Safe Re-use Practices in Wastewater-Irrigated Urban Vegetable Farming in Ghana

Irrigation using untreated wastewater poses health risks to farmers and consumers of crop products, especially vegetables. 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 sta...

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Main Authors: Bernard Keraita, Robert C. Abaidoo, Ines Beernaerts, Sasha Koo-Oshima, Philip Amoah, Pay Drechsel, Flemming Konradsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thomas A. Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems 2016-07-01
Series:Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
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Online Access:https://www.foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/view/130