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Provedor de dados:  AgEcon
País:  United States
Título:  Low-cost options for reducing consumer health risks from farm to fork where crops are irrigated with polluted water in West Africa.
Autores:  Amoah, Philip
Keraita, Bernard
Akple, Maxwell
Drechsel, Pay
Abaidoo, Robert Clement
Konradsen, Flemming
Data:  2011-07-08
Ano:  2011
Palavras-chave:  Urban agriculture
Consumers
Public health
Health hazards
Risk management
Vegetable growing
Wastewater irrigation
Irrigation methods
Irrigation practices
Wastewater treatment
Filtration
Agribusiness
Agricultural and Food Policy
Agricultural Finance
Consumer/Household Economics
Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
Health Economics and Policy
Production Economics
Resumo:  To identify interventions which reduce health risks of consumers where highly polluted irrigation water is used to irrigate vegetables in West Africa, scientists worked over 5 years with farmers, market traders and street food vendors in Ghana. The most promising low-cost interventions with high adoption potential were analyzed for their ability to reduce common levels of pathogens (counts of fecal coliforms and helminth eggs). The analysis showed the combination potential of various interventions, especially on-farm and during vegetable washing in line with the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines. The tested market-based interventions were important to prevent new or additional contamination.
Tipo:  Report
Idioma:  Inglês
Identificador:  978-92-9090-738-1

http://purl.umn.edu/108673
Relação:  International Water Management Institute>IWMI Research Reports
IWMI Research Report
141
Formato:  37 p.
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