Informal irrigated vegetable value chains in urban Ghana: potential to improve food safety through changing stakeholder practices

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cg.contributor.affiliationLoughborough Universityen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Water Management Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Ghanaen_US
cg.contributor.donorUKRI Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)en_US
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden_US
cg.contributor.initiativeResilient Citiesen_US
cg.coverage.countryGhanaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2GHen_US
cg.coverage.subregionAccraen_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3828/idpr.2024.17en_US
cg.identifier.iwmilibraryH053183en_US
cg.identifier.projectIWMI - C-0006en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn1474-6743en_US
cg.journalInternational Development Planning Reviewen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
dc.contributor.authorGalibourg, Daviden_US
dc.contributor.authorAmankwaa, E. F.en_US
dc.contributor.authorGough, K. V.en_US
dc.contributor.authorScott, R.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-31T08:44:03Zen_US
dc.date.available2024-10-31T08:44:03Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/158311en_US
dc.titleInformal irrigated vegetable value chains in urban Ghana: potential to improve food safety through changing stakeholder practicesen_US
dcterms.abstractContaminated vegetables grown and consumed in cities of the global South have adverse public health consequences. Through interviews with farmers, traders, consumers and institutional representatives, this article explores why stakeholders in the irrigated vegetable value chain in Accra continue unsafe practices. The multi-stakeholder data are analysed by combining a behavioural model with a framework of complex stakeholder interactions. Arguably, a systemic approach would help meet stakeholders’ opportunity, capability and motivation needs and actualise current efforts to promote safe practices. Findings indicate the need for all stakeholders to develop a shared understanding of each other’s practices and co-design flexible arrangements that better integrate their diverse rationales, knowledge and constraints. Improving hygiene and food safety from farm to fork requires political commitment that accounts for land tenure insecurity and the high cost of safe water.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.available2024-10-17en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationGalibourg, David; Amankwaa, E. F.; Gough, K. V.; Scott, R. 2024. Informal irrigated vegetable value chains in urban Ghana: potential to improve food safety through changing stakeholder practices. International Development Planning Review, 46(4):391-414. [doi: https://doi.org/10.3828/idpr.2024.17]en_US
dcterms.extent46(4):391-414.en_US
dcterms.issued2024-10en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherLiverpool University Pressen_US
dcterms.subjectagricultural value chainsen_US
dcterms.subjectvegetablesen_US
dcterms.subjecturban agricultureen_US
dcterms.subjectirrigated farmingen_US
dcterms.subjectfaecal pollutionen_US
dcterms.subjectcontaminationen_US
dcterms.subjectfood safetyen_US
dcterms.subjectwater useen_US
dcterms.subjectstakeholdersen_US
dcterms.subjectbehavioural changesen_US
dcterms.subjectfarmersen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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