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Quality of vegetables in Ghanaian urban farms and markets
| Content Provider | Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) |
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| Author | Amoah, Philip Lente, I. Asem-Hiablie, S. Abaidoo, Robert C. |
| Spatial Coverage | Ghana [GH]::[Subregion: Kumasi-Tamale] |
| Description | This chapter shows results obtained from analyzing samples of vegetables taken at the farm gate and from selling points in Accra, Kumasi and Tamale. Microbiological data are based on a total of about 1,500 vegetable samples taken from different sampling points along the vegetable distribution chain – farm gates – and from different categories of sellers in Accra, Tamale and Kumasi. Fecal coliforms and helminth eggs were mainly used as the fecal contamination indicator organisms. For chemical contaminants, heavy metals and pesticides in irrigation water and vegetables were analyzed, while estrogens were used as an example for emerging contaminants. |
| Related Links | https://cgspace.cgiar.org/items/1838b83e-672b-4bf0-b8d1-08103438647c |
| File Format | |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2014-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Water, Land and Ecosystems Recovering and Reusing Resources in Urbanized Ecosystems Vegetables Marketing Chemical Contamination Helminths Heavy Metals Faecal Coliforms Pesticide Residues Irrigation Water Lettuces |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Chapter |
| Subject | Agronomy and Crop Science Food Science Plant Science |
