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1 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.; Avedano, V.; Demsat, S.; Eicher, I.; Hernandez, L.; Jung, C.; Kraus, S.; Lacayo, I.; Neupane, K.; Rabiega, A.; Wafler, M. Ecosan - Closing the loop: Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Ecological Sanitation, Lubeck, Germany, 7-11 April 2003. Eschborn, Germany: GTZ. pp.191-196.
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Despite the importance of nutrient-water interactions, they are often ignored in analysis. After discussing the interrelationships between soil nutrients and water and reviewing methods for determining nutrient balances, this report describes an array of available methods for soil nutrient valuation and provides a discussion of four nutrient valuation studies, which together cover a range of scales, perspectives, and geographic contexts. It also includes case studies from Ghana, Mexico, sub-Saharan Africa, and an examination of possible approaches to valuing soil organic matter and its various functions—an often ignored area in literature
5 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 livelihood and environmental realities. Wallingford, UK ; Colombo, Sri Lanka; Ottawa, Canada: CABI Publishing; IWMI; IDRC. pp.101-112.
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6 Drechsel, Pay; Giordano, Mark; Enters, T. 2004. Valuing soil fertility change: selected methods and case studies. In Shiferaw, B.; Freeman, H. A.; Swinton, S. M. (Eds.), Natural resource management in agriculture: Methods for assessing economic and environmental impacts. Wallingford, UK: CABI. pp.199-221.
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7 Amoah, Philip; Drechsel, Pay; Abaidoo, R. C. 2005. Irrigated urban vegetable production in Ghana: sources of pathogen contamination and health risk elimination. Irrigation and Drainage, 54(Supplement 1):S49-S61.
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This paper examines the weaknesses in the current understanding of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) from the perspective of livelihoods. Empowering poor people, reducing poverty, improving livelihoods, and promoting economic growth ought to be the basic objectives of IWRM. But as currently understood and used, IWRM often tends to focus on second-generation issues such as cost recovery, reallocation of water to higher value uses, and environmental conservation. This paper argues that IWRM needs to be placed in the broader context of both modern Integrated Natural Resource Management (INRM) and the livelihoods approach, which together take a holistic and people-centered approach. The paper concludes with an alternative definition of IWRM as involving the promotion of human welfare, especially the reduction of poverty, encouragement of better livelihoods and balanced economic growth through effective democratic development and management of water and other natural resources in an integrated multilevel framework that is as equitable, sustainable, and transparent as possible, and conserves vital ecosystems. Transparent user-friendly information and models for assisting decision making are essential features of livelihood-oriented IWRM. Paper presented at Monitoring Tailor-Made IV Conference: Information to Support Sustainable Water Management: From Local to Global Levels, St. Michielsgestel, Netherlands, 15-18 September 2003. 11p.; ill, ref.
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10 Drechsel, Pay; Zimmermann, Uta. 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, 168:1-9.
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12 Drechsel, Pay; Danso, George. 2005. Nutrient recycling form organic waste for urban and peri-urban agriculture in West Africa: really a win-win situation? In Laband, D. N. (Ed.). Proceedings of the Conference on Emerging Issues Along Urban/Rural Interfaces: Linking Science and Society, Atlanta, Georgia, 13-16 March 2005. Alabama, AL, USA: Auburn University Center for Forest Sustainability. pp.208-213.
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14 Quansah, C.; Drechsel, Pay; Bakang, J. A. 2005. Participatory communication to improve natural resource management in peri-urban Kumasi, Ghana. In Méar, A. (Ed.). Food and water for millions: Participatory communication for land and water management. Ottawa, Canada: IDRC. pp.82-88.
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17 Abraham, Ernest; Drechsel, Pay; Cofie, Olufunke. 2006. The challenge of urban flood control: the case of Accra’s Korle Lagoon. Paper presented at the 5th Worldwide Workshop for Young Environmental Scientists - Urban waters: resource or risk?, Domaine de Cherioux, Vitry sur Seine, France, 9-12 May 2006. 8p.
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18 Drechsel, Pay; Quansah, C.; Asante-Mensah, S. 2001. Assessing farmers’ perceptions of organic wastes as nutrient sources. 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.43-54.
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19 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.
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This report tries to provide a state-of-the-art overview on irrigated urban agriculture in the W est African subregion based on a com prehensive literature review supported by the results of three IWMI FAO projects.
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