Database research record2014·Ghana
Irrigated vegetable farming in urban Ghana: a farming system between challenges and resilience
Pay Drechsel, Andrew Adam‐Bradford, Liqa Raschid-Sally, Drechsel, Pay, Adam-Bradford, A., Raschid-Sally, Liqa
AgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA)
Urban Farm DB summary
This chapter introduces urbanization in West Africa, particularly Ghana, the general role of urban agriculture, and the common use of polluted irrigation water. It focuses on irrigated smallholder vegetable production, reflecting on the key challenges, dynamics, and resilience of this farming system.