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1 Abdul-Ghaniyu, S.; Kranjac-Berisavljevic, G.; Yakubu, I. B.; Keraita, B. 2002. Source and quality of water for urban vegetable production, Tamale, Ghana. Urban Agriculture Magazine, 8:10.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.2 G200 ABU Record No: H031906)
http://www.ruaf.org/sites/default/files/Sources%20and%20Quality%20-%20%20Tamale,%20Ghana.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H_31906.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H_31906.pdf
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2 Asare, I.; Kranjac-Berisavljevic, G.; Cofie, Olufunke. 2003. Faecal sludge application for agriculture in Tamale, Ghana. Urban Agriculture Magazine, 10: 32-33.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 6499 Record No: H032876)
http://www.ruaf.org/sites/default/files/Faecal%20Sludge%20Application.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H032876.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H032876.pdf
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3 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.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.875 G200 DAN Record No: H033175)
http://www.gtz.de/en/dokumente/en-ecosan-symposium-luebeck-session-b-2004.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H033175.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H033175.pdf
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4 Cofie, O.; Drechsel, P.; Obuobie, E.; Danso, G.; Keraita, B. 2003. Environmental sanitation and urban agriculture in Ghana. In Harvey, P. (Ed.). Proceedings of the 29th WEDC International Conference on Towards the Millennium Development Goals, Abuja, Nigeria, 22-26 September 2003. Leicestershire, UK: Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC). pp.87-90.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.5 G200 COF Record No: H033176)
http://wedc.lboro.ac.uk/resources/conference/29/Cofie.pdf?TARGET=_blank
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H033176.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H033176.pdf
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5 Obuobie, Emmanuel; Keraita, Bernard; Danso, George; Amoah, Philip; Cofie, Olufunke O.; Raschid-Sally, Liqa; Drechsel, Pay. 2006. Irrigated urban vegetable production in Ghana: characteristics, benefits and risks. Accra, Ghana: International Water Management Institute (IWMI); Accra, Ghana: Network of Resource Centres on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF); Colombo, Sri Lanka: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF). 150p.
Urban agriculture ; Vegetables ; Lettuces ; Environmental effects ; Malaria ; Sanitation ; Wastewater ; Wastewater treatment ; Water quality ; Irrigation practices ; Pesticides ; Health ; Risks / Ghana / Kumasi / Tamale
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.2 G200 OBU Record No: H039283)
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6 Keraita, Bernard; Drechsel, Pay; Agyekum, W.; Hope, Lesley. 2007. In search of safer irrigation water for urban vegetable farming in Ghana. Urban Agriculture Magazine, 19: 17-19.
Wastewater irrigation ; Vegetables ; Groundwater ; Farm ponds ; Wells ; Water quality / Ghana / Accra / Kumasi / Tamale
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: P 7989 Record No: H040811)
http://www.ruaf.org/sites/default/files/UAmagazine%2019%20H6.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H040811.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H040811.pdf
7 Amoah, Philip. 2008. Wastewater irrigated vegetable production: contamination pathway for health risk reduction in Accra, Kumasi and Tamale, Ghana. Thesis submitted to the Department of Theoretical and Applied Biology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Faculty of Science. 202p.
