Lusaka is the capital city of Zambia. It is located in south central Zambia on a plateau at 4200 feet (1 400 m) in altitude. Population 1,640,000 (2000)
Lusaka was founded in 1905 by European settlers, at the site of a village named after the village headman Lusaaka. Due to its central location in the country, in 1935 it replaced Livingstone as the capital of the British colonyNorthern Rhodesia. In 1964 it became the capital of the newly independent Zambia.
Lusaka is one of the fastest growing cities in the developing world and had a population of 1.192 million inhabitants in 1991 (CSO, 1992).
Zambia has to deal with major health problems of which Protein Energy Malnutrition (PEM) is the most important with its prevalence, resulting morbidity and mortality and its long-term consequences.
Urban Agriculture in Lusaka in the Eighties and Nineties
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