Citation:
Drechsel, P.; Keraita, B. (Eds.). 2014. Irrigated urban vegetable production in Ghana: characteristics, benefits and risk mitigation. 2nd ed. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 247p. [doi: 10.5337/2014.219]
ISBN: 978-92-9090-798-5
Chapters
- Chapter 01 – Irrigated Vegetable Farming in Urban Ghana: A Farming System between Challenges and Resilience [PDF 55 KB]
- Chapter 02 – Urban Vegetable Farming Sites, Crops and Cropping Practices [PDF 2.59 MB]
- Chapter 03 – Characteristics of Urban Vegetable Farmers and Gender Issues [PDF 96 KB]
- Chapter 04 – Financial and Economic Aspects of Urban Vegetable Farming [PDF 105 KB]
- Chapter 05 – Marketing Channels for Irrigated Exotic Vegetables [PDF 173 KB]
- Chapter 06 – Quality of Irrigation Water Used for Urban Vegetable Production [PDF 628 KB]
- Chapter 07 – Irrigation and Soil Fertility Management Practices [PDF 395 KB]
- Chapter 08 – Quality of Vegetables in Ghanaian Urban Farms and Markets [PDF 395 KB]
- Chapter 09 – Human Health Risks from Wastewater-irrigated Vegetable Farming [PDF 149 KB]
- Chapter 10 – Health Risk Perceptions of Stakeholders [PDF 259 KB]
- Chapter 11 – Strengthening Urban Producer Organizations [PDF 418 KB]
- Chapter 12 – Options for Local Financing in Urban Agriculture [PDF 235 KB]
- Chapter 13 – Land and Planning for Urban Agriculture in Accra: Sustained Urban Agriculture or Sustainable Urbanization? [PDF 331 KB]
- Chapter 14 – Health Risk Management for Safe Vegetable Irrigation [PDF 869 KB]
- Chapter 15 – Governmental and Regulatory Aspects of Irrigated Urban Vegetable Farming in Ghana and Options for its Institutionalization [PDF 476 KB]
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