Irrigation water used for growing vegetables in urban areas in many low- income countries is contaminated with untreated wastewater. Many wastewater treatment methods are economically prohibitive and continued use of such irrigation water pose health risks for vegetable consumers and farmers. As ...
Keraita, Bernard N.
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Drechsel, Pay
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Konradsen, Flemming
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Vreugdenhil, R.C.
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[Potential of simple filters to improve microbial quality of irrigation water used in urban vegetable farming in Ghana]
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Potential of simple filters to improve microbial quality of irrigation water used in urban vegetable farming in Ghana
This paper examines the weaknesses in the current understanding of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) from the perspective of livelihoods. Empowering poor people, reducing poverty, improving livelihoods, and promoting economic growth ought to be the basic objectives of IWRM. But as curr...
Paper presented at Monitoring Tailor-Made IV Conference: Information to Support Sustainable Water Management: From Local to Global Levels, St. Michielsgestel, Netherlands, 15-18 September 2003. 11p.; ill, ref.
Merrey, Douglas J.
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Drechsel, Pay
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Penning de Vries, Frits W.T.
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Sally, Hilmy
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[Integrating 'livelihoods' into integrated water resources management: taking the integration paradigm to its logical next step for developing countries]
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Integrating 'livelihoods' into integrated water resources management: taking the integration paradigm to its logical next step for developing countries
While urban agriculture has long been valued for providing food security and nutrition within cities, it contributes to many other urban services that are seldom cited as rationales for protecting or even expanding urban food production. Articulating the actual and possible contributions of urban...
Lydecker, M.
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Drechsel, Pay
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[Urban agriculture and sanitation services in Accra, Ghana: the overlooked contribution]
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Urban agriculture and sanitation services in Accra, Ghana: the overlooked contribution
Informal irrigation is receiving increasing attention in West Africa. In particular, irrigated urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) is thriving with significant benefits for farmers and the urban populations, though it is often handicapped by water pollution which threatens public health and pr...
Drechsel, Pay
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Cofie, Olufunke O.
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Veenhuizen, René van
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Larbi, Theophilus Otchere
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[Linking research, capacity building, and policy dialogue in support of informal irrigation in urban West Africa]
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Linking research, capacity building, and policy dialogue in support of informal irrigation in urban West Africa
Amoah, Philip
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Drechsel, Pay
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Abaidoo, R.C.
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Klutse, A.
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[Effectiveness of common and improved sanitary washing methods in selected cities of West Africa for the reduction of coliform bacteria and helminth eggs on vegetables]
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Effectiveness of common and improved sanitary washing methods in selected cities of West Africa for the reduction of coliform bacteria and helminth eggs on vegetables
Drechsel, Pay
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Keraita, Bernard N.
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Amoah, Philip
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Abaidoo, R.C.
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Raschid-Sally, Liqa
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Bahri, Akissa
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[Reducing health risks from wastewater use in urban and peri-urban Sub-Saharan Africa: Applying the 2006 WHO guidelines]
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Reducing health risks from wastewater use in urban and peri-urban Sub-Saharan Africa: Applying the 2006 WHO guidelines
Drechsel, Pay
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Gyiele, L. A.
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[The costs of soil nutrient depletion in Ghana and Sub-Saharan Africa]
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The costs of soil nutrient depletion in Ghana and Sub-Saharan Africa
Gender roles in agriculture can be quite specific, not only in view of particular labor inputs during the production cycle but also in terms of who farms and who trades certain crops. Using data collected over ten years in West Africa, this study looked at market-oriented urban vegetable producti...
Drechsel, Pay
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Hope, Lesley
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Cofie, Olufunke O.
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[Gender mainstreaming: who wins?: gender and irrigated urban vegetable production in West Africa]
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Gender mainstreaming: who wins?: gender and irrigated urban vegetable production in West Africa
Where wastewater is used without appropriate treatment, additional safety measures such as safer irrigation practices or careful vegetable washing are required to protect farmers and consumers. Implementing such food safety interventions in the informal farming sector is not easy, as they require...
Drechsel, Pay
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Karg, H.
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[Motivating behaviour change for safe wastewater irrigation in urban and peri-urban Ghana]
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Motivating behaviour change for safe wastewater irrigation in urban and peri-urban Ghana