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Selected West Africa Publications

 
Malaria and Urban & Peri-Urban Agriculture

  • Afrane, A.A., Klinkenberg, E. Drechsel, P., Owusu-Daaku, K., Garms, R. and Kruppa, T. 2004. Does irrigated urban agriculture influence the transmission of malaria in the city of Kumasi, Ghana? Acta Tropica 89 (2): 125-134. (special issue)
  • Klinkenberg E, Boelee E. (Eds.) 2002. Research priorities on malaria and agriculture in West and Central Africa. SIMA Document No. 1. 80 pp.
  • Obuobie, E., Keraita, B., Danso, G., Amoah, P., Cofie, O.O., Raschid-Sally, L. and P. Drechsel. 2006. Irrigated urban vegetable production in Ghana: Characteristics, benefits and risks. IWMI-RUAF-IDRC-CPWF, Accra, Ghana: IWMI, 150 pp - read online at http://www.cityfarmer.org/GhanaIrrigateVegis.html


Wastewater and Urban & Peri-urban agriculture

  • Abdul-Ghaniyu, S., Kranjec-Berisavljevic, G., Yakubu, I.B., and Keraita, B. 2002. Sources and Quality of Water for urban vegetable production (Tamale, Ghana). Urban Agriculture Magazine 8 (December 2002): p. 10.
  • Cofie, O., P.Drechsel, E. Obuobie, G. Danso and B. Keraita, 2003. Environmental sanitation and urban agriculture in Ghana. Proceedings of the 29th WEDC International Conference Abuja, Nigeria, 2003, p. 9-12.
  • Drechsel, P., U.J. Blumenthal and B. Keraita. 2002. Balancing health and livelihoods: Adjusting wastewater irrigation guidelines for resource-poor countries. Urban Agriculture Magazine 8: 7-9 .
  • Keraita B and P. Drechsel, 2004. Agricultural use of untreated urban wastewater in Ghana. In: Wastewater Use in Irrigated Agriculture: Confronting the Livelihood and Environmental Realities: C. Scott, N. I. Faruqui, L. Raschid (eds.). IWMI-IDRC-CABI, p. 101-112.
  • Keraita, B., Danso, G. and Drechsel, P. 2003. Irrigation methods and practices in urban agriculture in Ghana and Togo. Urban Agriculture Magazine 10: 6-7 .
  • Keraita, B., Drechsel, P. and Amoah, P. 2003. Influence of urban wastewater on stream water quality and agriculture in and around Kumasi, Ghana. Environment & Urbanization 15 (2) 171-178 .
  • Keraita, B., P. Drechsel, F. Huibers, and L. Raschid-Sally. 2002. Wastewater use in informal irrigation in Urban and Peri-urban areas of Kumasi, Ghana. Urban Agriculture Magazine 8: 11-13 .
  • Mensah, E., Amoah, P., Abaidoo, R.C. and P. Drechsel. 2001. Environmental concerns of (peri-) urban vegetable production – Case studies from Kumasi and Accra. In: Drechsel, P. and D. Kunze (eds.) Waste Composting for Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture - Closing the rural-urban nutrient cycle in sub-Saharan Africa. IWMI/FAO/CABI: Wallingford, p. 55-68.
  • Obuobie, E., Danso, G. and P. Drechsel. 2003. Access to land and water for urban vegetable farming in Accra. Urban Agriculture Magazine 11: 15-17.
  • Obuobie, E., P. Drechsel, and Danso, G. 2004. Gender in open-space irrigated urban vegetable farming in Accra. Urban Agriculture Magazine 12: 13-15 .


