The heightened food insecurity in urban settings has rekindled the debate over the promotion of urban agriculture (UA) as a sustainable alternative food supply source across the globe. This study, therefore, examines the determinants of urban residents’ decisions to engage in UA and their choice of agriculture practices. Cross-sectional data was solicited from 430 urban dwellers through a multi-stage sampling technique. The data was analysed using descriptive as well as binary and multinomial logit regression models. The descriptive analysis shows that the cultivation of crops (34.7 %) predominates urban agricultural practices before crop-livestock integration (32.6 %) and livestock farming (32.6 %). The study identifies gender, age, religious affiliation, years of formal education, location of residence, household size, food insecurity status, availability of vacant land, extension access, and household income as significant determinants of urban households’ decision to participate in UA. The multinomial logit regression analysis revealed that urban farmers’ decision to practice only crop production is invariant between livestock-only production and integrated crop-livestock systems. When compared to the base category of the integrated crop-livestock system, the findings indicate that farmers’ educational background, food insecurity, engagement in salaried jobs, location, extension, and credit access are the main drivers of the decision to practice either crop-only or sole livestock production systems. The findings of this study have useful implications for the formulation of UA programs based on the different farming systems practiced in the study location.

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了解加纳库马西大都市居民对城市农业系统的选择：土地利用政策的影响


城市环境中粮食不安全的加剧重新引发了关于推广城市农业（UA）作为全球可持续替代粮食供应来源的争论。因此，本研究探讨了城市居民参与普遍获取的决定及其对农业实践的选择的决定因素。通过多阶段抽样技术从 430 名城市居民中收集了横截面数据。使用描述性以及二元和多项 Logit 回归模型对数据进行分析。描述性分析表明，在农牧业一体化（32.6%）和畜牧业（32.6%）之前，农作物种植（34.7%）在城市农业实践中占主导地位。该研究确定性别、年龄、宗教信仰、正规教育年限、居住地、家庭规模、粮食不安全状况、空置土地的可用性、扩展机会和家庭收入是城市家庭决定参与普遍获得的重要决定因素。多项logit回归分析表明，城市农民只从事种植业生产的决定在纯畜牧业生产和农牧业综合生产系统之间是不变的。与综合作物-畜牧系统的基本类别相比，研究结果表明，农民的教育背景、粮食不安全、从事带薪工作、地点、扩展和信贷获取是决定实行作物-畜牧业的主要驱动因素。唯一或唯一的畜牧生产系统。这项研究的结果对于根据研究地点实行的不同农业系统制定普遍获得计划具有有益的意义。