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1 Cofie, O. O.; van Veenhuizen, R.; Drechsel, P. 2003. Contribution of urban and peri-urban agriculture to food security in Sub-Saharan Africa. Paper presented at the Africa Session of 3rd WWF, Kyoto, 17 March 2002. 12p.
Food security ; Irrigated farming ; Risks ; Urbanization ; Economic aspects / Africa South of Sahara
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 338.19 G110 COF Record No: H031922)
2 Mubvami, T.; Mushamba, S.; van Veenhuizen, R.. 2003. Availability, access and usability of land for urban agriculture. Urban Agriculture Magazine, 11:1-3.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 6724 Record No: H033973)
3 van Veenhuizen, R.. (Ed.) 2006. Cities farming for the future: urban agriculture for green and productive cities. Leusden, Netherlands: Network of Resource Centres on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF Foundation); Ottawa, Canada: International Development Research Centre (IDRC); Silang, Philippines: International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR). 460p.
Urban agriculture ; Crop production ; Livestock ; Agroforestry ; Fisheries ; Food security ; Water reuse ; Irrigation water ; Wastewater ; Land use ; Gender
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 630 G000 VAN Record No: H039390)
Urban agriculture is the growing of plants and the raising of animals for food and other uses, and related processing and marketing activities, within and around cities and towns. In the past few years, it has received increasing attention from development organizations and national and local authorities in developing countries. With its multiple functions, urban agriculture plays an important role in urban poverty alleviation and social inclusion, urban food security, urban waste management, and urban greening.
Since 1999, partners of the International Network on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF Foundation) have been playing a crucial role in improving access to information on urban agriculture and in enhancing the capacities of local authorities, NGOs, farmer organizations, and other stakeholders regarding local participatory diagnosis and strategic action planning on urban agriculture. This book presents the state of the art in the development of sustainable urban agriculture, and will be primarily of interest to municipal authorities, NGOs, community-based organizations, governmental organizations, and other stakeholders and development practitioners in urban agriculture.
Since 1999, partners of the International Network on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF Foundation) have been playing a crucial role in improving access to information on urban agriculture and in enhancing the capacities of local authorities, NGOs, farmer organizations, and other stakeholders regarding local participatory diagnosis and strategic action planning on urban agriculture. This book presents the state of the art in the development of sustainable urban agriculture, and will be primarily of interest to municipal authorities, NGOs, community-based organizations, governmental organizations, and other stakeholders and development practitioners in urban agriculture.
4 Drechsel, Pay; Cofie, Olufunke O.; van Veenhuizen, R.; Larbi, Theophilus Otchere. 2008. Linking research, capacity building, and policy dialogue in support of informal irrigation in urban West Africa. Irrigation and Drainage, 57(3):268-278.
Urban agriculture ; Irrigated farming ; Capacity building ; Training ; Stakeholders ; Participatory management / West Africa / Ghana
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.3 G200 DRE Record No: H041492)
Informal irrigation is receiving increasing attention in West Africa. In particular, irrigated urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) is thriving with significant benefits for farmers and the urban populations, though it is often handicapped by water pollution which threatens public health and prevents authorities from appreciating its advantages. To integrate UPA in sustainable urban development, a multi-stakeholder (MS) process has been implemented since 2005 in a stepwise approach in six West African cities. Accra, Ghana, was the first Anglophone city where the MS process tried to facilitate strategic partnerships for an improved research-policy dialogue. The process was supported by capacity building of local stakeholders, e.g. in participatory processes management, action planning and research, and monitoring and evaluation. These activities facilitated the official recognition of the role and benefits of UPA in Ghana in various ways. An internal lesson learnt was that there are many reasons why local partners might not give every project the expected priority and that related capacity-building efforts might consequently not provide the expected incentive for partner commitment. Moreover, flexibility is required to link research, capacity building and policy dialogue through an MS process as its dynamic can vary from city to city and thus cannot follow set theoretical standards.
