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1 Hasna, M. K. 1998. NGO gender capacity in urban agriculture: Case studies from Harare (Zimbabwe), Kampala (Uganda) and Accra (Ghana) Ottawa, Canada: IDRC. 54p.
Gender ; Non-governmental organizations ; Agricultural development ; Case studies ; Training ; Farmers ; Farmers' associations ; Women in development / Zimbabwe / Uganda / Ghana / Harare / Kampala / Accra
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 4938 Record No: H023154)
2 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)
3 Drechsel, P.; Kunze, D. (Eds.) 2001. 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. xvii, 229p.
Waste management ; Economic aspects ; Social aspects ; Farmers' attitudes ; Environment ; Agricultural production ; Crop yield ; Case studies ; Farming systems ; Recycling ; Vegetables ; Priority setting / Sub-Saharan Africa / East Africa / West Africa / Europe / Ghana / Kumasi / Accra / Lome / Dar es Salaam
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.875 G100 DRE Record No: H029240)
Book mainly based on papers presented at a workshop held in Ghana by IBSRAM (now part of the IWMI) and FAO on waste management and environmental protection, ameliorating problems by turning organic waste into compost for use as an agricultural fertilizer in urban and peri-urban areas.
4 DFID; HR Wallingford; Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana; Smallholder Irrigation Scheme Development Organisation, Kenya. 2001. 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. viii, 158p.
Water management ; Irrigation management ; Water quality ; Public health ; Flood plains ; Vegetables ; Crop production ; Economic aspects ; Social aspects ; Marketing ; Credit ; Irrigation systems ; Small scale systems / Ghana / Kenya / Zimbabwe / Kumasi / Nairobi / Ashanti / Volta / Accra
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7 G100 DFI Record No: H029360)
5 Beernaerts, I. 2001. A strategy for safe and environmentally sound vegetable production systems within and around Accra. 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.77-88.
Vegetables ; Crop production ; Water pollution ; Water quality ; Monitoring ; Irrigation water ; Quality control ; Public health ; Databases ; Mapping ; GIS ; Water user associations ; Water demand ; Public sector ; Water management ; Institutions / Ghana / Accra
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7 G100 DFI Record No: H029368)
6 Gellermann, J.; Cofie, O. O.; Drechsel, P.; Gyiele, L. 2002. Rural-urban food flows and urban food supply in Ghana. Paper presented at the Regional Workshop on Urban Policy Implications of Enhancing Food Security in African Cities, Nairobi, Kenya, 27-31 May 2002. 10p.
Food security ; Food consumption ; Urbanization ; Farming systems ; Vegetables ; Marketing / Ghana / Accra / Kumasi
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 338.19 G200 GEL Record No: H031916)
7 Keraita, B. 2002. Wastewater irrigation: No water to waste, not even wastewater. Spore, 101:16.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 6348 Record No: H032344)
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8 Klinkenberg, E.; McCall, P. J.; Wilson, M. D.Akoto, A.; Donnelly, M. J. 2003. Impact of urban agriculture on malaria prevalence in young children in two cities of Ghana. [Abstract only]. Abstract for proceedings of IDRC Forum on Ecosystem Approaches to Human Health, Montreal, Canada, 18-23 May, 2003. 2p.
Malaria ; Disease vectors ; Waterborne diseases ; Public health ; Ecosystems / Ghana / Accra / Kumasi
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 616.9362 G200 KLI Record No: H033171)
9 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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10 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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11 Agodzo, S. K.; Huibers, F. P.; Chenini, F.; van Lier, J. B.; Duran, A. 2003. Use of wastewater in irrigated agriculture: Country studies from Bolivia, Ghana and Tunisia – Volume 2, Ghana. Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen University. 40p.
Wastewater ; Water use ; Institutions ; Legislation ; Irrigated farming ; Water supply ; Water demand ; Urbanization ; Water quality ; Monitoring / Ghana / Kumasi / Accra
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.5 G200 AGO Record No: H033182)
12 Obuobie, E.; Danso, G.; Drechsel, P. 2003. Access to land and waters for urban vegetable farming in Accra. Urban Agriculture Magazine, 11:15-17.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.2 G200 OBU Record No: H033903)
http://www.ruaf.org/sites/default/files/Access%20to%20Land%20and%20Water%20for%20Urban%20Vegetable%20Farming%20in%20Accra.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H_33903.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H_33903.pdf
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13 Television Trust for the Environment. 2004. Changing currents: plumbing the rights. Part 2. New Delhi, India: Centre for Science and Environment. 1 VCD.
Water supply ; Conflict ; Water supply ; Poverty ; Water scarcity ; Water shortage ; Privatization / Bolivia / Ghana / Cochabamba / Accra
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: VCD Col Record No: H035808)
14 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)
15 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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16 Klinkenberg, Eveline; McCall, P. J.; Wilson, M. D.; Akoto, A. O.; Amerasinghe, Felix; Bates, I.; Verhoeff, F. H.; Barnish, G.; Donnelly, M. J. 2006. Urban malaria and anaemia in children: a cross-sectional survey in two cities of Ghana. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 11(5):578-588.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 614.532 G200 KLI Record No: H038642)
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.
Lagoons ; Flood control ; Drainage ; Water management ; Sanitation ; Wastewater / Africa South of Sahara / Ghana / Accra / Korle Lagoon
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 627.4 G200 ABR Record No: H038739)
18 Obirih-Opareh, N.; Larbi, Theophilus Otchere. 1996. From awareness to action: Policies on urban agriculture in Accra. Urban Agriculture Magazine, 16:35-37.
Urban agriculture ; Agricultural policy ; Legislation ; Agricultural development ; Gender ; Land use ; Livestock / Ghana / Accra
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 7778 Record No: H039862)
19 International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2007. Water Figures Africa: news of IWMI’s work in Africa. Water Figures Africa: news of IWMI’s work in Africa, 1. 6p. [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.365]
River basin management ; Wetlands ; Public health ; Malaria / Ghana / Ethiopia / Accra / Koka Reservoir
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 630.7 G100 IWM Record No: H040154)
20 Gbewonyo, Kafui. 2007. Wastewater irrigation and the farmer: investigating the relation between irrigation water source, farming practices, and farmer health in Accra, Ghana. Thesis presented to the Committee on Environmental Science and Public Policy, Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a degree with honors of Bachelor of Arts. 105p.
Wastewater irrigation ; Risks ; Farming systems ; Urban agriculture ; Vegetables ; Farmers ; Health hazards ; Case studies ; Irrigation practices ; Pipes ; Fertilizers ; Water quality ; Surveys ; Public health ; Diseases ; Water purification ; Reservoirs / Ghana / USA / Israel / Mexico / India / Accra
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: D 631.7.5 G200 GBE Record No: H040255)
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