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Perception on untreated wastewater irrigation for vegetable production in Ghana

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  • Victor Owusu

  • John-Eudes Bakang
  • Robert Abaidoo
  • Modeste Kinane

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  • Victor Owusu & John-Eudes Bakang & Robert Abaidoo & Modeste Kinane, 2012. "Perception on untreated wastewater irrigation for vegetable production in Ghana," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 14(1), pages 135-150, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:endesu:v:14:y:2012:i:1:p:135-150
    DOI: 10.1007/s10668-011-9312-x
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    1. Bernard Keraita & Pay Drechsel & Flemming Konradsen, 2008. "Perceptions of farmers on health risks and risk reduction measures in wastewater-irrigated urban vegetable farming in Ghana," Journal of Risk Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 11(8), pages 1047-1061, December.
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    3. Abdulai, Awudu & Owusu, Victor & Bakang, John-Eudes A., 2011. "Adoption of safer irrigation technologies and cropping patterns: Evidence from Southern Ghana," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 70(7), pages 1415-1423, May.
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