In response to changing urban food systems, short supply chains have been advocated to meet urban food needs while building more sustainable urban food systems. Despite an increasing interest in urban food supply and the flows of food from production to consumption, there is a lack of empirical s...
Karg, H.
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Drechsel, Pay
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Akoto-Danso, Edmund K.
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Glaser, R.
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Nyarko, G.
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Buerkert, Andreas
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[Foodsheds and city region food systems in two West African cities]
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Foodsheds and city region food systems in two West African cities
Crop growth on acid sandy soils of the Sudano-Sahelian zone is primarily limited by the low amounts of organic matter and available mineral nutrients in the topsoil. The shortening of fallow periods with population growth, the exploitation of fire wood, spatial nutrient transfers by wind and wate...
Buerkert, Andreas
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Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.
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[Nutrients in the West African Sudano-Sahelian zone: Losses, transfers and role of external inputs]
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Nutrients in the West African Sudano-Sahelian zone: Losses, transfers and role of external inputs
In many African cities urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) plays a major role in creating jobs and contributing to food security. However, many small-scale UPA systems are characterised by excessive nutrient inputs to the livestock unit and poor handling of manure. To assess the impact of impr...
Rodrigue, V.C.
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Diogo, Rodrigue V. Cao
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Schlecht, E.
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Buerkert, Andreas
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Rufino, Mariana C.
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Wijk, Mark T. van
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[Increasing nutrient use efficiency through improved feeding and manure management in urban and peri-urban livestock units of a West African city: A scenario analysis]
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Increasing nutrient use efficiency through improved feeding and manure management in urban and peri-urban livestock units of a West African city: A scenario analysis