5 Cofie, Olufunke O.; Drechsel, Pay; Agbottah, S.; van Veenhuizen, R.. 2008. Resource recovery from urban waste: options and challenges for community based composting in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Richards, B. S.; Schafer, A. I. (Eds). Proceedings of the International Conference on Water and Sanitation in International Development and Disaster Relief (WSIDDR), Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, 28-30 May, 2008. Edinburgh, UK: University of Edinburgh. pp.290-296.
Sanitation ; Public health ; Sewage sludge ; Solid wastes ; Composting ; Waste management / Africa / Africa South of Sahara / Ghana / Ghana / Kenya / Ethiopia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.875 G110 COF Record No: H041517)
Municipal authorities in developing countries are facing immense challenges in managing both solid and liquid waste in a sustainable way. Recycling is not yet high on their agenda although they appreciate the potential of composting for waste volume reduction. This offers an entry point to introduce organic waste recycling as a component of sustainable integrated sanitation which has the potential of a win-win situation by reducing waste flows, ensuring environmental health, supporting food production and creating livelihoods. However, due to several constraints recycling attempts have often a short life time. This paper tries to analyse related reasons by drawing from a larger feasibility study in Ghana and a survey of compost stations in different parts of Africa. It concludes with a framework for the analysis and the planning of recycling interventions in the context of sustainable sanitation, looking in particular at community based options for solid waste and human excreta.
6 Cofie, Olufunke; van Veenhuizen, R.. 2008. Sustainable use of water in urban agriculture. Urban Agriculture Magazine, 20:3-6.
Urbanization ; Urban agriculture ; Water reuse ; Sustainability ; Wastewater irrigation ; Sanitation
(Location: IWMI HQ Record No: H041615)
http://www.ruaf.org/sites/default/files/UAM%2020%20-%20pagina%203-6.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041615.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041615.pdf
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7 Cofie, Olufunke O.; Drechsel, Pay; Agbottah, S.; van Veenhuizen, R.. 2008. Resource recovery from urban waste: options and challenges for community based composting in Sub-Saharan Africa. Desalination, 248(1-3):256-261. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2008.05.063]
Sanitation ; Excreta ; Public health ; Sewage sludge ; Solid wastes ; Composting ; Waste management / Africa / Africa South of Sahara / Ghana / Kenya / Ethiopia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042369)
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Municipal authorities in developing countries are facing immense challenges in managing both solid and liquid waste in a sustainable way. Recycling is not yet high on their agenda although they appreciate the potential of composting for waste volume reduction. This offers an entry point to introduce organic waste recycling as a component of sustainable integrated sanitation which has the potential of a win-win situation by reducing waste flows, ensuring environmental health, supporting food production and creating livelihoods. However, due to several constraints recycling attempts have often a short life time. This paper tries to analyse related reasons by drawing from a larger study in Ghana and a survey of compost stations in different parts of Africa. It concludes with a framework for the analysis and the planning of recycling interventions in the context of sustainable sanitation, looking in particular at community-based options for solid waste and human excreta.
8 Scott, Christopher; Faruqui , N.; Carr, R.; Blumenthal, U.; Amerasinghe, Felix; Redwood, M.; Ramachandran, G.; Al-Beiruti, S. N.; Prain, G.; Gopal, M. G.; Raschid, Liqa; Huibers, F.; Agodzo, S.; Mukherjee, M.; Madsen, T.; Cornish, G.; Silva, P.; Minhas, P. S.; Niang, S.; Al Khatib, N.; Ghougassian, B.; Drechsel, Pay; Shetty, S.; Blummel, M.; Sengupta, A. K.; Matsuno, Y.; van Veenhuizen, R.; Hall, A.; Keraita, Bernard; Simmons, Rob; Shalabi, M.; Murray-Rust, Hammond; Hainsworth, S.; Rajan, V.; Buechler, Stephanie; Reddy, U. M.; McCornick, Peter; Devi, Gayathri; Kielen, N.; Ensink, Jeroen; Devi, Rama; van der Hoek, Wim; Kundu, N.; Haan, Max; Abayawardana, Sarath; Narayana, P.; Bouma, Jetske. 2005. The Hyderabad Declaration on Wastewater Use in Agriculture, 14 November 2002, Hyderabad, India. [A public statement]. 3p.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043804)
9 Dubbeling, M.; de Zeeuw, H.; van Veenhuizen, R.. 2010. Cities, poverty and food: multi-stakeholder policy and planning in urban agriculture. Warwickshire, UK: Practical Action Publishing. 177p.
