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1 Leitzinger, C.; Drechsel, P.; Cofie, O. O. 2002. Estimation and amelioration of urban and peri-urban nutrient mining. Paper presented at IWMI – Kasetsart University (Bangkok) Mini-Symposium on Practices and Constraints of Land and Water Resources Management in Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture, March 12, 2002. 6p.
Waste management ; Urban agriculture ; Suburban agriculture ; Nutrients ; Composting / Ghana / Kumasi
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.875 G200 LEI Record No: H031920)
2 Kone, D.; Gallizzi, K.; Drescher, Silke; Cofie, Olufunke; Zurbrugg, C.; Forster, D.; Montangero, A.; Awuah, E.; Strauss, M. 2004. Efficiency of helminth eggs inactivation in dewartered faecal sludge by co-composting. In Godfrey, S. (Ed.) Proceedings of the 30th WEDC International Conference on People-Centered Approaches to Water and Environmental Sanitation, Vientiane, Lao PDR, 25-28 October 2004. Leicestershire, UK: Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC). pp.21-25.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 628.3 G200 KON Record No: H035919)
3 Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry & Natural Resources Research & Development; IWMI. 2001. The Philippines recommends for conservation farming in the sloping lands: Vol.1 – Contour farming. Los Baños, Philippines: xi, 98p. (Phhilippines recommends series no.89)
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 630 G732 PHI Record No: H037155)
4 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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5 Netherlands Water Partnership; WASTE Advisers on Urban Environment and Development; Practica Foundation; Simavi; IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre; Partners for Water. 2006. Smart sanitation solutions: examples of innovative, low-cost technologies for toilets, collection, transportation, treatment and use of sanitation products. Delft, Netherlands: NWP. 68p.
Sanitation ; Appropriate technology ; Hygiene ; Public health ; Excreta ; Collection ; Transport ; Waste treatment ; Fertilizers ; Composting ; Soil conditioners ; Dehydration ; Anaerobic treatment ; Biogas ; Costs ; Case studies / Philippines / Nepal
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 628 G000 NET Record No: H038806)
http://www.arcworld.org/downloads/smart%20sanitation%20solutions%202.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H038806.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H038806.pdf
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6 Cofie, Olufunke; Adam-Bradford, A.; Drechsel, Pay. 2006. Recycling of urban organic waste for urban agriculture. 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.210-229.
Urban wastes ; Waste management ; Recycling ; Organic wastes ; Composting ; Public health ; Risks / South Africa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 630 G178 COF Record No: H039391)
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7 Ambat, B. 2000. Solid waste management: Preparation of an action plan and establishment of an environmental information system for Thiruvananthapuram city. Thiruvananthapuram, India: Centre for Development Studies. Kerala Research Programme on Local Level Development. 107p. (KRPLLD discussion paper no.25)
Waste management ; Composting ; Waste disposal ; Public health ; Households ; Institutions ; Sanitation ; Wastewater / India / Thiruvananthapuram
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 628.445 G635 AMB Record No: H039460)
8 Chen, Z. S.; Bejosano-Gloria, C. (Eds.) 2005. Compost production: A manual for Asian farmers. Taipei, Taiwan: Food & Fertilizer Technology Center. 73p.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.875 G570 CHE Record No: H039461)
9 Wani, S. P.; Pathak, P.; Rego, T. J. (Eds.) 2002. Training manual on integrated management of watersheds. Patancheru, India: ICRISAT. 40p.
Watershed management ; Training ; Participatory management ; Social participation ; Land management ; Tillage ; Cropping systems ; Income generation ; Composting ; Fertilizers ; Dry farming ; Pest control ; Plant diseases / India
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 333.91 G635 WAN Record No: H039462)
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 Kone, D.; Cofie, Olufunke; Zurbrugg, C.; Gallizzi, K.; Moser, D.; Drescher, S.; Strauss, M. 2007. Helminth eggs inactivation efficiency by faecal sludge dewatering and co-composting in tropical climates. Water Research, 41: 4397 – 4402.
Ascaris ; Composting ; Helminths ; Trichuris ; Diseases ; Public health ; Health hazards ; Risks / Ghana / Kumasi
(Location: IWMI HQ Record No: H040972)
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This study investigates helminth eggs removal and inactivation efficiency in a treatment process combining faecal sludge (FS) dewatering and subsequent co-composting with organic solid waste as a function of windrow turning frequency. Fresh public toilet sludge and septage mixed at a 1:2 ratio were dewatered on a drying bed. Biosolids with initial loads of 25–83 helminth eggs/g total solids (TS) were mixed with solid waste as bulking material for co-composting at a 1:2 volume ratio. Two replicate sets of compost heaps were mounted in parallel and turned at different frequencies during the active composting period: (i) once every 3 days and (ii) once every 10 days. Turning frequency had no effect on helminth eggs removal efficiency. In both setups, helminth eggs were reduced to o1 viable egg/g TS, thereby complying with the WHO guidelines 2006 for the safe reuse of FS.
