This Atlas summarizes recent advances in interdisciplinary approaches and research to address the different components of West African urban food systems, including urban and peri-urban agriculture. It thereby draws on the results of several major collaborative research projects and stakeholder consultations conducted in West Africa over the past two decades, and in particular on the UrbanFoodPlus project in Ghana and Burkina Faso (www.urbanfoodplus.org). The publication targets with its innovative design a broad range of stakeholders.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksNovember, 2018Burkina Faso, Ghana, Western Africa
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2017Ghana, Africa, Western Africa
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2015Burkina Faso, Ghana
The ‘WISE-UP to climate’ project aims to demonstrate the value of natural infrastructure as a ‘nature-based solution’ for climate change adaptation and sustainable development. Within the Volta River Basin, both natural and built infrastructure provide livelihood benefits for people. Understanding the interrelationships between the two types of infrastructure is a prerequisite for sustainable water resources development and management. This is particularly true as pressures on water resources intensify and the impacts of climate change increase.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2012Ghana, Tanzania, Zambia, India, Asia, Southern Asia, Africa
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchAugust, 2012Ghana, Africa, Western Africa
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchApril, 2014Ghana, Africa, Western Africa
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2010Burkina Faso, Ghana, Asia, Western Africa
The Atankwidi Catchment, which lies in the White Volta Basin in West Africa, is intensively cultivated by locals for economic gains. During dry seasons, farmers irrigate their crops, chiefly tomatoes, using shallow groundwater harvested from shallow ponds they dig using simple tools like an axe, hoe, bucket and bowls. Recent expansion in cultivated areas has brought to the fore the need to estimate the volume of shallow groundwater stored in the catchment’s underlying aquifer and to what extent it can sustain the incremental growth in irrigated areas.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2011Ghana, Western Africa
In Sub-Saharan Africa, there is paucity of information on the potential of groundwater resources. The limited available information paints a pessimistic view about groundwater resources. Due to its perceived inadequate availability, groundwater associated with domestic use and the potential for using it for agriculture are not well reflected in the national irrigation polices. Contrary to official pessimism, farmers do use groundwater for agriculture in many countries of Sub-Saharan Africa including Ghana.
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsDecember, 2013Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Sudan, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2013Ghana, Africa, Western Africa
Limited access to water is a key reason why millions of poor farmers struggle to grow enough food and marketable crops to improve their lives. Public sector agencies, civil society organizations and donors seeking to improve small-scale farmers’ access to water resources face limited data on the location and accessibility of water resources. This paper addresses this gap by providing a tested method to assess water resources that small-scale farmers can access affordably and sustainably.
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