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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.
(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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2 Obuobie, Emmanuel; Drechsel, Pay; Danso, George; Raschid- Sally, Liqa. 2004. Gender in open- space irrigated urban vegetable farming in Ghana. Urban Agriculture Magazine, 12:13-15.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 6985 Record No: H035259)
http://www.ruaf.org/sites/default/files/Gender%20in%20Open-Space%20Irrigated%20Urban%20Vegetable%20Farming%20in%20Ghana.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H_35259.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H_35259.pdf
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3 Danso, George; Cofie, Olufunke; Annang, L.; Obuobie, Emmanuel; Keraita, Bernard. 2004. Gender and urban agriculture: the case of Accra, Ghana. Paper presented at the RUAF/IWMI/Urban Harvest Woman Feeding Cities Workshop on Gender Mainstreaming in Urban Food Production and Food Security, Accra, Ghana, 20-23 September 2004. 10p.
Gender ; Agricultural society ; Women ; Households ; Land ownership ; Credit ; Urbanization ; Farmers ; Social aspects / Ghana / Accra
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 630.88042 G200 DAN Record No: H035918)
4 Tsiagbey, M.; Danso, George; Anang, L.; Sarpong, Eric. 2005. Perceptions and acceptability of urine-diverting toilets in a low-income urban community in Ghana. In Ecological sanitation: a sustainable, integrated solution. Conference documentation of the 3rd International Ecological Sanitation Conference, Durban, South Africa, 23-26 May 2005. Pretoria, South Africa: Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) pp.299-303.
Water supply ; Urban areas ; Sanitation ; Waste disposal ; Urine ; Stakeholders ; Households / Ghana
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 628 G200 TSI Record No: H037658)
http://conference2005.ecosan.org/papers/tsiagbey_et_al.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H037658.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H037658.pdf
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5 Keraita, Bernard; Danso, George; Obuobie, Emmanuel. 2005. Extending the “ecosan loop” to address health concerns from wastewater irrigation in urban and peri-urban areas. In proceedings of the 3rd International Ecological Sanitation Conference, Ecological sanitation: a sustainable, integrated solution, Durban, South Africa, 23-26 May 2005. Pretoria , South Africa: Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) pp.123-128.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.5 G200 KER Record No: H037659)
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6 Danso, George; Drechsel, Pay; Fialor, S.; Giordano, Mark. 2006. Estimating the demand for municipal waste compost via farmers’ willingness-to-pay in Ghana. Waste Management, 26:1400–1409.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.86 G200 DAN Record No: H038107)
7 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.
Organic wastes ; Nutrients ; Recycling ; Composting ; Urban agriculture ; Waste management / West Africa / Nigeria / Ghana / Togo / Benin / Accra / Kumasi
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.86 G190 DRE Record No: H038172)
http://emergingissues.interfacesouth.org/pastconferences/2005proceedings.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H038172.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H038172.pdf
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8 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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9 Moustier, P.; Danso, George. 2006. Local economic development and marketing of urban produced food. In van Veenhuizen, R. (Ed.). 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). pp.174-195.
Urban agriculture ; Food production ; Marketing ; Farmers ; Subsistence farming ; Entrepreneurship ; Economic impact ; Farm income ; Social impact / Zambia / Burkina Faso / Ghana / Ethiopia / Thailand / Vietnam
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 630 G000 VAN Record No: H039850)
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10 Danso, George; Drechsel, Pay; Cofie, Olufunke. 2005. Developing policy support on closing rural-urban nutrient recycling for urban and peri-urban agriculture in West Africa: application of multi-stakeholder processes and approaches. Paper presented at the Conference on Agricultures et Developpement Urbain en Afrique de l’Ouest et Centre, CIRAD, Yaounde, Cameroon, 30 October - 3 November 2005. 16p.
Waste management ; Composting ; Urban agriculture ; Urban wastes ; Nutrients ; Recycling / West Africa / Ghana / Nigeria / Benin / Togo / Accra / Kumasi / Ouagadougou
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.875 G190 DAN Record No: H040256)
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11 van Veenhuizen, René; Danso, George. 2007. Profitability and sustainability of urban and peri-urban agriculture. Rome Italy: FAO. 95p. (FAO Agricultural Management, Marketing and Finance Occasional Paper 19)
Urban agriculture ; Sustainability ; Health hazards ; Risks ; Economic impact ; Vegetables ; Income generation ; Households ; Food production ; Agricultural policy
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 338.1 G000 VAN Record No: H041016)
http://www.fao.org/ag/ags/publications/docs/AGSF_OccassionalPapers/agsfop19.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041016.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041016.pdf
12 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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13 Cofie, Olufunke; Larbi, Theophilus Otchere; Danso, George; Abraham, Ernest M.; Kufogbe, S. K.; Obiri-Opareh, N. 2008. Urban agriculture in Accra metropolis: dimensions and implications for urban development. 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.97-107. (Collection Ethique Economique)
Urban agriculture ; Stakeholders ; Land use ; Farming systems ; Vegetables ; Farmers ; Women ; Urbanization / Ghana / Accra
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H041925)
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14 Drechsel, Pay; Cofie, Olufunke; Danso, George. 2010. Closing the rural-urban food and nutrient loops in West Africa: a reality check. Urban Agriculture Magazine, 23:8-10.
