Bernard Keraita, George Danso and Pay Drechsel

In: UA Magazine 10 - Appropriate (Micro) Technologies for Urban Agriculture

Irrigation methods and practices in urban and periurban vegetable farming of Accra and Kumasi, Ghana, and Lome, Togo, are quite different. The situation in Lome appears technically much more advanced than in Accra, although both cities are only separated by a three-hour drive. These differences are caused by a variety of biophysical and socio-economic factors.