This study examines the economic and environmental contribution of urban farming in Aba, Abia State. Landsat 8 Satellite image was used to acquire the Land Cover of Aba. Random sampling techniques were used to select 100 individuals that are involved in urban farming. Data for the study were collected using questionnaire and interviews. Descriptive statistics, T-test, and Kruskal-Wallis were used to test for hypothesis. Result shows that most of the respondents were females, within the age of 41-50 years, married, self-employed, with household between 5 to 8, and had tertiary education. They are mainly involved in cassava and maize farming and uses urban farming to supplement their income. At a significant value of 0.05 there is a significant contribution of urban farming to the environment. Therefore, government through urban planners and environmentalist should ensure adequate policies that will enhance land use in cities to accommodate urban farming.
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