WASTEWATER IRRIGATION IN WEST AFRICA (UMBRELLA PROJECT)

Theme 3: Agriculture, Water and Cities

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

Cofie, O.O.; Drechsel, P. 2007. Water for Food in the Cities: The Growing Paradigm of Irrigated (Peri)-Urban Agriculture and its Struggle in Sub-Saharan Africa. African Water Journal. 1(1): 23-32.

Amoah, P.; Drechsel, P.; Abaidoo, R.C.; Henseler, M. 2007. Irrigated urban vegetable production in Ghana: Microbiological contamination in farms and markets and associated consumer risk groups. Journal of Water and Health 5(3): 455–466.

Drechsel, P.; Graefe, S.; Fink, M. 2007. Rural-urban food, nutrient and virtual water flows in selected West African cities. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute. 35p (IWMI Research Report 115) http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/pubs/PUB115/RR115%20(Latest).pdf

Qadir, M.; Wichelns, D.; Raschid-Sally, L.; Singh Minhas, P.; Drechsel, P.; Bahri, A.; McCornick, P. 2007. Agricultural use of marginal-quality water - opportunities and challenges. In Molden, D. (Ed.) Water for Food, Water for Life. A Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture, London, UK: Earthscan; Colombo: International Water Management Institute, pp. 425-457

Drechsel, Pay; Graefe, S.; Sonou, M.; Cofie, Olufunke. 2006. Informal irrigation in urban West Africa: An overview. Colombo, Sri Lanka: IWMI. 34p. (IWMI research report 102) http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/pubs/pub102/RR102.pdf

Amoah, P., P. Drechsel, R.C. Abaidoo and W.J. Ntow. 2006. Pesticide and pathogen contamination of vegetables in Ghana’s urban markets. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 50(1), 1–6.

Ntow, W.J., H.J. Gijzen, P. Kelderman and P. Drechsel. 2006. Farmer perception and pesticide use practices in vegetable production in Ghana. Pest Management Science, 62: 356-365.

Danso, G.; Drechsel, P.; Fialor, S.; Giordano, M. 2006. Estimating the demand for municipal waste compost via farmers’ willingness-to-pay in Ghana. Waste Management 26 (2006) 1400–1409

Amoah, P.; Drechsel, P.; Abaidoo, R.C. 2005. Irrigated urban vegetable production in Ghana: sources of pathogen contamination and health risk elimination. Irrigation and Drainage 54:49-61 (special issue)

Drechsel, P.; Zimmermann, U. 2005. Factors influencing the intensification of farming systems and soil nutrient management in the rural - urban continuum of SW Ghana. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 168(5): 694-702.

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

Drechsel, P.; Giordano, M.; Enters, T. 2005. Valuing Soil Fertility Change: Selected Methods and Case Studies. In Shiferaw, B.; Freeman, H.A.; Swinton, S.M (Eds.) Natural Resources Management in Agriculture: Methods for Assessing Economic and Environmental Impacts. ICRISAT-CABI Publishing, Wallingford, p. 199-221.

Keraita B.; Drechsel, P. 2004. Agricultural use of untreated urban wastewater in Ghana. In Scott, C.; Faruqui, N.I.; Liqa Raschid. (Eds.). Wastewater Use in Irrigated Agriculture: Confronting the Livelihood and Environmental Realities: IWMI-IDRC-CABI. Cromwell Press, Trowbridge, p. 101-112

Drechsel, Pay; Giordano, Mark; Gyiele, Lucy. 2004. Valuing nutrients in soil and water: Concepts and techniques with examples from IWMI studies in the developing world. Colombo, Sri Lanka: IWMI. v, 33p. (IWMI Research report 82) http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/pubs/pub102/RR102.pdf

Afrane, A.A.; Klinkenberg, E.; Drechsel, P.; Owusu-Daaku, K.; Garms, R.; Kruppa, T. 2004. Does irrigated urban agriculture influence the transmission of malaria in the city of Kumasi, Ghana? Acta Tropica, 89 (2): 125-134 (special issue)

Keraita, B.; Drechsel, P.; Amoah, P. 2003. Influence of urban wastewater on stream water quality and agriculture in and around Kumasi, Ghana. Environment & Urbanization 15 (2) 171-178

Drechsel, P.; Gyiele, L.; Kunze, D.; Cofie, F. 2001. Population density, soil nutrient depletion, and economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa. Ecological Economics 38(2): 251 – 258

Drechsel, P.; Kunze, D.; Penning de Vries, F. 2001. Soil nutrient depletion and population growth in sub-Saharan Africa: A Malthusian nexus ? Population and Environment 22(4):411-423

Quansah, C.; Drechsel, P.; Yirenkyi, B.B. Asante-Mensah, S. 2001. Farmers’ perceptions and management of soil organic matter - a case study from West Africa. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems (Special issue), 61 (1/2): 205-213

Drechsel, P. Kunze, D (Eds.). 2001. Waste Composting for Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture - Closing the rural-urban nutrient cycle in sub-Saharan Africa. IWMI/FAO/CABI: Wallingford, 229pp.