Wastewater irrigation ; Water quality ; Vegetables ; Lettuces ; Contamination ; Risks ; Pathogens ; Public health ; Agricultural workers ; Diseases ; Health hazards ; Risk management ; Biological analysis ; Coliform bacteria ; Helminths ; Soils ; Analytical methods ; Pesticides ; Irrigation practices / Ghana / Accra / Kumasi / Tamale
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.5 G200 AMO Record No: H041491)
8 Danso, George; Drechsel, Pay; Cofie, Olufunke. 2008. Large-scale urban waste composting for urban and peri-urban agriculture in West Africa: an integrated approach to provide decision support to municipal authorities. In Parrot, L.; Njoya, A.; Temple, L.; Assogba-Komlan, F.; Kahane, R.; Ba Diao, M.; Havard, M. (Eds.). Agriculture and urban development in Sub-Saharan Africa: environment and health issues. Paris, France: L'Harmattan. pp.51-62. (Collection Ethique Economique)
Composting ; Waste management ; Economic analysis ; Urban agriculture ; Periurban areas ; Decision making ; Municipal authorities / Ghana / Togo / Benin / Nigeria / Mali / Burkina Faso / Accra / Kumasi / Tamale
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H041923)
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9 Cofie, Olufunke; Abraham, Ernest Mensah; Olaleye, Adesola O.; Larbi, Theophilus Otchere. 2008. Recycling human excreta for urban and periurban agriculture in Ghana. In Parrot, L.; Njoya, A.; Temple, L.; Assogba-Komlan, F.; Kahane, R.; Ba Diao, M.; Havard, M. (Eds.). Agriculture and urban development in Sub-Saharan Africa: environment and health issues. Paris, France: L'Harmattan. pp.173-181. (Collection Ethique Economique)
Urban agriculture ; Excreta ; Composting ; Recycling ; Soil fertility ; Fertilizers ; Cereals ; Case studies ; Constraints ; Waste management / West Africa / Ghana / Nigeria / Guinea savanna zone / Tamale / Bolgatanga
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H041926)
http://excretause.wikispaces.com/file/view/Recovery+of+excreta-Cameroon+conf+proceeding.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/PDF/H041926.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/PDF/H041926.pdf
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10 Redwood, M. (Ed.) 2009. Agriculture in urban planning: generating livelihoods and food security. London, UK: Earthscan. 166p.
Urbanization ; Urban agriculture ; Food security ; Composts ; Wastewater irrigation ; Vegetables ; Farmers ; Health hazards / Africa / Kenya / Ghana / Peru / Zimbabwe / Malawei / Congo / Argentina / Senegal / Nigeria / Nairobi / Accra / Kumasi / Lima / Lilongwe / Blantyre / Harare / Tamale / Rimac River / Kinshasa / Rosario / Dakar / Zaria
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: P 8021 Record No: H041927)
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11 Cofie, Olufunke; Adamtey, Noah. 2009. Nutrient recovery from human excreta for urban and peri-urban agriculture. Paper contributed to the SuSanA Food Security Working Group Meeting during the WEDC International Conference held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 15 April 2009. 12p.
Urban agriculture ; Organic fertilizers ; Excreta ; Recycling ; Nutrients ; Composting ; Maize ; Cabbages ; Vegetables / Ghana / Accra / Tamale
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042722)
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12 Cofie, Olufunke; Otchere-Larbi, Theophilus; Schuetz, Tonya; Abraham, Ernest Mensah; Kumassah, R. 2008. RUAF Cities Farming for the Future Programme Anglophone West Africa Region project report 2005-2008. Accra, Ghana: International Water Management Institute (IWMI); Accra, Ghana: Resource Centres on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF Foundation). 84p.
Urban agriculture ; Training ; Capacity building ; Stakeholders ; Participatory management ; Local government ; Farmers associations ; Non governmental organizations ; Gender ; Agricultural extension / Ghana / Sierra Leone / Nigeria / Accra / Tamale / Freetown
(Location: IWMI HQ Record No: H042723)
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This is a report on the fourth and final year of the RUAF-CFF programme activities in West Africa Anglophone region, coordinated by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Ghana. This report documents the activities implemented as well as the results, outcomes and impacts in all focus cities within the region from January 2005 to December 2008. The cities are: a. Pilot cities: Accra, Ghana, Freetown, Sierra Leone, and Ibadan, Nigeria in sequential order of entry and intervention; b. Partner (or dissemination) cities: Tamale, Tema and Cape Coast in Ghana; and Akure in Nigeria, all at completion stages of pilot project implementation in their respective cities.
