Characteristics of urban and peri-urban agriculture in West Africa: results of an exploratory survey conducted in Tamale (Ghana) and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)

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cg.contributor.crpWater, Land and Ecosystems
cg.coverage.countryBurkina Faso
cg.coverage.countryGhana
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2BF
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2GH
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.5337/2015.214en
cg.identifier.wlethemeRecovering and Reusing Resources in Urbanized Ecosystems
cg.isbn978-92-9090-821-0en
dc.contributor.authorBellwood-Howard, I.en
dc.contributor.authorHaring, V.en
dc.contributor.authorKarg, Hannaen
dc.contributor.authorRoessler, R.en
dc.contributor.authorSchlesinger, J.en
dc.contributor.authorShakya, M.en
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-13T06:09:00Zen
dc.date.available2015-10-13T06:09:00Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/68484
dc.titleCharacteristics of urban and peri-urban agriculture in West Africa: results of an exploratory survey conducted in Tamale (Ghana) and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)en
dcterms.abstractThe report summarizes key results from surveys carried out on urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) in Tamale (Ghana) and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) in 2013. The aim was to provide a broad overview of the state of UPA in the study cities and a basis for future research endeavors. The randomized sampling approach used aerial photography to identify 10 sites in different categories of farm in each city. Farmers provided information on their cropping and livestock-rearing activities. There were similarities between the cities, but the differences in the expression of UPA in Tamale and Ouagadougou were more intriguing, as in farm sizes, crops grown and livestock ownership. Farmers were particularly concerned about diminishing access to land in Tamale, where sales by chiefs to private investors were accelerating. In Ouagadougou, formal reallocation of land to homeowners by the state had similarly decreased available farmland. Water availability was a universal concern, and the quality of water used for irrigation was potentially more questionable in Ouagadougou than in Tamale. The results point to the need for further work on uncontaminated, perennial water sources and soil fertility management, alongside focuses on commercialization of animal production, and the legal, political and institutional context of UPA in different West African cities.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.available2015
dcterms.bibliographicCitationBellwood-Howard, I.; Haring, V.; Karg, Hanna; Roessler, R.; Schlesinger, J.; Shakya, M. 2015. Characteristics of urban and peri-urban agriculture in West Africa: results of an exploratory survey conducted in Tamale (Ghana) and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 38p. (IWMI Working Paper 163) doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2015.214en
dcterms.issued2015
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherInternational Water Management Instituteen
dcterms.subjecturban agricultureen
dcterms.subjectperi-urban agricultureen
dcterms.subjectfarming systemsen
dcterms.subjectfarmersen
dcterms.subjectseasonal croppingen
dcterms.subjectcultivationen
dcterms.subjectsoil samplingen
dcterms.subjectsoil fertilityen
dcterms.subjecthouseholdsen
dcterms.subjectlivestocken
dcterms.subjectlandownershipen
dcterms.subjectwater availabilityen
dcterms.subjectwastewateren
dcterms.subjectirrigationen
dcterms.subjectmarket pricesen
dcterms.subjectleaf vegetablesen
dcterms.subjectinorganic fertilizersen
dcterms.subjectorganic fertilizersen
dcterms.subjectvillagesen
dcterms.subjectsurveysen
dcterms.typeWorking Paper

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