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. P.43-54.

Mensah, E.; Amoah, P.; Abaidoo, R.C.; Drechsel,P. 2001. Environmental concerns of (peri-) urban vegetable production – Case studies from Kumasi and Accra. 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, p.55-68.

Drechsel, P.; Penning de Vries,F. 2001. Land pressure and soil nutrient depletion in sub-Saharan Africa. In Bridges, M.; et al. (Eds.). Response to land degradation. Science Publishers, Inc. Enfield (NH), USA, p.55-64.

Drechsel, P.; Kunze, D. 2001. Research and development priorities. In Drechsel, P.; Kunze, D. (Eds.). Waste composting for urban and peri-urban agriculture: Closing the rural-urban nutrient cycle in Sub-Saharan Africa. CABI Publishing, IWMI; FAO. p.219-224.

Asiedu, E.K.; Ahenkorah, Y.; Drechsel, P.; Oteng, J.W. 2001. Improving the productivity of Vertisols for smallholders on the Accra Plains of Ghana. In Syers, J.K. et al. (Eds.). The sustainable management of vertisols. CABI-IWMI, Wallingford, Bangkok, p.155-172

Keraita, Bernard N.; Drechsel, Pay. 2004. Agricultural use of untreated urban wastewater in Ghana. In Scott, C. A.; Faruqui, N. I.; Raschid-Sally, L. (Eds.), Wastewater use in irrigated agriculture: Confronting the livewlihood and environmental realities. Wallingford, UK ; Colombo, Sri Lanka; Ottawa, Canada: CABI Publishing; IWMI; IDRC. pp.101-112.

Mensah, E.; Amoah, P.; Abaidoo, R. C.; Drechsel, P. 2001. Environmental concerns of (peri-) urban vegetable production: Case studies from Kumasi and Accra. In Drechsel, P.; Kunze, D. (Eds.), Waste composting for urban and peri-urban agriculture - Closing the rural-urban nutrient cycle in Sub-Saharan Africa. Wallingford, UK: IWMI; FAO; CABI. pp.55-68.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Keraita, B.; Drechsel, P. 2007. Safer options for wastewater irrigated urban vegetable farming in Ghana. LEISA 23.3: 26-28

IWMI 2007. Improving food safety in Africa where vegetables are irrigated with polluted water. Awareness and training video for staff of street restaurants. CPWF, DVD. 11’22“ and 6’49“ extras

Drechsel, P. 2007. Urban agriculture and wastewater use. In Halweil,B.; Nierenberg, D. 2007. Farming the Cities. State of the World: Our urban future. The Worldwatch Institute. p.54.

Drechsel, P.; Varma, S. 2007. Recognizing informal irrigation in urban and peri-urban West Africa. Water Policy Briefing 26. IWMI Colombo, Sri Lanka. http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/pubs/pub102/RR102.pdf

Drechsel, P.; Raschid-Sally, L.; Williams, S.; Weale, J. 2006. Recycling Realities: Managing health risks to make wastewater an asset. Water Policy Briefing 17; IWMI and GWP, Colombo, Sri Lanka, http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/pubs/pub102/RR102.pdf

Cofie O.; Adam-Bradford, A.; Drechsel, P. 2006. Recycling of Urban Organic Waste for Urban Agriculture. In van Veenhuizen,R. (Ed.). Cities Farming For the Future: Urban Agriculture for Green and Productive cities. RUAF Foundation, IDRC and IIRR. p. 207 – 229

Danso. G.; Drechsel, P.; Wiafe-Antwi, T.; Gyiele, L. 2006. Income Generated by Farming Systems in and around Kumasi. In van Veenhuizen, R. (Ed.). Cities Farming For the Future: Urban Agriculture for Green and Productive cities. RUAF Foundation, IDRC and IIRR. p. 205-207.

Duran Jr. L.; Batac, J.; Drechsel, P. 2006. Planning in a Changing Environment: The Case of Marilao in the Philippines. In van Veenhuizen, R. (Ed.). Cities Farming For the Future: Urban Agriculture for Green and Productive cities. RUAF Foundation, IDRC and IIRR. p. 230-233.

