: There is a huge mall overflowing with high-ticket brands right opposite my house, in one of the busiest neighborhoods of Amman, the capital of Jordan. It sits exactly where, eight years ago, I helped an old farmer harvest his wheat field. But this is not an unusual event in Amman. Less than a mile away, in the posh neighborhood of Abdoun, there is a carefully tended field of cauliflowers opposite one of the European embassies. A couple of miles away, in the valley behind the U.S. Embassy, a flock of sheep grazes the barren steppe.

Keywords

• Column
• Urban Agriculture
• MIddle East
• Land Tenure