Assessing the sustainability of vegetable production practices in northern Ghana

Assessing the sustainability of vegetable production practices in northern Ghana

Urban vegetable production is an intensive agricultural strategy through which urban dwellers secure income and improve their livelihoods. An ethnographic study was conducted in Tamale, Northern Ghana, to understand whether vegetable gardening was a sustainable form of intensification. The study use...

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Main Authors: Eileen Bogweh Nchanji, Imogen Bellwood-Howard, Nikolaus Schareika, Takemore Chagomoka, Johannes Schlesinger, Drescher Axel, Glaser Rüdiger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-05-01
Series:International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability
Subjects:
land use changes
vegetable production
sustainable intensification
spatial changes
northern ghana
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2017.1312796

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