13 Amoah, Philip; Drechsel, Pay; Schuetz, Tonya; Kranjac-Berisavjevic, G.; Manning-Thomas, Nadia. 2009. From world cafes to road shows: using a mix of knowledge sharing approaches to improve wastewater use in urban agriculture. Knowledge Management for Development Journal, 5(3):246-262. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/19474190903451116]
Information dissemination ; Food safety ; Stakeholders ; Farmers ; Markets ; Best practices ; Guidelines ; Education ; Wastewater management ; Urban agriculture ; Wastewater irrigation / Africa South of Sahara / Ghana / Accra / Kumasi / Tamale
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042738)
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This paper documents the application of several innovative knowledge sharing approaches and some of the lessons learnt in a project addressing food safety concerns deriving from wastewater irrigated vegetables in Ghana. Knowledge sharing activities received particular attention in the project to facilitate its impact pathway, in particular to (i) verify preliminary research messages on good practices, (ii) raise awareness and build capacity, and (iii) equip various stakeholder groups with knowledge, skills and materials. Key approaches and tools applied were the world café approach for the verification of research messages. The approach brought together farmers, traders and street food vendors to openly discuss proposed improvements in current practices and their potential for wider uptake. For targetoriented message dissemination multi-media training materials were prepared following recommendations from the intended users, like extension agents, catering and farmer field schools. The materials made use of local-language radio broadcasts, training and awareness videos, illustrated flip charts showing good and bad practices for wastewater use and improved teaching materials. Finally, for enhanced mutual learning so called road Shows were used to facilitate knowledge sharing between researchers, end-users, policy- and decision-makers. These allowed all stakeholders to follow the pathogen pathway from farm to fork while learning about the importance of well-identified intervention points and mutual responsibility. All applied approaches added significant value to the research work and facilitated its impact potential as first feedback shows. However, the applied tools do not come for free. They require careful preparations, the ability to listen and skillful facilitation.
14 Amoah, Philip. 2009. An analysis of the quality of wastewater used to irrigate vegetables in Accra, Kumasi and Tamale, Ghana. In Redwood, M. (Ed.). Agriculture in urban planning: generating livelihood and food security. London, UK: Earthscan. pp.105-124.
Wastewater irrigation ; Vegetable growing ; Lettuces ; Pesticide residues ; Helminths ; Health hazards ; Urban agriculture / Ghana / Accra / Kumasi / Tamale
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042596)
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15 Abaidoo, R. C.; Keraita, Bernard; Amoah, Philip; Drechsel, Pay; Bakang, J.; Kranjac-Berisavljevic, G; Konradsen, F.; Agyekum, W.; Klutse, A. 2009. Safeguarding public health concerns, livelihoods and productivity in wastewater irrigated urban and periurban vegetable farming. Colombo, Sri Lanka: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF). 80p. (CPWF Project Report 38)
Vegetable growing ; Urban areas ; Wastewater irrigation ; Productivity ; Models ; Public health ; Research projects / Ghana / Accra / Kumasi / Tamale
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044042)
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/r4d/PDF/Outputs/WaterfoodCP/PN38_KNUST_ProjectReport_Nov09_approved.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044042.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044042.pdf
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The goal of the project was to develop integrated and user-oriented strategies to safeguard public health concerns without compromising livelihoods and land and water productivity in wastewater irrigated urban and peri-urban vegetable farming. In this project, assessment of land and water productivity in wastewater irrigated farming was done, levels of contamination on irrigation water and vegetables quantified at different levels along the food chain (farms, markets and consumer level) and appropriate lowcost risk reduction strategies identified and participatory testing done with stakeholders at farm and consumer levels. A large number of students were involved in the project, significantly building human capacity.
