Irrigated vegetable farming in urban Ghana: a farming system between challenges and resilience
This chapter serves as an introduction to the book and provides brief information about urbanization in West Africa, and in Ghana in particular, the general role of urban agriculture and the common use of polluted irrigation water. It describes our focus on irrigated smallholder vegetable production...
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| description | This chapter serves as an introduction to the book and provides brief information about urbanization in West Africa, and in Ghana in particular, the general role of urban agriculture and the common use of polluted irrigation water. It describes our focus on irrigated smallholder vegetable production and our understanding of the terms ‘urban‘, ‘peri-urban’ and ‘wastewater’. The chapter reflects on some of the key challenges of the farming system, its dynamic and resilience. It also gives an overview on the structure of the book, the origins of the data and the main objective of this publication. |
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| spelling | CGSpace652952025-11-07T08:09:51Z Irrigated vegetable farming in urban Ghana: a farming system between challenges and resilience Drechsel, Pay Adam-Bradford, A. Raschid-Sally, Liqa irrigated farming farming systems vegetables urbanization irrigation water water pollution urban agriculture suburban agriculture farmers This chapter serves as an introduction to the book and provides brief information about urbanization in West Africa, and in Ghana in particular, the general role of urban agriculture and the common use of polluted irrigation water. It describes our focus on irrigated smallholder vegetable production and our understanding of the terms ‘urban‘, ‘peri-urban’ and ‘wastewater’. The chapter reflects on some of the key challenges of the farming system, its dynamic and resilience. It also gives an overview on the structure of the book, the origins of the data and the main objective of this publication. 2014 2015-04-30T13:41:35Z 2015-04-30T13:41:35Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/65295 en Open Access application/pdf Drechsel, Pay; Adam-Bradford, A.; Raschid-Sally, Liqa. 2014. Irrigated vegetable farming in urban Ghana: a farming system between challenges and resilience. 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.1-6. |
| spellingShingle | irrigated farming farming systems vegetables urbanization irrigation water water pollution urban agriculture suburban agriculture farmers Drechsel, Pay Adam-Bradford, A. Raschid-Sally, Liqa Irrigated vegetable farming in urban Ghana: a farming system between challenges and resilience |
| title | Irrigated vegetable farming in urban Ghana: a farming system between challenges and resilience |
| title_full | Irrigated vegetable farming in urban Ghana: a farming system between challenges and resilience |
| title_fullStr | Irrigated vegetable farming in urban Ghana: a farming system between challenges and resilience |
| title_full_unstemmed | Irrigated vegetable farming in urban Ghana: a farming system between challenges and resilience |
| title_short | Irrigated vegetable farming in urban Ghana: a farming system between challenges and resilience |
| title_sort | irrigated vegetable farming in urban ghana a farming system between challenges and resilience |
| topic | irrigated farming farming systems vegetables urbanization irrigation water water pollution urban agriculture suburban agriculture farmers |
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