Background: Wastewater irrigation for vegetable production is a highly prevalent practice in Addis Ababa and a number of articles have been published on wastewater-irrigated soils and vegetables contaminated with heavy metals. However, to the best of our knowledge, an insight into assessment of h...
Woldetsadik, D.
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Drechsel, Pay
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Keraita, Bernard N.
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Itanna, F.
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Gebrekidan, H.
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[Heavy metal accumulation and health risk assessment in wastewater-irrigated urban vegetable farming sites of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia]
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Heavy metal accumulation and health risk assessment in wastewater-irrigated urban vegetable farming sites of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Drechsel, Pay
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Karg, H.
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Appoh, Richard K.
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Akoto-Danso, Edmund K.
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[Resilience of urban food supply in West Africa]
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Resilience of urban food supply in West Africa
Background: Faecal matter biochar offers an interesting value proposition where the pyrolysis process guaranties a 100% pathogen elimination, as well as significant reduction in transport and storage weight and volume. Therefore, to evaluate the effect of (1) biochar produced from dried faecal ma...
Woldetsadik, D.
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Drechsel, Pay
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Marschner, B.
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Itanna, F.
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Gebrekidan, H.
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[Effect of biochar derived from faecal matter on yield and nutrient content of lettuce (Lactuca sativa) in two contrasting soils]
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Effect of biochar derived from faecal matter on yield and nutrient content of lettuce (Lactuca sativa) in two contrasting soils
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
Food security concerns and the scarcity of new productive land have put productivity enhancement of degraded lands back on the political agenda. In such a context, salt-affected lands are a valuable resource that cannot be neglected nor easily abandoned even with their lower crop yields, especial...
Qadir, Manzoor
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Quillérou, E.
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Nangia, V.
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Murtaza, G.
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Singh, M.
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Thomas, Richard J.
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Drechsel, Pay
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Noble, A.D.
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[Economics of salt induced land degradation and restoration, natural resources forum]
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Economics of salt induced land degradation and restoration, natural resources forum
Recovering nutrients, water and energy from domestic waste streams, including wastewater and faecal sludge, is slowly gaining momentum in low-income countries. Resource recovery and reuse (RRR) offers value beyond environmental benefits through cost recovery. An expected game changer in sanitatio...
Rao, Krishna C.
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Otoo, Miriam
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Drechsel, Pay
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Hanjra, Munir A.
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[Resource recovery and reuse as an incentive for a more viable sanitation service chain]
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Resource recovery and reuse as an incentive for a more viable sanitation service chain
Keraita, Bernard N.
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Drechsel, Pay
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Konradsen, Flemming
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[Perceptions of farmers on health risks and risk reduction measures in wastewater-irrigated urban vegetable farming in Ghana]
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Perceptions of farmers on health risks and risk reduction measures in wastewater-irrigated urban vegetable farming in Ghana
Thirsty and hungry cities are posing significant challenges for the urban-rural interface ranging from food security to inter-sectoral water allocation. Not only is the supply of resources to urban centres a growing challenge in low-income countries, but even more is the urban return flow, as inv...
Drechsel, Pay
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Keraita, Bernard N.
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[Agriculture in the rural-urban continuum: a CGIAR research perspective]
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Agriculture in the rural-urban continuum: a CGIAR research perspective
Background: In Addis Ababa, where irrigation water for vegetable production is commonly derived from the highly polluted Akaki river, information on microbial contamination of water and irrigated vegetable is scanty. An assessment was done to determine the microbiological quality of irrigation wa...
Woldetsadik, D.
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Drechsel, Pay
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Keraita, Bernard N.
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Itanna, F.
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Erko, B.
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Gebrekidan, H.
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[Microbiological quality of lettuce (Lactuca sativa) irrigated with wastewater in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and effect of green salads washing methods]
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Microbiological quality of lettuce (Lactuca sativa) irrigated with wastewater in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and effect of green salads washing methods
Reflecting on the food-energy nexus, my first thought went to the Haber–Bosch process. Perhaps no other human invention has had a more dramatic impact on our wellbeing and mother Earth than the Haber-Bosch chemistry. As the reader might know, and I am citing here largely from Wikipedia, the Haber...