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Title
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Low-Cost Options for Reducing Consumer Health Risks from Farm to Fork Where Crops Are Irrigated with Polluted Water in West Africa
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Subtitle
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Author
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Amoah, P. et al.
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Editor or Organisation
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IWMI
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Year
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2011
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Keywords
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urban agriculture, consumers, public health, health hazards, risk management, vegetable growing, wastewater irrigation, irrigation methods, irrigation practices, wastewater treatment, filtration
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Country
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West Africa
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Type
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publication
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Language
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English
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Table of Contents
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Introduction 1
Methodology 3
Results 10
Farm-based Interventions 10
Market-based Interventions 15
Interventions for Street Food Restaurants 17
Discussion 21
Conclusions 30
References 32
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Abstract
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This report is based on research carried out
over the last 5 years in West Africa, particularly
in Ghana. The research aimed at developing
appropriate intervention measures to reduce
health risks posed to consumers from pathogens
in domestic wastewater used raw or diluted
for irrigation in urban and peri-urban vegetable
farming. A variety of methods for participatory
action research were used, where various key
stakeholders at different levels were actively
involved in identifying, testing and assessing
intervention measures. Some components of the
study have been published in journals earlier,
but it is only in this report that all components
are included and discussed together in one
comprehensive synthesis.
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Permission
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Yes
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Category
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