IMPROVING THE RURAL- URBAN NUTRIENT CYCLE THROUGH MUNICIPAL WASTE COMPOSTING

Theme 3: Agriculture, Water and Cities

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

Cofie, Olufunke; Kranjac-Berisavljevic, Gordana; Drechsel, Pay. 2005. The use of human waste for peri-urban agriculture in Northern Ghana. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, 20(2):73-80.

Danso, George; Drechsel, Pay; Fialor, S.; Giordano, Mark. 2006. Estimating the demand for municipal waste compost via farmers’ willingness-to-pay in Ghana. Waste Management, 26:1400–1409.

Danso, George; Drechsel, Pay; Gyiele, G. 2004. Urban household perception of urine-excreta and solid waste source separation in urban areas of Ghana. In Werner, C. et al Ecosan - Closing the loop: Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Ecological Sanitation, 7-11 April 2003, Lubeck, Germany. Germany: GTZ and IWA, pp.191-196.

Danso, G.; Fialor, S. C.; Drechsel, P. 2002. Farmers’ perception and willingness to pay for urban waste compost in Ghana. In Almorza, D.; Brebbia, C. A.; Sale, D., Waste management and the environment. Southampton, UK: WIT Press. pp.232-241.

Drechsel, P.; Kunze, D. (Eds.) 2001. Waste composting for urban and peri-urban agriculture: Closing the rural-urban nutrient cycle in Sub-Saharan Africa. New York, NY, USA: CABI Publishing; IWMI; FAO. xvii, 229p.

Drechsel, P.; Quansah, C.; Asante-Mensah, S. 2001. Tools for the assessment of farmers’ perception of organic wastes as nutrient source. In Drechsel, P.; Kunze, D. (Eds.). Waste Composting for Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture - Closing the rural-urban nutrient cycle in sub-Saharan Africa. IWMI/FAO/CABI: Wallingford. pp. 43-54

Vázquez, R.; Cofie, O.; Drechsel, P.; Mensa-Bonsu, I. F. 2002. Linking urban agriculture with urban management: A challenge for policy makers and planners. In Brebbia, C. A.; Martin-Duque, J. F.; Wadhwa, L. C. (Eds.), The sustainable city II: Urban regeneration and sustainability. Southampton, UK: WIT Press. pp.925-934.

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Amoah, P.; Abaidoo, R.C.; Cofie,O.O. 2001. Examining poultry litter characteristics as indicators of its maturity and suitability for cowpea and maize production. Paper presented at the annual conference of Ghana Science Association. August 2001, Cape Coast, Ghana.

Cofie, O. O.; van Veenhuizen, R.; Drechsel, P. 2003. Contribution of urban and peri-urban agriculture to food security in Sub-Saharan Africa. Paper presented at the Africa session of 3rd WWF, Kyoto, 17th March 2003.

Cofie, O.; Drechsel, P.; Amoah, P.; Danso G.; Gyiele L. 2001. Improving rural-urban nutrient flows through urban and peri-urban agriculture. Paper prepared for the conference 'Rural-Urban Encounters: Managing the Environment of the Peri-urban Interface', Development Planning Unit, University College London, 9-10 November 2001.

Cofie, O.; Drechsel, P.; Obuobie, E.; Danso, G.; Keraita, B. 2003. Environmental Sanitation and Urban agriculture in Ghana. Paper presented in 29th WEDC international conference proceedings: Towards the Millennium Development Goals~ Actions for Water and Environmental Sanitation. Abuja, Nigeria, pp 87-90.

Cofie, O.; Drechsel, P.; de Zeeuw, H. 2003. Improving Agricultural Productivity in the Rural-Urban Interface through Recycling of Urban Waste. Paper presented at the SCOPE Workshop on the Peri-Urban Environmental Change and Urban Waste Management, December 2003, Abuja, Nigeria.

Cofie, O.; Drechsel, P.; Amoah, P.; Danso, G.; Gyiele, L. 2001. Improving rural-urban nutrient flows through urban and peri-urban agriculture. Paper prepared for the conference 'Rural-Urban Encounters: Managing the Environment of the Peri-urban Interface', Development Planning Unit, University College London, 9-10 November 2001.

Cofie, O.O.; van Veenhuizen, R.; Drechsel, P. 2003. Contribution of urban and peri-urban agriculture to food security in Sub-Saharan Africa. Paper presented at the Africa Day of the 3rd WWF in Kyoto, 17-3-2003.