Keraita, B.; Drechsel, P. 2006. The Use of Polluted Water in Urban Agriculture: “Livelihood realities and challenges”. In van Veenhuizen, R. (Ed.). Cities Farming For the Future: Urban Agriculture for Green and Productive cities. RUAF Foundation, IDRC and IIRR. p. 261-263

Drechsel, P. 2006. Learning from rapid urban growth and reflection in Kumasi. Case study 25: Ghana. In Hague, C.; et al. (Eds.). Making Planning Work. A guide to approaches and skills. Intermediate Technology Publishing, p. 74-75.

Drechsel, P.; Raschid-Sally, L. 2006. Recycling Realities in African Cities. DVD Video produced for the World Water Forum 2006. 3’30”

Cofie O.; Drechsel, P.; Adam-Bradford, A. 2006. Composting: a win-win way to reduce urban waste? id21 urban development; http://www.id21.org/urban/u6oc1g1.html

Obuobie, E.; Keraita, B.; Danso, G.; Amoah, P.; Cofie, O.O.; Raschid-Sally, L.;Drechsel, P. 2006. Irrigated urban vegetable production in Ghana: Characteristics, benefits and risks. IWMI-RUAF-IDRC-CPWF, Accra, Ghana: IWMI, 150 pp. http://www.cityfarmer.org/GhanaIrrigateVegis.html

Keraita, B.; Drechsel, P.; Amoah, P.; Cofie, O. 2006. Assessment of health risks and benefits associated with UA: impact assessment, risk mitigation , and healthy public policy. In Boischio, A. et al. (Eds.): Health risks and benefits of urban and peri-urban agriculture and livestock (UA) in Sub-Saharan Africa. Urban Poverty and Environment Series Report 1, IDRC, Canada, p. 55-73

Quansah, C.; Drechsel, P.; Bakang, J.A. 2005. Participatory communication strategies to improve natural resources management in peri-urban Kumasi, Ghana. In Mear, A. (Ed.). Food and Water for Millions. Participatory communication for land and water management. IDRC, Ottawa, p.81-88.

Annang, L.; Drechsel, P. 2005. Nana Kwaku Saiw: A success story. Urban Agriculture Magazine 14: 40.

Obuobie, E.; Drechsel, P.; Danso, G.; Raschid-Sally, L. 2004. Gender in open-space irrigated urban vegetable farming in Accra. Urban Agriculture Magazine 12:13-15.

Danso, G.; Drechsel, P.; Gyiele, L. 2004. Urban household perception of urine-excreta and solid waste source separation in urban areas of Ghana. In Werner,C. et al. (Eds.). Ecosan - Closing the loop. P. 191-196. GTZ and IWA, Germany.

Cofie, O.; Drechsel, P.; Obuobie, E.; Danso, G.; Keraita, B. 2003. Environmental sanitation and urban agriculture in Ghana. Proceedings of the 29th WEDC International Conference Abuja, Nigeria, 2003, page 87-90

Obuobie, E.; Danso, G.; Drechsel,P. 2003. Access to land and water for urban vegetable farming in Accra. Urban Agriculture Magazine 11: 15-17

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

Keraita, B.; Danso, G.; Drechsel, P. 2003. Irrigation methods and practices in urban agriculture in Ghana and Togo. Urban Agricultural Magazine 10: 6-7

Keraita, B.; Drechsel, P.; Huibers, F.; Raschid-Sally,L. 2002. Wastewater use in informal irrigation in Urban and Peri-urban areas of Kumasi, Ghana. Urban Agriculture Magazine 8: 11-13

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

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

Vázquez, R.; Cofie, O.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, WIT Press, Southampton, Boston, p. 925- 934.

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.; Popov, V. (Eds.). Waste Management and the Environment, WIT Press, Southampton, Boston, p.231-241.

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

Drechsel, P.; Blumenthal, U.J.; Keraita, B. 2002. Balancing health and livelihoods: Adjusting wastewater irrigation guidelines for resource-poor countries. Urban Agriculture Magazine 8: 7-9

Duran, L.S.; Batac, J.H.; Drechsel, P. 2001. Planning in a Changing Environment. The Case of Marilao in the Philippines. Urban Agricultural Magazine 4: 40-42

Drechsel, P.; Gyiele, L.; Cofie, O.O.; Amoah, P. 2000. Plant Nutrients, Farmers‘ Capital: What you should know. IBSRAM-SWNM. Kumasi, 15 pp.

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

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.