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1 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.
Vegetables ; Crop production ; Horticulture ; Environmental effects ; Case studies / Ghana / Kumasi / Accra
(Location: IWMI-SA Call no: IWMI 631.875 G100 DRE Record No: H031157)
2 Cornish, G. A.; Mensah, E.; GhesquiFre, P. 1999. Water quality and peri-urban irrigation: As assessment of surface water quality for irrigation and its implications for human health in the peri-urban zone of Kumasi, Ghana. Wallingford, UK: HR Wallingford. xv, 44p. + annexes. (Report OD/TN 95)
Water quality ; Monitoring ; Surface water ; Irrigation water ; Public health ; Wastewater ; Effluents ; Water reuse / Ghana / Kumasi
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 5921 Record No: H029324)
3 Mensah, E.. 2001. The study of water quality of some water bodies in some selected districts in the Northern, Ashanti and Volta regions of Ghana. In DFID; HR Wallingford; Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana; Smallholder Irrigation Scheme Development Organisation, Kenya Informal peri-urban irrigated agriculture, opportunities and constraints: Proceedings of a workshop held at KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana, 7-9 March 2001. Wallingford, UK: HR Wallingford. pp.59-64.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7 G100 DFI Record No: H029366)
4 Mensah, E.; Amoah, Philip; Drechsel, Pay; Abaidoo, R. C. 2001. Environmental concerns of urban and peri-urban agriculture: case studies from Accra and Kumasi. In Drechsel, P.; Kunze, D. (Eds.). Waste composting for urban and peri-urban agriculture: closing the rural-urban nutrient cycle in Sub-Saharan Africa. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI); Rome, Italy, FAO; Wallingford, UK: CABI. pp.55-68.
Urban agriculture ; Irrigation water ; Pesticides ; Composts ; Organic fertilizers / West Africa / Ghana
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.875 G100 DRE Record No: H038897)
5 Atampugre, Gerald; Mensah, E.; Boateng, E.; Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe; Cofie, Olufunke. 2022. Situational analysis of a social-ecological landscape in the Ahafo Ano Southwest District of Ghana. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Initiative on West and Central African Food Systems Transformation. 57p.
Natural resources ; Ecological factors ; Socioeconomic aspects ; Ecosystem services ; Livelihoods ; Biodiversity ; Land use ; Land cover ; Policies ; Agriculture / Ghana / Ahafo Ano Southwest District
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051653)
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A Social-Ecological Landscape (SEL) comprises a set of important resources (e.g., natural, socioeconomic, and cultural) whose flow and use are controlled by a mix of ecological and social subsystem dynamics. In developing countries, drivers of SEL changes are complex, and SEL pressures are growing. Areas endowed with natural resources (e.g., fertile soils, forests, water, minerals, etc.) tend to have high population growth rates and high poverty incidence. These tend to culminate in high demand for livelihood capitals (e.g., access to livelihood alternatives, education, food, health, water, forest resources, dwellings, roads, agriculture/aquaculture spaces, etc.). Further, multiple national and global stakeholders have continuedly to place a high demand on exploiting natural resources at the subnational.
6 Atampugre, Gerald; Mensah, E.; Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe; Cofie, Olufunke. 2022. Towards a framework for assessing the sustainability of social-ecological landscapes. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Initiative on West and Central African Food Systems Transformation. 30p.
Landscape approaches ; Social aspects ; Ecological factors ; Sustainability ; Frameworks ; Biodiversity ; Ecosystem services ; Agroecology ; Livelihoods
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051655)
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The report proposes a framework for assessing the sustainability of social-ecological landscapes (SEL) to be used by the West and Central African Food Systems Transformation (TAFS-WCA) initiative for research, planning, and implementation of its Work Package 3 (WP3). It builds on existing assessment frameworks from relevant fields (e.g., Eco agriculture, Agroecology, Integrated Landscape Management, etc.). At the center of a Sustainable Social-Ecological Landscape (SSEL) is the improvement of the management of land and the natural resource base in such a way that land use concurrently meets three goals: (i) provision of products (e.g., food) and services on a sustainable basis, (ii) support for sustainable livelihoods for all social groups and (iii) conservation of the full complement of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Globally, SSEL related approaches like eco-agriculture, agroecology, and landscape approaches are already being applied, with promising results, especially in places where food production, poverty alleviation, and conservation of biodiversity, water, and ecosystem services are all high priorities. However, a comprehensive framework for measuring/monitoring landscape status and performance vis-a-vis competing landscape uses and management interventions has not been given much priority in the literature. Different forms of land use, such as forestry, agriculture, extraction of minerals, conservation/protected areas, and settlements, are interdependent. Therefore, landscape performance and monitoring frameworks that focus exclusively on protecting natural resources or the intensification of agriculture and other land uses can only give an incomplete viewpoint/overview of landscapes with all their uses and stakeholders. Considering the SSEL goals above, a holistic conceptual framework for landscape-based assessment is needed; such a framework must consider the drivers and effects of land use and the individual management interventions as well as the complex interactions among different land uses and interventions across the landscape. The present study proposes the Drivers-Pressure-State-Impact-Response (DPSIR) framework for SEL. It is important to emphasize that this study recognizes that different individuals and organizations under the TAFS-WCA initiative may have different interests in understanding the status and performance of selected SELs. The research envisages two important applications of a framework for measuring and understanding SEL: i) it can facilitate inclusive decision-making by multiple stakeholders working in the same landscape by explaining interactions, synergies, and trade-offs among SSEL goals and landscape components, and ii) when SSEL-related management innovations are successful (or otherwise), the framework can help document the same, reinforcing the case for adopting and scaling up innovations.
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