(Co-) Compost AND Urban & Peri-urban agriculture

  • Asare, I., Kranjac-Berisavljevic, G. and Cofie, O. (2003) Faecal Sludge Application for Agriculture in Tamale. UA magazine 10, p.31-33. 
  • Danso, G., Drechsel, P. and Gyiele, L., 2004. Urban household perception of urine-excreta and solid waste source separation in urban areas of Ghana. In C. Werner et al. (eds.): Ecosan - Closing the loop. pages 191-196. GTZ and IWA, Germany.
  • Danso, G., S.C. Fialor and P. Drechsel, 2002. Farmers' perception and willingness-to-pay for urban waste compost in Ghana. In: Almorza, D. et al. (eds.) Waste Management and the Environment, WIT Press, 231-241 .
  • Drechsel, P. and D. Kunze (Eds.) 2001. Waste Composting for Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture - Closing the rural-urban nutrient cycle in sub-Saharan Africa. IWMI/FAO/CABI: Wallingford, 229 pages .
  • Drechsel, P., Cofie, O.O. Danso. G. 2002. Closing the rural-urban nutrient cycle. Insights 41 (May 2002)
  • Drechsel, P., Quansah, C. and S. Asante-Mensah. 2001. Tools for the assessment of farmers’ perception of organic wastes as nutrient source. In: Drechsel, P. and D. Kunze (eds.) Waste Composting for Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture - Closing the rural-urban nutrient cycle in sub-Saharan Africa. IWMI/FAO/CABI: Wallingford p. 43-54.
  • Koné, D, K. Gallizzi, S. Drescher, O. Cofie, C. Zurbrügg, D. Forster, A. Montangero, E. Awuah and M. Strauss, (2004) Efficiency of Helminth eggs removal in dewatered faecal sludge by co-composting. In: Sam Godfrey (ed.) People-Centered Approach to Water and Environmental Sanitation. Pre-point Proceedings of 30th WEDC International Conference, Vientiane, Lao PDR, 2004. p. 21-25.
  • Mensah A., Cofie, O. and Montangero, A., 2003. Lessons from a pilot co-composting plant. Proceedings of the 29th WEDC (Water, Engineering and development Center) Conference Abuja, Nigeria, 2003, p. 45-47.
  • Vázquez, R., Cofie, O.O., Drechsel, P. and I.F. Mensa-Bonsu, 2002. Linking urban agriculture with urban management: A challenge for policy makers and planners. In: C.A. Brebbia et al. (eds.): The Sustainable City II. Urban Regeneration and Sustainability, WIT Press, 925- 934.


Urban and Peri-urban agriculture - General

  • Campilan, D., P. Drechsel, and D. Joecker. 2001. Monitoring & Evaluation and its adaptation to urban and peri-urban agriculture. Urban Agriculture Magazine 5: 40-42 .
  • Danso, G. and Drechsel, P., 2003. The marketing manager in Ghana. Urban Agricultural Magazine 9: 7.
  • Danso, G., Fialor, S.C. and P. Drechsel. 2002. Perceptions of organic agriculture by urban vegetable farmers and consumers in Ghana. Urban Agricultural Magazine 6: 23-24 .
  • Danso, G., P. Drechsel, T. Wiafe-Antwi and L. Gyiele. 2002. Income of farming systems around Kumasi, Ghana. Urban Agriculture Magazine 7: 5-6.
  • Drechsel, P., Abaidoo,, R.C., Amoah, P.  and O.O. Cofie, 2000. Increasing use of poultry manure in and around Kumasi, Ghana: Is farmers’ race consumers’ fate? Urban Agricultural Magazine 2: 25-27 .
  • Drechsel, P., C. Quansah and F. Penning de Vries. 1999. Stimulation of urban and peri-urban agriculture in West Africa - Characteristics, challenges, and need for action. In: O.B. Smith (ed.) Urban agriculture in West Africa. IDRC/CTA, Ottawa, Wageningen, page 19-40. 
  • Kessler, A., Streiffeler, F., and Obuobie, E. Women in urban agriculture in West Africa. Urban Agricultural Magazine 12: 16-17 .

