Wagner.nyu.edu: David Krantz’s Letter from Ghana: Lessons in Global Hunger and Sustainable Agriculture

Across town in the neighborhood of Dzorwulu, Bukari Fuseini, 45, farms the wasteland between an electrical substation and a drainage canal — land on which Ghanaian law prohibits construction — with 30 other farmers and 17 assistants. With support from the International Water Management Institute in collaboration with the Resource Centres on Urban Agriculture and Food Security, the farmers grow lettuce, cucumber and other fruits and vegetables, utilizing crop rotation to help soil quality.

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