Urban vegetable farming sites, crops and cropping practices

Danso, G.; Drechsel, Pay; Obuobie, E.; Forkuor, G.; Kranjac-Berisavljevic, G. 2014. Urban vegetable farming sites, crops and cropping practices. In Drechsel, Pay; Keraita, B. (Eds.) Irrigated urban vegetable production in Ghana: characteristics, benefits and risk mitigation. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.7-27.

The chapter describes the major sites of open-space vegetable farming in Ghana’s main cities. It also presents the principal cropping systems and characteristics of urban farmers involved in irrigated vegetable production.