Urban areas ; Rural areas ; Food production ; Food supply ; Waste management ; Composts ; Nutrients / West Africa / Ghana / Accra / Kumasi
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042959)
http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/Closing%20the%20Rural-Urban%20Food.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H042959.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H042959.pdf
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Rapid urbanisation in developing countries intensifies the challenges of making sufficient food available for the increasing urban population, and managing the related waste flow. Unlike in rural communities, there is usually little or no return of food biomass and related nutrients into the food production process. Most waste ends up on landfills or pollutes the urban environment. This is transforming cities into vast nutrient sinks, while the rural production areas are becoming increasingly nutrient deficient.
15 Evans, Alexandra; Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay; Danso, George. 2013. Developing typologies for resource recovery businesses. Urban Agriculture Magazine, 26:24-30.
Wastewater management ; Wastewater irrigation ; Water reuse ; Resource management ; Business management ; Groundwater recharge ; Sanitation ; Health hazards ; Sewage sludge ; Composting ; Organic recycling ; Farmers ; Energy generation ; Models
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046212)
http://www.ruaf.org/sites/default/files/UA26_proef_05-11_13.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046212.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046212.pdf
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16 Danso, George; Drechsel, Pay. 2014. Nutrient recycling from organic wastes through viable business models in peri-urban areas in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Maheshwari, B.; Purohit, R.; Malano, H.; Singh, V. P.; Amerasinghe, Priyanie. (Eds.). The security of water, food, energy and liveability of cities: challenges and opportunities for peri-urban futures. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. pp.311-323. (Water Science and Technology Library Volume 71)
Periurban areas ; Organic wastes ; Nutrients ; Recycling ; Waste treatment ; Composts ; Food security ; Water security ; Decision making ; Economic analysis / Africa South of Sahara
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H046691)
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A major challenge of urbanisation, for relevant decision makers, is the provision of sufficient food and water for the emerging mega-cities and appropriate peri-urban sanitation management. This paper focuses on the results of a project carried out by International Water Management Institute (IWMI) in three major cities in Ghana. The project was designed to provide decision support for nutrient recycling from organic waste in peri-urban areas, through waste composting or co-composting with nightsoil. Experiences of existing compost stations from Nigeria, Benin, Mali, Burkina Faso and Togo were taken into consideration to formulate the research framework. Apart from the technical aspect, the study looked at actual waste supply and its quality, a quantification of the compost demand as well as economic viability of different scenarios and legal implications. The analysis showed that from the city perspective cost savings are only possible if large volumes of waste can be composted to reduce waste transport costs while compost sale (and agricultural use) is not a necessity from the perspective of cost savings. In fact, despite much interest the farmers’ willingness to pay remained limited at the reservation price of US$5 per 50 kg bag. As this includes transport costs peri-urban areas will be those benefiting most from composting projects. Closing the rural-urban nutrient cycle appears unrealistic given the increasing transport distance; at least as long as smallholder farmers are targeted. However, the consideration of alternative customer segments and implementation of innovative business models could help in reaching different scales.
17 Otoo, Miriam; Taron, Avinandan; Danso, George; Madurangi, Ganesha; Ekere, W.; Dungu, S. 2015. Market assessment of RRR [resource recovery and reuse] business models-Kampala city report. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 121p.
Resource recovery ; Market economies ; Business management ; Fuels ; Briquettes ; Energy generation ; Electricity generation ; Legal aspects ; Sanitation ; Organic fertilizers ; Wastewater irrigation ; Wastewater treatment ; Faecal sludge ; Solid wastes ; Composting ; Renewable energy ; Socioeconomic environment ; Household consumption ; Supply chain ; Farmers ; Water resources ; Water availability ; Water use ; Irrigated farming / Uganda / Kampala
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048076)
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18 Otoo, Miriam; Taron, Avinandan; Danso, George; Madurangi, Ganesha; Subrahmanya, M. H. B.; Ramachandran, P.; Balachandra, P.; Sudhira, H. S. 2015. Market assessment of RRR [resource recovery and reuse] business models-Bangalore city report. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 134p.
Resource recovery ; Market economies ; Business management ; Fuels ; Briquettes ; Energy generation ; Electricity generation ; Legal aspects ; Sanitation ; Organic fertilizers ; Wastewater irrigation ; Wastewater treatment ; Faecal sludge ; Solid wastes ; Composting ; Renewable energy ; Socioeconomic environment ; Household consumption ; Supply chain ; Farmers ; Water resources ; Water availability ; Water use ; Irrigated farming / India / Bangalore
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048077)
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