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Income of Farming Systems Around KumasiGeorge Danso, Pay Drechse, Thomas Wiafe-Antwi and Lucy GyieleIn: UA Magazine 7 - Economic Aspects of Urban Agriculture Market proximity is a major incentive for the intensification of farming systems or change of systems to more profitable ones. Around Kumasi, many rainfed maize-cassava farmers started dry-season vegetable production along streams to generate additional income, while in the city itself, year-round open-space vegetable production is common, especially in bottomlands with water access for irrigation. The motivation to start urban vegetable farming is largely economic, which is the subject of this article.
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