Irrigated urban vegetable production in Ghana: characteristics, benefits and risk mitigation
2014
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Irrigated urban vegetable production in Ghana: characteristics, benefits and risk mitigation
Keywords
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; Ghana; West Africa
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Agribusiness
Agricultural Finance
Community/Rural/Urban Development
Consumer/Household Economics
Crop Production/Industries
Farm Management
Food Security and Poverty
Health Economics and Policy
Industrial Organization
Institutional and Behavioral Economics
International Development
Labor and Human Capital
Livestock Production/Industries
Marketing
Public Economics
Agricultural Finance
Community/Rural/Urban Development
Consumer/Household Economics
Crop Production/Industries
Farm Management
Food Security and Poverty
Health Economics and Policy
Industrial Organization
Institutional and Behavioral Economics
International Development
Labor and Human Capital
Livestock Production/Industries
Marketing
Public Economics
Issue Date
2014
Publication Type
Book/ Chapter
DOI and Other Identifiers
10.22004/ag.econ.208760
978-92-9090-798-5 (Other)
978-92-9090-798-5 (Other)
Record Identifier
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/208760
PURL Identifier
http://purl.umn.edu/208760
Total Pages
247p.
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