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Food security in West Africa not only depends on productivity increases in marginal rural areas, but also on enhanced use of intensively farmed agricultural “niche” lands such as the urban and peri-urban spaces. They are characterised by easy market access and input availability which allows self...


Buerkert, AndreasMarschner, B.Steiner, C.Schlecht, E.Wichern, M.Schareika, N.Lowenstein, W.Drescher, A.W.Glaser, R.Kranjac-Berisavljevic, GordanaGnankambary, Z.Drechsel, PayJean-Pascal Lompo, D.[UrbanFoodplus – African-German Partnership to enhance resource use efficiency in urban and peri-urban agriculture for improved food security in West African cities]UrbanFoodplus – African-German Partnership to enhance resource use efficiency in urban and peri-urban agriculture for improved food security in West African cities

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

Traditional farming systems and conservation of local cultivars and associated indigenous knowledge are under threat and growing pressure resulting in genetic erosion of crop diversity. These systems are an essential component of sustainable crop production, household income and human nutrition f...


Grum, M.Gyasi, E.A.Osei, C.Kranjac-Berisavljevic, GordanaBioversity International[Evaluation of best practices for landrace conservation: farmer evaluation]Evaluation of best practices for landrace conservation: farmer evaluation

Interest in African irrigation investment is growing. However, irrigation is not a monolithic concept, and the opportunities and risks can vary substantially by approach. To help provide an understanding of the variation, this paper builds on previous work to provide a detailed typology of irriga...


Namara, Regassa E.Horowitz, L.Kolavalli, S.Kranjac-Berisavljevic, GordanaDawuni, B.N.Barry, BoubacarGiordano, Mark[Typology of irrigation systems in Ghana]Typology of irrigation systems in Ghana

The chapter describes the major sites of open-space vegetable farming in Ghana’s main cities. It also presents the principal cropping systems and characteristics of urban farmers involved in irrigated vegetable production.


Danso, George K.Drechsel, PayObuobie, EmmanuelForkuor, GeraldKranjac-Berisavljevic, Gordana[Urban vegetable farming sites, crops and cropping practices]Urban vegetable farming sites, crops and cropping practices

This paper documents the application of several innovative knowledge sharing approaches and some of the lessons learnt in a project addressing food safety concerns deriving from wastewater irrigated vegetables in Ghana. Knowledge sharing activities received particular attention in the project to ...


Amoah, PhilipDrechsel, PaySchuetz, TonyaKranjac-Berisavljevic, GordanaManning-Thomas, Nadia[From world cafes to road shows: using a mix of knowledge sharing approaches to improve wastewater use in urban agriculture]From world cafes to road shows: using a mix of knowledge sharing approaches to improve wastewater use in urban agriculture
Cofie, Olufunke O.Kranjac-Berisavljevic, GordanaDrechsel, Pay[The use of human waste for peri-urban agriculture in Northern Ghana]The use of human waste for peri-urban agriculture in Northern Ghana

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