16 AgWater Solutions Project (Agricultural Water Solutions Project). 2011. Outgrower schemes: a promising model for poor farmers? Based on a report by Lewis Bangwe, Francis K. Y. Amevenku, Kwabena Kankam Yeboah and Emmanuel Oboubie. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). AgWater Solutions Project (Agricultural Water Solutions Project). 3p. (AgWater Solutions, Agricultural Water Management Learning and Discussion Brief)
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044591)
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17 Seidu, R.; Lofman, O.; Drechsel, Pay; Stenstrom, T. A. 2013. Risk factor analysis of diarrhoeal disease incidence in faecal sludge-applying farmers’ households in Tamale, Ghana. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 3(2):134-143. [doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2013.042]
Sewage sludge ; Excreta ; Agriculture ; Diarrhoea ; Risk analysis ; Households ; Farmers ; Statistical analysis ; Socioeconomic environment / Ghana / Tamale
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045758)
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This study assesses the effect of risk factors and their inter-related mediation on diarrhoeal disease incidence in households applying faecal sludge in agricultural fields in Tamale, Ghana. Risk factors were assigned to three inter-related blocks: distal socio-economic, proximal public and domestic domains. The study involved 1,431 individuals living in 165 faecal sludge-applying households followed bi-weekly for 12 months. The incidence rate of diarrhoeal disease in the sludge-applying households was 1.09 (95% CI: 0.78–1.23) diarrhoeal episodes per person year at risk. Risk factors for diarrhoeal disease transmission in the public domain included sludge drying time (population attributable fraction (PAF) of 6%) and distance covered to collect water (PAF¼ 18%). The main distal socio-economic risk factor was wealth status (PAF¼ 15%). In the domestic domain, the risk factor significantly associated with diarrhoeal disease transmission was, not washing hands with soap after defecation (PAF ¼ 18%). About 17% of the effect of sludge drying time (including distance to water facilities) was mediated by the domestic domain risk factors. The study recommends risk management strategies in sludge-applying households that address public and domestic domain risk factors in addition to specific farm level interventions.
18 Pradhan, Surendra K.; Opuni, S. C.; Fosu, M.; Drechsel, Pay. 2013. Municipal organic waste management: challenges and opportunities in Tamale, Ghana. [Abstract only]. In Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC). Delivering water, sanitation and hygiene services in an uncertain environment: preprints of the 36th WEDC International Conference, Nakuru, Kenya, 1-5 July 2013. Abstracts of papers. Leicestershire, UK: Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC); Leicestershire, UK: Loughborough University. pp.72.
Waste management ; Urban wastes ; Organic wastes ; Faeces ; Sanitation ; Environmental health / Ghana / Tamale
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046002)
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19 Pradhan, Surendra K.; Opuni, S. C.; Fosu, M.; Drechsel, Pay. 2013. Municipal organic waste management: challenges and opportunities in Tamale, Ghana. Paper presented at the 36th WEDC [Water, Engineering and Development Centre] International Conference on Delivering Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Services in an Uncertain Environment, Nakuru, Kenya, 1-5 July 2013. 5p.
Waste management ; Urban wastes ; Organic wastes ; Faeces ; Sanitation ; Environmental health ; Developing countries ; Case studies ; Composts ; Nutrients ; Fertilizers / Ghana / Tamale
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046059)
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20 Danso, G.; Drechsel, Pay; Obuobie, E.; Forkuor, G.; Kranjac-Berisavljevic, G. 2014. Urban vegetable farming sites, crops and cropping practices. In Drechsel, Pay; Keraita, B. (Eds.) Irrigated urban vegetable production in Ghana: characteristics, benefits and risk mitigation. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.7-27.
Vegetables ; Crops ; Irrigated farming ; Urban agriculture ; Farmland ; Farmers ; Maize / Ghana / Kumasi / Accra / Tamale / Cape Coast / Sekondi Takorad / Techiman
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H046599)
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The chapter describes the major sites of open-space vegetable farming in Ghana’s main cities. It also presents the principal cropping systems and characteristics of urban farmers involved in irrigated vegetable production.
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