Drechsel, P.; Danso, G. 2005. Nutrient recycling from organic waste for urban and peri-urban agriculture in West Africa: Really a win-win situation? In Laband, D.N (Eds.). Emerging issues along urban-rural interfaces: Linking science and society. Conference Proceedings, The Center for Forest Sustainability, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 13-16 March 2005; p. 212-217.

Drechsel, P.; Cofie, O.; Vázquez, R.; Danso, G. 2001. Technology development for municipal organic waste recycling for urban and peri-urban agriculture - A multidisciplinary stakeholder and situation analysis. Paper submitted to RUAF for the UPA Methodological Workshop in Nairobi, October 2001

Drechsel, P.; Cofie, O.O.; Gyiele, L.A.; Amoah, P.; Danso, G.K. 2001. Municipal waste composting for (peri-)urban agriculture in Ghana: Exploring opportunities and constraints. Paper presented at the International Conference on Managing Soil Resources of the Tropics for Sustainable Agricultural Productivity. February - March 2001, Tamale, Ghana

Gellermann, J.; Cofie, O.O.; Drechsel, P.; Gyiele, L. 2002. Rural-Urban Food Flows and Urban Food Supply in Ghana. Paper presented at the Regional Workshop on Urban Policy Implications of Enhancing Food Security in African cities, Nairobi, Kenya. May, 2002.

Keraita, B.; Drechsel, P.; Amoah, P.; Cofie, O. 2006. Assessment of health risks from urban wastewater and solid waste reuse in agriculture. Paper prepared for workshop on “Health risks and benefits of urban and peri-urban agriculture and livestock (UPA) in Sub Saharan Africa, Nairobi, Kenya, June 2003.

Mensah, A.; Cofie, O.; Montangero, A. 2003. Co-composting as a component of integrated waste management strategy. In 29th WEDC (Water, Engineering and development Center) International Conference in Abuja, Nigeria September 2003.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Asare, I.; Kranjac-Berisavljevic, G.; Cofie, O. 2003. Faecal Sludge Application for Agriculture in Tamale. Urban Agriculture Magazine 10:31-33.

Campilan, D.; Drechsel, P.; Joecker,D. 2001. Monitoring & Evaluation and its adaptation to urban and peri-urban agriculture. Urban Agriculture Magazine 5:40-42.

Cofie, O.; Drechsel, P. 2003. Partnership with the Education Sector: Capacity Building for Waste Recycling and Urban Agriculture. Poster presented at the Innovative Marketplace of the CGIAR – AGM in Nairobi, 2003.

Cofie, O.O. 2002. A nutrition cycle in Kumasi –Ghana case study. In DPU publication: Sustainable urbanization, bridging the green and brown agendas. pp. 60-61.

Danso, G.; Drechsel, P. 2003. The marketing manager in Ghana. Urban Agricultural Magazine 9:7.

Danso, G.; Fialor, S.C.; Drechsel, P. 2002. Perceptions of organic agriculture by urban vegetable farmers and consumers in Ghana. Urban Agricultural Magazine 6: 23-24.

Danso, G.; Drechsel, P.; Wiafe-Antwi, T.; Gyiele, L. 2002. Income of farming systems around Kumasi, Ghana. Urban Agriculture Magazine 7: 5-6.

Danso, G.K.; Drechsel, P.; Akinbolu, S.S.; Gyiele, L.A. 2003. Review of studies and literature on the profitability and sustainability of urban and peri-urban agriculture. FAO Final Report (PR 25314). Mimeo.

Drechsel, P.; Abaidoo, R.C.; Amoah, P.; Cofie, O.O. 2000. Increasing use of poultry manure in and around Kumasi, Ghana: Is farmers’ race consumers’ fate? Urban Agricultural Magazine 2:25-27.

Drechsel, P.; Cofie, O.; Fink, M.; Danso, G.; Zakari, F.M.; Vasquez, R. 2004. Closing the Rural-Urban Nutrient Cycle. Options for Municipal Waste Composting in Ghana. Final Scientific Report submitted to IDRC. Executive summary: www.iwmi.cgiar.org/africa/west/

Drechsel, P.; Cofie, O.O.; Danso. G. 2002. Closing the rural-urban nutrient cycle. Insights 41, May 2002.