12 Cofie, Olufunke. (Ed.) 2003. Co-composting of faecal sludge and solid waste for urban and peri-urban agriculture in Kumasi, Ghana. Final report of a pilot project implemented by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) in collaboration with the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology (KNUST); Department of Water & Sanitation in Developing Countries (SANDEC) at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG). 124p.
Composting ; Waste management ; Sanitation ; Wastewater ; Urban agriculture ; Public health ; Health hazards ; Risks ; Pathogens ; Case studies ; Marketing ; Costs ; Economic aspects / Ghana / Kumasi
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 631.875 G200 COF Record No: H040973)
http://www.pseau.org/epa/gdda/Actions/Action_A09/Rapport_final_A09.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H040973.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H040973.pdf
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13 Winblad, U.; Simpson-Hebert, M. (Eds.) 2004. Ecological sanitation. rev. enl. ed. Sweden, Stockholm: Stockholm Environment Institute. 140p.
Sanitation ; Design ; Liquid wastes ; Wastewater ; Nutrients ; Recycling ; Composting ; Households ; Waste management
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 363.72 G000 WIN Record No: H041242)
14 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.
15 Holmer, R. J.; Itchon, G. S. 2008. Reuse of ecological sanitation products in urban agriculture: experiences from the Philippines. Urban Agriculture Magazine, 20:44-46.
Urban agriculture ; Sanitation ; Poverty ; Composting ; Organic fertilizers ; Excreta ; Urine / Philippines / Cagayan de Oro
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H041628)
http://www.ruaf.org/sites/default/files/UAM%2020%20-%20pagina%2044-46.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041628.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H041628.pdf
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16 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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17 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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18 Adamtey, Noah; Cofie, Olufunke; Ofosu-Budu, G. K.; Danso, S. K. A.; Forster, D. 2009. Production and storage of N-enriched co-compost. Waste Management, 29:2429-2436. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2009.04.014]
Waste management ; Urban wastes ; Household wastes ; Solid wastes ; Composts ; Composting ; Production ; Techniques ; Fertilizers ; Excreta ; Urea ; Urban agriculture ; Inorganic fertilizers ; Nitrogen fertilizers ; Heavy metals ; Farmers ; Health hazards / Africa South of Sahara / West Africa / Ghana / Accra
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042259)
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Recovery of the organic fraction of municipal waste for peri-urban agriculture could contribute to the improvement of environmental sanitation and increase agricultural productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, municipal waste co-compost (Co) has low nitrogen (N) content. Therefore, this study investigated the type and form of inorganic N fertiliser that is capable of improving the nitrogen content of Co and monitored the changes in the properties of this N-enriched product under storage. To attain 30,000 mg kg1 (3%) N content, different amounts of urea or ammonium sulphate were applied in various forms (dry, paste and liquid) to enrich Co. The product termed comlizer was stored and its moisture, pH, total nitrogen, NHþ4 -N, NO3 –N, and C/N ratio were monitored under ambient conditions for two years. In the first four months of storage, total N content of 50 kg Co + 3.26 kg urea (CoUD) increased from 31,333 to 54,000 mg kg1, and 50 kg Co + 7.14 kg (NH4)2SO4 (CoASD) from 35,333 to 52,000 mg kg1. At the end of two years of storage, the initial N content of CoUD and CoASD decreased by 47% and 24%, respectively. Based on these results, it is recommended that dry (NH4)2SO4 should be used in N enrichment of Co, and that the comlizer should be stored in sealed bags but not more than four months.
19 Hovorka, A.; Zeeuw, H.; Njenga, M. (Eds.) 2009. Women feeding cities: mainstreaming gender in urban agriculture and food security. Warwickshire, UK: Practical Action Publishing. 390p.
Women ; Farmers ; Urban agriculture ; Gender ; Labor ; Farming ; Vegetables ; Fruits ; Waste management ; Recycling ; Composting ; Decision making ; Food production ; Food security ; Livestock ; Case studies ; Poverty ; Households ; Development projects ; Research methods ; Monitoring ; Evaluation / India / Philippines / Ghana / Uganda / Zimbabwe / Kenya / Peru / Argentina / Mexico / Peru / Senegal / Hyderabad / Manila / Accra / Kampala / Harare / Kisumu / Nairobi / Nakuru / Sonora / Lima / Pikine
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 338 G000 HOR Record No: H042304)
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20 Hovorka, A.; Zeeuw, H.; Njenga, M. (Eds.) 2009. Women feeding cities: mainstreaming gender in urban agriculture and food security. Leusden, Netherlands: Network of Resource Centres on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF Foundation) 1 CD.
Women ; Farmers ; Urban agriculture ; Gender ; Labor ; Farming ; Vegetables ; Fruits ; Waste management ; Recycling ; Composting ; Decision making ; Food production ; Food security ; Livestock ; Case studies ; Poverty ; Households ; Development projects ; Research methods ; Monitoring ; Evaluation / India / Philippines / Ghana / Uganda / Zimbabwe / Kenya / Peru / Argentina / Mexico / Peru / Senegal / Hyderabad / Manila / Accra / Kampala / Harare / Kisumu / Nairobi / Nakuru / Sonora / Lima / Pikine
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: CD Col. Record No: H035923)
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