@article{Danso:208748, recid = {208748}, author = {Danso, G. and Hope, L. and Drechsel, Pay}, title = {Financial and economic aspects of urban vegetable farming}, address = {2014}, number = {612-2016-40551}, pages = {pp.38-50.}, year = {2014}, note = {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).}, abstract = {This chapter explores some of the financial and economic aspects of urban and peri-urban agriculture in Ghana. Cost-benefit analysis comparisons were made of farm finances of common rural, peri-urban and urban farming systems. Substudies also tried to quantify benefits for society and to cost externalities related to soil nutrient depletion, pesticide use and urban malaria.}, url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/208748}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.208748}, }