As population continue to surge in number, the challenges of urban agriculture and landscape dynamics in
African cities is becoming increasingly important. Bamenda, a city known to be one of Cameroon’s breadbaskets
is not only threatened by urbanization and poor agricultural practices, but the negative ramifications are felt byand-large.
Food production in Bamenda in many cases is a response of the urban poor to insufficient, unreliable
and irregular access to food, health, income, well-being and the low purchasing power. Urban agriculture
improves access to a cheap source of protein and the quality of the food in the households is improved as poor
families get to eat more fresh vegetables produced by them. Though it is reckoned that the practice of urban
agriculture provides an alternative solution and complementary strategy to cope with the problems of rapid
population growth, reduces urban unemployment, poverty and food insecurity, it is also accompanied by
negative consequences on the landscape. Soil degradation due rampant poor techniques of production, places the
population at risk and thus, engenders out-migration. This study, therefore, addresses population quest for food
security within the urban landscape and how this interplay influences each other. More-so, the role of
stakeholders and types of agricultural practices within the Bamenda urban landscape are examined.
Both past international and domestic measures to ensure sustainable food production and to curtail adverse
anthropogenic impacts on the urban landscape have proven counter-productive. Therefore, a re-awakening of
positive mindsets, especially on the sides of Cameroonians as concerns best agricultural practices and state-ofthe-art
landscape management is needed. Considering the current economic setbacks, it is recommended that the
acquisition of novel approaches in addressing poor urban agriculture strategies and its nefarious impacts on the
landscape should be carefully studied and adapted such that it is at the reach of many.