Urban Agric General

  • Olufunke Cofie, Rene van Veenhuizen, 2008. Sustainable Use of Water in Urban Agriculture. Urban Agriculture Magazine, number 20. 3-6.
  • Olufunke Cofie, Esi Awuah, 2008. Technology and Institutional Innovation on Irrigated Urban Agriculture in Accra, Ghana. Urban Agriculture Magazine, 20, 14-16.
  • Lesley Hope, 2008. Use of Irrigation Water to Wash Vegetables Grown on Urban Farms in Kumasi. Urban Agriculture, 20, 29-30.
  • Bernard Keraita, Pay Drechsel, William Agyekum, Lesley Hope, 2007. In Search of Safer Irrigation Water for Urban Vegetable Farming in Ghana. Urban Agriculture Magazine, 19, 17-19.
  • Freetown Multi-stakeholder team on urban and peri-urban agriculture, 2008. Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture in Freetown: A Five Year Rolling City Strategic Agenda (2009-2013).
  • Freetown Multi-stakeholder team on urban and peri-urban agriculture, 2008. Urban Agriculture in Freetown: Status, Opportunities and Constraints.
  • Ibadan Multi-stakeholder team on urban and peri-urban agriculture, 2008. A Strategic Agenda for the Development of Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture.
  • Ibadan Multi-stakeholder team on urban and peri-urban agriculture, 2008. Urban Agriculture in Freetown: Characteristics, Challenges and Prospects.
     

Smallholder Farming

  • Asiedu. E.K., Ahenkorah, Y., Drechsel, P. and Oteng, J.W. 2001. Improving the productivity of Vertisols for smallholders on the Accra Plains of Ghana. In: Syers, J.K. et al. (eds) The sustainable management of vertisols. CABI-IWMI, Wallingford, Bangkok, p. 155-172.
  • Drechsel, P. and F. Penning de Vries. 2001. Land pressure and soil nutrient depletion in sub-Saharan Africa. In: Bridges, M. et al. (eds.). Response to land degradation. Science Publishers, Inc. Enfield (NH), USA, p. 55-64 .
  • Drechsel, P., Gyiele, L., Kunze, D. and O. Cofie. 2001. Population density, soil nutrient depletion, and economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa. Ecological Economics 38(2): 251-258 .
  • Drechsel, P., Kunze, D. and Penning de Vries, F. 2001. Soil nutrient depletion and population growth in sub-Saharan Africa: A Malthusian nexus ? Population and Environment 22(4): 411-423.
  • Drechsel, P., M. Giordano and L.A. Gyiele. 2004. Valuing Nutrients in Soil and Water: Concepts and Techniques with Examples from IWMI Studies in the Developing World. IWMI Research Report 82.
  • Drechsel, P., M. Giordano, and T. Enters. 2005. Valuing Soil Fertility Change: Selected Methods and Case Studies. In: B. Shiferaw et al. (eds.) Natural Resources Management in Agriculture: Methods for Assessing Economic and Environmental Impacts. ICRISAT-CABI Publishing , p. 199-221.
  • Drechsel, P. 2000. Lessons from on-farm research on sustainable land management in Sub Saharan Africa – Results from an international meeting in Abengourou, Cote d‘Ivoire. In: Renard, G. et al. (Eds.) Farmers and Scientists in a Changing Environment: Assessing Research in West Africa. Margraf Verlag, Weikersheim, Germany, page 319-326.
  • Penning de Vries, F.W. T.; H. Acquay; D. Molden; S. J. Scherr; C. Valentin; O. Cofie. 2003. Integrated land and water management for food and environmental security. Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture Research Report 1. Colombo, Sri Lanka: IWMI.
  • Quansah, C., P. Drechsel, B.B. Yirenkyi and S. Asante-Mensah (2001). Farmers’ perceptions and management of soil organic matter - a case study from West Africa. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems (Special issue). Volume 61 (1/2) 205-213.
  • Steiner, K.G. and P. Drechsel. 1998. Experiences with participatory on-farm research on erosion control in Southern Rwanda. In: Drechsel, P. and L. Gyiele (Eds.) On-farm research on sustainable land management in Sub-Saharan Africa: Approaches, experiences, and lessons. IBSRAM proceedings 19: 205-214.

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