Urban vegetable farming sites, crops and cropping practices

The chapter describes the major sites of open-space vegetable farming in Ghana’s main cities. It also presents the principal cropping systems and characteristics of urban farmers involved in irrigated vegetable production.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Danso, George K., Drechsel, Pay, Obuobie, Emmanuel, Forkuor, Gerald, Kranjac-Berisavljevic, Gordana
Formato: Capítulo de libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/65296
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author Danso, George K.
Drechsel, Pay
Obuobie, Emmanuel
Forkuor, Gerald
Kranjac-Berisavljevic, Gordana
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spelling CGSpace652962025-11-07T08:09:04Z Urban vegetable farming sites, crops and cropping practices Danso, George K. Drechsel, Pay Obuobie, Emmanuel Forkuor, Gerald Kranjac-Berisavljevic, Gordana vegetables crops irrigated farming urban agriculture farmland farmers maize The chapter describes the major sites of open-space vegetable farming in Ghana’s main cities. It also presents the principal cropping systems and characteristics of urban farmers involved in irrigated vegetable production. 2014 2015-04-30T13:41:35Z 2015-04-30T13:41:35Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/65296 en Open Access application/pdf Danso, G.; Drechsel, Pay; Obuobie, E.; Forkuor, G.; Kranjac-Berisavljevic, G. 2014. Urban vegetable farming sites, crops and cropping practices. 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.7-27.
spellingShingle vegetables
crops
irrigated farming
urban agriculture
farmland
farmers
maize
Danso, George K.
Drechsel, Pay
Obuobie, Emmanuel
Forkuor, Gerald
Kranjac-Berisavljevic, Gordana
Urban vegetable farming sites, crops and cropping practices
title Urban vegetable farming sites, crops and cropping practices
title_full Urban vegetable farming sites, crops and cropping practices
title_fullStr Urban vegetable farming sites, crops and cropping practices
title_full_unstemmed Urban vegetable farming sites, crops and cropping practices
title_short Urban vegetable farming sites, crops and cropping practices
title_sort urban vegetable farming sites crops and cropping practices
topic vegetables
crops
irrigated farming
urban agriculture
farmland
farmers
maize
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/65296
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