Resultados de búsqueda - "Ghana"

Sustainable intensification of crop-livestock systems in Northern Ghana: Report on 2012 activities por Fall, Abdou

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Desk study of nutritional and economic issues of Africa RISING target populations in Ghana por Maziya-Dixon, B.B.

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Safe re-use practices in wastewater-irrigated urban vegetable farming in Ghana por Keraita, Bernard N., Abaidoo, Robert C., Beernaerts, Ines, Koo-Oshima, Sasha, Amoah, Philip, Drechsel, Pay, Konradsen, Flemming

“…With hardly any wastewater treatment in Ghana, a multiple-barrier approach was adopted and safe re-use practices were developed through action research involving a number of stakeholders at different levels along the food chain. …”
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Occurrence of Listeria monocytogenes in traditionally processed fish in informal markets in Accra, Ghana por Tano-Debrah, K., Bediako-Amoa, B., Saalia, F.K., Bomfeh, K.

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An analysis of the quality of wastewater used to irrigate vegetables in Accra, Kumasi and Tamale, Ghana por Amoah, Philip

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Participatory communication to improve natural resource management in peri-urban Kumasi, Ghana por Quansah, C., Drechsel, Pay, Bakang, J.A.

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Water user associations in northern Ghana: from institutional panacea to reality check por Acheampong, Ernest Nti, Venot, Jean-Philippe

“…Small reservoirs development in Ghana dates back to the post-independence era. Small reservoirs were meant at providing water for livestock, mitigating the impacts of recurrent drought, increasing food security, and reducing poverty. …”
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The resettlement experience of Ghana analyzed via case studies of the Akosombo and Kpong dams por Raschid-Sally, Liqa, Akoto-Danso, Edmund K., Kalitsi, E. A. K., Ofori, B. D., Twum-Korangteng, R.

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Municipal organic waste management: challenges and opportunities in Tamale, Ghana. [Abstract only]. por Pradhan, Surendra K., Opuni, S. C., Fosu, M., Drechsel, Pay

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Motivating behaviour change for safe wastewater irrigation in urban and peri-urban Ghana por Drechsel, Pay, Karg, H.

“…Based on experiences from Ghana, where wastewater irrigation is an unplanned reality in and around all cities, the necessary steps and considerations for increasing the adoption probability are outlined under a generic framework which is based on social marketing, incentive systems, awareness creation/education and supporting regulations. …”
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Adoption patterns and constraints pertaining to small-scale water lifting technologies in Ghana por Namara, Regassa E., Hope, Lesley, Sarpong, E.O., Fraiture, Charlotte de, Owusu, D.

“…Irrigation is a priority development agenda item in Ghana and other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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Serum estrogenicity and biological responses in African catfish raised in wastewater ponds in Ghana por Asem-Hiablie, S., Church, C.D., Elliott, H.A., Shappell, N.W., Schoenfuss, H.L., Drechsel, Pay, Williams, C.F., Knopf, A., Dabie, M.Y.

“…We examined the biological effects of wastewater-borne estrogens on African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) raised in a wastewater stabilization pond (WSP) of a functioning municipal wastewater treatment plant, a wastewater polishing pond (WWP) of a dysfunctional treatment plant, and a reference pond (RP) unimpacted by wastewater, located in Ghana. Measurements of estrogen concentrations in pond water by liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry showed mean 17 s-estradiol concentrations were higher in the wastewater ponds (WWP, 6.6 ng/L ? …”
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Features of river flow in inland valleys in semi-deciduous forest zone in Ghana por Fujii, H., Dawuni, B., Kulawardhana, Wasantha, Thenkabail, Prasad S., Namara, Regassa E.

“…There are about 2.8 million ha of inland valleys in Ghana and 20 million ha of inland valley in West Africa. …”
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Occupational exposure to pesticides: blood cholinesterase activity in a farming community in Ghana por Ntow, W.J., Tagoe, L.M., Drechsel, Pay, Kelderman, P., Nyarko, E., Gijzen, H.J.

“…There is the need to review safety precautions in the use and application of pesticides in Ghana.…”
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The impact of agricultural runoff on the quality of two streams in vegetable farm areas in Ghana por Ntow, W.J., Drechsel, Pay, Botwe, B.O., Kelderman, P., Gijzen, H.J.

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Estimating the demand for municipal waste compost via farmers' willingness-to-pay in Ghana por Danso, George K., Drechsel, Pay, Fialor, S., Giordano, Mark

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Does irrigated urban agriculture influence the transmission of malaria in the City of Kumasi, Ghana? por Afrane, Y.A., Klinkenberg, Eveline, Drechsel, Pay, Owusu-Daaku, K., Garms, R., Kruppa, T.

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Influence of urban wastewater on stream water quality and agriculture in and around Kumasi, Ghana por Keraita, Bernard N., Drechsel, Pay, Amoah, Philip

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Simulating sorghum yield response to mineral fertilizer in semi-arid northern Ghana por Kpongor, DS, Tabo, Ramadjita, Bationo, B. André, Fosu, M., Vlek, Paul L.G.

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Nutrient deposition during the harmattan dry season across the northern region of Ghana por Kugbe, J, Tamene, Lulseged D., Denich, M., Fosu, M., Vlek, Paul L.G.

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