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Obuobie, EmmanuelKeraita, Bernard N.Danso, George K.Amoah, PhilipCofie, Olufunke O.Raschid-Sally, LiqaDrechsel, Pay[Irrigated urban vegetable production in Ghana: Characteristics benefits and risks]Irrigated urban vegetable production in Ghana: Characteristics benefits and risks

The goal of the project was to develop integrated and user-oriented strategies to safeguard public health concerns without compromising livelihoods and land and water productivity in wastewater irrigated urban and peri-urban vegetable farming. In this project, assessment of land and water product...


Abaidoo, R.C.Keraita, Bernard N.Amoah, PhilipDrechsel, PayBakang, J.A.Kranjac-Berisavljevic, GordanaKonradsen, FlemmingAgyekum, W.Klutse, A.[Safeguarding public health concerns, livelihoods and productivity in wastewater irrigated urban and periurban vegetable farming]Safeguarding public health concerns, livelihoods and productivity in wastewater irrigated urban and periurban vegetable farming
Otchere-Labri, TheophilusAmoah, Philip[RUAF "From Seed to Table? (FStT) Programme, January 2009 - June 2011, Anglophone, Ghana, West Africa. Final technical report submitted to ETC/RUAF, Leusden, Netherlands under the RUAF Foundation Urban Agricultural Programme]RUAF "From Seed to Table? (FStT) Programme, January 2009 - June 2011, Anglophone, Ghana, West Africa. Final technical report submitted to ETC/RUAF, Leusden, Netherlands under the RUAF Foundation Urban Agricultural Programme

The reuse of treated wastewater for aquaculture has been practiced in several countries and has a potential to create a viable fish farming business in low income countries. However, wastewater aquaculture practices which satisfy health and hygiene guidelines and standards will not be viable if c...


Gebrezgabher, Solomie A.Amewu, SenaAmoah, Philip[Consumer preference and willingness to pay for fish farmed in treated wastewater in Ghana]Consumer preference and willingness to pay for fish farmed in treated wastewater in Ghana
Amoah, PhilipAdamtey, N.Cofie, Olufunke O.[Effect of urine, poultry manure, and dewatered faecal sludge on agronomic characteristics of cabbage in Accra, Ghana]Effect of urine, poultry manure, and dewatered faecal sludge on agronomic characteristics of cabbage in Accra, Ghana

Urban vegetable production and marketing systems in low-income countries are prone to contamination from polluted irrigation water, use of manure as fertilizer, unsanitary market conditions and other improper postharvest handling practices. In the recent past, the multiple-barrier approach has be...


Keraita, Bernard N.Amoah, PhilipDrechsel, PayAkple, Maxwell Selase Kwasi[Enhancing adoption of food safety measures in urban vegetable production and marketing systems]Enhancing adoption of food safety measures in urban vegetable production and marketing systems

Urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) is seen as a subsistence-oriented production system. It has been given little formal support or recognition by city authorities in the development plans. Recent development programmes have continued to raise awareness about this phenomenon, and local authori...


Larbi, Theophilus OtchereCofie, Olufunke O.Amoah, PhilipVeenhuizen, René van[Strengthening urban producer organizations for innovative vegetable production and marketing in West African cities: experiences from Accra, Chana and Ibadan, Nigeria]Strengthening urban producer organizations for innovative vegetable production and marketing in West African cities: experiences from Accra, Chana and Ibadan, Nigeria

To identify interventions which reduce health risks of consumers where highly polluted irrigation water is used to irrigate vegetables in West Africa, scientists worked over 5 years with farmers, market traders and street food vendors in Ghana. The most promising low-cost interventions with high ...


Amoah, PhilipKeraita, Bernard N.Akple, Maxwell Selase KwasiDrechsel, PayAbaidoo, R.C.Konradsen, Flemming[Low-cost options for reducing consumer health risks from farm to fork where crops are irrigated with polluted water in West Africa]Low-cost options for reducing consumer health risks from farm to fork where crops are irrigated with polluted water in West Africa
Keraita, Bernard N.Drechsel, PayAmoah, Philip[Influence of urban wastewater on stream water quality and agriculture in and around Kumasi, Ghana]Influence of urban wastewater on stream water quality and agriculture in and around Kumasi, Ghana
Cofie, Olufunke O.Drechsel, PayAmoah, PhilipDanso, George K.Gyiele, L.[Improving rural-urban nutrient flows through urban and peri-urban agriculture]Improving rural-urban nutrient flows through urban and peri-urban agriculture

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