Poverty ; Food security ; Urban agriculture ; Policy making ; Action plans ; Stakeholders ; Case studies ; Food production ; Waste management ; Corporate culture / Ghana / China / Zimbabwe / Sierra Leone / Sri Lanka / Peru / Yemen / Accra / Beijing / Bulawayo / Freetown / Gampaha / Lima
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 338 G000 DUB Record No: H043942)
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10 Gensch, R.; Dagerskog, L.; Winker, M.; van Veenhuizen, R.; Drechsel, Pay. 2011. Productive sanitation and the link to food security - SuSanA Factsheet of Working Group 5. Eschborn, Germany: Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA). 8p.
Food security ; Wastewater ; Waste management ; Urban agriculture ; Nutrients ; Sanitation ; Health hazards ; Economic situation ; Legal aspects
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044689)
http://www.susana.org/docs_ccbk/susana_download/2-101-wg5susana-factsheet-decversion3-final1.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044689.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044689.pdf
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This factsheet provides information on the link between sanitation and agriculture as well as related implications on health, economy and environment. It shows examples of treating and using treated excreta and wastewater in a productive way and describes the potential for urban agriculture and resource recovery in rural areas. Institutional and legal aspects, business opportunities and how to manage associated health risks are also discussed. Productive sanitation is the term used for the variety of sanitation systems that make productive use of the nutrient, organic matter, water and energy content of human excreta and wastewater in agricultural production and aquaculture. These systems should enable the recovery of resources in household wastewater, minimise consumption and pollution of water resources, support the conservation of soil fertility as well as agricultural productivity and thereby contribute to food security and help to reduce undernutrition.
11 van Veenhuizen, R.; de Bruijne, G.; Otoo, Miriam. 2013. Sustainable financing, scaling up WASH [Water, Sanitation and Hygiene] and urban agriculture. Urban Agriculture Magazine, 26:3-10.
Urban agriculture ; Financing ; Sustainability ; Sanitation ; Waste management ; Wastewater irrigation ; Recycling ; Farmers ; Food security
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046210)
http://www.ruaf.org/sites/default/files/UA26_proef_05-11_13.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046210.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046210.pdf
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Sustainable financing can be viewed from two perspectives. According to the first, an adequate mix of public and private financing, and significant reliance on local finance options, for any activity is necessary to avoid dependency on external funding (often project related). The second perspective relates to the purpose of the investment, focusing here on value chains in the sanitation and (peri)urban agricultural (UPA) sectors. This issue, no. 26, is a collaborative effort of the RUAF Foundation and WASTE, both members of the Dutch WASH Alliance. The emphasis is on exploring options for the financing of urban agriculture as part of the sanitation value chain: valorisation of urban waste with clear benefit impacts to the urban and periurban agricultural sector.
12 Larbi, T. O.; Cofie, Olufunke O.; Amoah, Philip; van Veenhuizen, R.. 2014. Strengthening urban producer organizations. 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.136-144.
Farmers organizations ; Urban farmers ; Vegetable growing ; Irrigated farming ; Marketing ; Training programmes / Ghana / Accra
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H046608)
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The chapter presents the process and results from a project implemented in Accra by the Resource Centres on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF) Foundation to strengthen farmers’ organizations for innovative irrigated vegetable farming and marketing. One hundred urban farmers were organized into eight producer groups and trained on technical and organizational innovations along the vegetable value chain towards improved yield and income. Training was delivered through Urban Producer Field Schools (UPFS) on topics ranging from integrated plant production and protection principles, food safety and risk-minimization in wastewater use for irrigation to value addition for marketing. Farmers were also engaged in organized marketing, targeting niche markets.
13 Adam-Bradford, A.; van Veenhuizen, R.. 2015. Role of urban agriculture in disasters and emergencies. In de Zeeuw, H.; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Cities and agriculture: developing resilient urban food systems. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.387-409.
