STRUCTURE OF THE REPORT The report is organized as follows: section 2 presents the methodology of the study and section 3 reports on the results on the survey by category: general and socio-economic information of the gar- deners, garden characteristics, food and nutrition security, garden organization and management, gender-related issues, constraints for gardening and mitigation and validation. [...] A storyline was written to introduce the purpose of the survey, its processing and translation into policy measures and the follow-up of the project through active participation of the gardeners. [...] The main reasons could be the frequent rupture of inputs such as fertilizer and pesticide (52 percent), the shortage of input providers on the market (42 percent) and others (6 percent,) such as the lack of government subsidy, the market monopoly and the lack of money (Table A 123; Table A 124). [...] The focus group indicated that a gradual integration of urban agriculture into urban policies and urban land-use plans, the promotion of vertical agriculture and support from local authorities for the creation of spaces dedicated to urban agriculture through the promotion of inter-communality for example, are three policy options to address the lack of land in urban areas. [...] The focus group indicated that support from the National Fund for Agricultural Development (FNDA) to farmers to facilitate access to credit (reduction of the interest rate and an increase in the deferral and repayment periods) and the establishment by the FNDA of a guar- antee fund within financial structures to reduce the agricultural risk and encourage these structures to finance gardening are t.
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