41 From Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture to Micro-Gardens: How to Achieve Fresh Food Security in Dakar? A. Ba a and P. Sakho b Université Cheikh Anta DIOP de Dakar IPDSR, BP. 45550, Dakar Senegal C. Aubry c INRA SAD APT AgroParisTech 16, rue Claude Bernard 75005, Paris France Keywords: urban and peri-urban agriculture, typology, location, sustainability, multifunctionality, observatory, micro-gardens, Dakar, Senegal Abstract Depending on the city and its socio-geographical context, urban and peri- urban agriculture presents different types of production systems. Considered as a way to alleviate poverty, this type of agriculture has gradually acquired certain legitimacy in urban projects. In a study carried out in Dakar, we investigated six categories of stakeholders – from the agricultural and policy-making sectors – to analyze their perception of this type of agriculture in areas like Niayes (interdune depressions which very favorable to agriculture), and to characterize the production systems. By adopting an innovative analytical approach, we were able to highlight the following:  a typology of farms representing the diversity of production systems and household activities,  an analysis of their location in four agricultural zones differentiated by urban proximity,  the variability of the internal and external sustainability of farms,  an analysis of multi-functionality of agriculture and agricultural areas based on the perception of the six categories of actors. These elements provide new insights into various stakeholders. However, in order to provide solutions for the various problems faced by this type of agriculture, we suggest scientific and technical solutions such as the creation of an agriculture observatory. INTRODUCTION Since Neolithic times, agriculture and city maintain relationships primarily based on market exchange (Bairoch, 1996). In this case, agricultural products can come either from foreign countries or from rural areas of the country or, for fresh and perishable food, from rural or urban areas. These last two sources are becoming increasingly important in supplying cities. Indeed, urban development around the world leads to an urban population now amounting to half of the global population or 3.3 billion people and 4.5 times more than in 1950 with projections to 60% in 2030 (Veron, 2007). Thus, meeting the food needs of billions of city-dwellers requires in-depth study of intra- and peri-urban agriculture which increasingly contributes to the satisfaction of those needs (Padilla, 2005). This also relates the study of its contribution to urban food supply as well as the non-market services it brings to the city. Indeed, many problems are becoming increasingly topical. We can cite food security – a concept referring to the access of all a nnhawa@yahoo.fr b papa.sakho@ucad.edu.sn c christine.aubry@agroparistech.fr Proc. IS on Urban and Peri-Urban Horticulture in the Century of Cities: Lessons, Challenges, Opportunities Eds.: R. Nono-Womdim et al. Acta Hort. 1021, ISHS 2014