Irrigated urban vegetable production in Ghana: characteristics, benefits and risk mitigation

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Drechsel, Pay, Keraita, Bernard N.
Format:	Libro
Language:	Inglés
Published:	International Water Management Institute 2014
Subjects:	irrigated farming urban agriculture suburban agriculture vegetable growing risk management wastewater irrigation cropping systems food security food supply sanitation water quality water use water policy economic aspects financing households income marketing gender women farmers land tenure soil fertility biological contamination pesticide residues helminths heavy metals faecal coliforms environmental health sustainability public health health hazards malaria stakeholders
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/73443

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