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1 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)
2 Cofie, O. O.; Drechsel, P.; Amoah, P.; Danso, G.; Gyiele, L. 2001. Improving rural-urban nutrient flows through urban and peri-urban agriculture. Paper presented at the International Conference on Rural-Urban Encounters: Managing the Environment of the Peri-Urban Interface, University College London, 9-10 November 2001. 9p.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.86 G200 COF Record No: H029209)
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3 Brook, R. M.; Davila, J. (Eds.) 2000. The peri-urban interface: a tale of two cities. Bangor, Wales, UK: University of Wales. School of Agricultural and Forest Sciences; London, UK: University College London. Development Planning Unit. vii, 251p.
Economic development ; Population growth ; Farming systems ; Urbanization ; Industrialization ; Agricultural policy ; Local government ; Cropping systems ; Crop production ; Livestock ; Animal husbandry ; Water management ; Water use ; Water delivery ; Water quality ; Poverty ; Households ; Social aspects ; GIS / Ghana / India / Nigeria / Hubli-Dharwad / Kumasi / Kano
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 338.1 G200 BRO Record No: H029213)
http://www.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/dpu/latest/publications/dpu-books/tale_of_two_cities.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H029213.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H029213.pdf
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4 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.
5 Cornish, G. A.; Mensah, E.; GhesquiFre, P. 1999. Water quality and peri-urban irrigation: As assessment of surface water quality for irrigation and its implications for human health in the peri-urban zone of Kumasi, Ghana. Wallingford, UK: HR Wallingford. xv, 44p. + annexes. (Report OD/TN 95)
Water quality ; Monitoring ; Surface water ; Irrigation water ; Public health ; Wastewater ; Effluents ; Water reuse / Ghana / Kumasi
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 5921 Record No: H029324)
6 Cornish, G. A.; Aidoo, J. B. 2000. Informal irrigation in the peri-urban zone of Kumasi, Ghana: Findings from an initial questionnaire survey. Wallingford, UK: HR Wallingford. 41p. + appendices. (Report OD/TN 97)
Irrigated farming ; Irrigation practices ; Water quality ; Irrigation equipment ; Crops ; Marketing ; Constraints ; Water conveyance ; Pumping ; Water costs ; Land use ; Households ; Farmers ; Labor ; Water supply ; Water rates / Ghana / Kumasi
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 5922 Record No: H029325)
7 Cornish, G. A.; Aidoo, J. B.; Ayamba, I. 2001. Informal irrigation in the peri-urban zone of Kumasi, Ghana: An analysis of farmer activity and productivity. Wallingford, UK: HR Wallingford. xiii, 39p. (Report OD/TN 103)
Irrigated farming ; Expenditure ; Labor costs ; Farmers ; Crop yield ; Irrigation management ; Households ; Income ; Gender ; Women ; Vegetables ; Marketing ; Credit / Ghana / Kumasi
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 5924 Record No: H029327)
8 Cornish, G. A.; Lawrence, P. 2001. Informal irrigation in peri-urban areas: A summary of findings and recommendations. Wallingford, UK: HR Wallingford. xx, 54p. + annexes. (Report OD/TN 144)
Irrigated farming ; Gender ; Income ; Land tenure ; Tenancy ; Farmers ; Irrigation practices ; Water resources ; Water conveyance ; Crop production ; Crop yield ; Vegetables ; Labor ; Farms ; Marketing ; Credit ; Vegetables ; Constraints ; Water quality ; Policy ; Water lifting ; Water storage / Ghana / Kenya / Kumasi / Nairobi
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 5927 Record No: H029330)
9 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)
10 Cornish, G. 2001. Informal peri-urban irrigation, Kumasi. 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.31-39.
Irrigated farming ; Tillage ; Plant propagation ; Wells ; Pumping ; Rivers ; Water conveyance ; Water supply ; Farmer participation ; Labor ; Water costs ; Irrigation water / Ghana / Kumasi
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7 G100 DFI Record No: H029363)
11 Hide, J. 2001. Improving irrigation in peri-urban areas: An assessment of surface water quality used for informal irrigation in Nairobi. 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.47-57.
Irrigation water ; Surface water ; Water quality ; Monitoring ; Rivers ; Effluents ; Public health ; Risks / Kenya / Ghana / Nairobi / Kumasi / Nairobi River
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7 G100 DFI Record No: H029365)
12 McGregor, D.; Thompson, D.; Simon, D.; Kotei, N.; Poku, O. 2001. The influence of Kumasi on peri-urban water quality: A problem for community health and floodplain agriculture? 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.65-76.
Water quality ; Water pollution ; Watershed management ; Flood plains ; Irrigated farming ; Public health ; Rivers ; Groundwater ; Case studies ; Wells ; Villages ; Poverty ; Irrigated farming ; Pollution control / Ghana / Kumasi / Sisa River / Asago
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7 G100 DFI Record No: H029367)
13 Cornish, G. 2001. Financial aspects of peri-urban irrigation, Kumasi. 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.89-96.
Irrigated farming ; Farm economics ; Expenditure ; Labor costs ; Vegetables ; Economic aspects ; Villages ; Households / Ghana / Kumasi
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7 G100 DFI Record No: H029369)
14 Afrane, Y. A.; Klinkenberg, E.; Asare, J.; Owusu-Daaku, K.; Drechsel, P.; Kruppa, T. 2002. Influence of urban irrigated agriculture on the transmission of malaria in the city of Kumasi, Ghana. Paper presented at Special Seminar on Malaria in Irrigated Agriculture, MIM Conference, Tanzania, 21-28 November 2002. SIMA Document 4, IWMI, Colombo Sri Lanka. pp.8-9.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.5 G200 AFR Record No: H031907)
15 Cofie, O. O. 2002. A nutrition cycle in Kumasi: Ghana case study. In Allen, A.; You, N. (Eds.). Sustainable urbanization, bridging the green and brown agendas. London, UK: University of London. Development Planning Unit. pp.60-61.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.2 G200 COF Record No: H031908)
16 Danso, G.; Drechsel, P.; Wiafe-Antwi, T.; Gyiele, L. A. 2002. Income of farming systems around Kumasi. Urban Agriculture Magazine, 7:5-6.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7 G200 DAN Record No: H031912)
http://www.ruaf.org/sites/default/files/Income%20of%20Farming%20Systems%20Around%20Kumasi.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H_31912.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H_31912.pdf
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17 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)
18 Keraita, B.; Drechsel, P.; Huibers, F.; Raschid Sally, L. 2002. Wastewater use in informal irrigation in urban and periurban areas of Kumasi, Ghana. Urban Agriculture Magazine, 8:11-13.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.5 G200 KER Record No: H031917)
http://www.ruaf.org/sites/default/files/Wastewater%20Use%20in%20Informal%20Irrigation.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H_31917.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H_31917.pdf
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19 Klinkenberg, E. 2002. Flushing of a natural stream and canal in Yan Oya, Sri Lanka: An example of larval control. Proceedings of EHP Workshop on Larval Control, Kampala, Uganda, April 2002. 1p.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.5 G744 KLI Record No: H031919)
20 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)
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