Urban agriculture ; Periurban agriculture ; Financing ; Investment ; Budgets ; Banking ; Local government ; Public sector ; Urban farmers ; Financial institutions ; Subsidies ; Case studies / Mexico / Argentina / Nepal / Brazil / Texcoco / Rosario / Mato Grosso do Sul
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047267)
http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/Publications/Books/PDF/cities_and_agriculture-developing_resilient_urban_food_systems.pdf
http://www.ruaf.org/sites/default/files/15.%20Disaster%20and%20emergencies-min.pdf
http://www.ruaf.org/sites/default/files/15.%20Disaster%20and%20emergencies-min.pdf
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14 Bellwood-Howard, I.; Amoah, Philip; Zakaria, R.; van Veenhuizen, R.. 2016. Experiences from stakeholder dialogues in Tamale, northern Ghana. Urban Agriculture Magazine, 31:33-34.
Urban agriculture ; Farming systems ; Resource management ; Stakeholders ; Farmers ; Vegetables ; Food supply ; Wastewater irrigation ; Planning / Ghana / Tamale
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047825)
http://www.ruaf.org/sites/default/files/UAM%2031%20p33-34.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047825.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047825.pdf
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Tamale is the capital city of Ghana’s Northern Region. As the regional capital, Tamale is growing rapidly – the population has almost tripled to over 370,000 in the past 30 years, and the areal extent has increased up to sevenfold in the same period. Urban agriculture is an integral part of the food system, linked to resource management and spatial planning. In general one can say that backyard farming flourishes, but more formally organised production is threatened by urbanisation.
15 van Veenhuizen, R.; Gebrezgabher, Solomie. 2017. Editorial. Urban Agriculture Magazine, 32:4-5.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048413)
16 Ngongi, N.; Pridmore, P.; Drechsel, Pay; van Veenhuizen, R.. 2018. Does Africa need controlled environment agriculture? Agriculture for Development, 34:1-4.
Environment ; Agriculture ; Food security ; Poverty ; Urban areas ; Urban population ; Periurban areas ; Diet ; Low income areas
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048929)
17 Adams, C.; Codjoe, H. A.; Abdul-Rashid, Z; Abubakari, A. H.; Bellwood-Howard, I.; van Veenhuizen, R.. 2018. Stakeholder dialogue. In Karg, H.; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Atlas of West African urban food systems: examples from Ghana and Burkina Faso. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). pp.66-69.
Stakeholders ; Urban agriculture ; Research projects ; Institutions ; Participatory approaches ; Planning / Ghana / Tamale
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049024)
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18 Lee-Smith, D.; Prain, G.; Cofie, Olufunke; van Veenhuizen, R.; Karanja, N. 2020. Urban and peri-urban farming systems: feeding cities and enhancing resilience. In Dixon, J.; Garrity, D. P.; Boffa, J.-M.; Williams, Timothy Olalekan; Amede, T.; Auricht, C.; Lott, R.; Mburathi, G. (Eds.). Farming systems and food security in Africa: priorities for science and policy under global change. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.504-531. (Earthscan Food and Agriculture Series)
Farming systems ; Urban agriculture ; Peri-urban agriculture ; Towns ; Rainfed farming ; Irrigated farming ; Backyard farming ; Open spaces ; Crop production ; Livestock ; Wastewater irrigation ; Waste utilization ; Nutrients ; Agricultural productivity ; Food security ; Nutrition security ; Households ; Farmers ; Population ; Hunger ; Poverty ; Resilience ; Sustainable development ; Natural resources ; Climate change ; Human capital ; Social capital ; Women's participation ; Technology ; Energy ; Policies ; Trade ; Markets ; Institutions ; Strategies / Africa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049663)
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19 Halliday, J.; Joshi, Deepa; Young, L.; van Veenhuizen, R.. 2020. A call for transformative actions on gender and inequality. Editorial. Urban Agriculture Magazine, 37:3-5.
Gender-transformative approaches ; Gender equality ; Empowerment ; Food systems ; Social aspects ; Inclusion
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050550)
https://ruaf.org/assets/2020/07/UA-Magazine-37_web.pdf#page=3
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050550.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050550.pdf
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