Access to Land and Water for Urban Vegetable Farming in Accra

Author(s)
Obuobie, E., Danso, G. and Drechsel, P.
Publication language
English
Pages
3pp
Date published
01 Dec 2003
Type
Articles
Keywords
Livelihoods, Agriculture, Urban
Countries
Ghana

 

There are two major categories of urban crop farming in Accra: household gardening, which takes place in and around homes, and open-space farming, which takes place on lands some distance away from human dwellings, along drains, stream banks, road sides, abandoned waste dumps, around public buildings, wetlands etc.