Urban food systems profile: Ghana

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Water Management Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden_US
cg.contributor.initiativeResilient Citiesen_US
cg.coverage.countryGhanaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2GHen_US
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierPhilip Amoah: 0000-0002-7693-6134en_US
cg.creator.identifierPay Drechsel: 0000-0002-2592-8812en_US
cg.identifier.iwmilibraryH053067en_US
cg.identifier.projectIWMI - C-0006en_US
cg.placeColombo, Sri Lankaen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hungeren_US
dc.contributor.authorAmoah, Philipen_US
dc.contributor.authorDrechsel, Payen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-04T04:16:24Zen_US
dc.date.available2024-09-04T04:16:24Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/151972en_US
dc.titleUrban food systems profile: Ghanaen_US
dcterms.abstractOver the last thirty years, Ghana’s population in towns and cities has more than tripled, from 4 million to nearly 14 million, exceeding growth in the rural areas. In fact, rural-urban migration is an important factor for urban growth. It is estimated that the urban population will reach over 70% by 2050, calling for fast and sustainable strategies for facilitating the main challenges deriving from rapid urbanization including urban food security and food system resilience against shocks. Several projects mapped urban foodsheds and the overall extent of specific city-region food systems. But not only food quantity, also food safety is at stake. A particular challenge for the farmers is widespread water pollution in urban area resulting in the contamination of irrigated vegetables. The largely informal nature of irrigated urban vegetable farming as well as the street food sector makes it difficult to regulate, promote or control compliance with food safety measures which are needed from farm to fork.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationAmoah, Philip; Drechsel, Pay. 2024. Urban food systems profile: Ghana. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Initiative on Resilient Cities. 23p.en_US
dcterms.extent23p.en_US
dcterms.issued2024-09-02en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherInternational Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Initiative on Resilient Citiesen_US
dcterms.subjectfood systemsen_US
dcterms.subjecturban areasen_US
dcterms.subjecttownsen_US
dcterms.subjectfood supplyen_US
dcterms.subjectfood securityen_US
dcterms.subjectresilienceen_US
dcterms.subjectfood safetyen_US
dcterms.subjecturban agricultureen_US
dcterms.subjectperi-urban agricultureen_US
dcterms.subjectfarming systemsen_US
dcterms.subjectfoodshedsen_US
dcterms.subjectfarmersen_US
dcterms.subjectsustainable development goalsen_US
dcterms.subjectgoal 2 zero hungeren_US
dcterms.subjecturbanizationen_US
dcterms.subjecturban populationen_US
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen_US
dcterms.subjectmarketingen_US
dcterms.subjectplanningen_US
dcterms.subjectgovernanceen_US
dcterms.typeReporten_US

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