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Urban agriculture has become a profitable enterprise which contributes to the improvement of the socio-economic status and the nutritional and medicinal well being of the people in Lagos. Women as well as men play a pivotal role in the practice and management of urban agriculture. Urban agriculture is a labour-intensive activity and land is the prime determinant. Because women are culturally responsible for the provision of food in most homes, in addition to caring for the well being of the entire household, adequate policies should aim at closing the gender gap in the access to land and facilities.

Enlightenment campaigns should make use of various media to educate and inform urban dwellers and landowners of the potentials of urban agriculture even for those who are already engaged in formal occupations. In this way, landowners would be more willing to lease unused or undeveloped land to farmers, thereby providing the farmers with more long-term security.