Low-cost options for reducing consumer health risks from farm to fork where crops are irrigated with polluted water in West Africa

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dc.creatorAmoah, Philip
dc.creatorKeraita, Bernard N.
dc.creatorAkple, Maxwell Selase Kwasi
dc.creatorDrechsel, Pay
dc.creatorAbaidoo, Robert C.
dc.creatorKonradsen, Flemming
dc.date2011
dc.date2014-06-13T14:29:42Z
dc.date2014-06-13T14:29:42Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T18:31:12Z
dc.descriptionTo 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.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/39927
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/158273
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Water Management Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceAmoah, Philip; Keraita, Bernard; Akple, Maxwell; Drechsel, Pay; Abaidoo, R. C.; Konradsen, F. 2011. Low-cost options for reducing consumer health risks from farm to fork where crops are irrigated with polluted water in West Africa. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 37p. (IWMI Research Report 141) doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2011.201
dc.subjecturban agriculture
dc.subjectconsumers
dc.subjectpublic health
dc.subjecthealth hazards
dc.subjectrisk management
dc.subjectvegetable growing
dc.subjectwastewater irrigation
dc.subjectirrigation methods
dc.subjectirrigation practices
dc.subjectwastewater treatment
dc.subjectfiltration
dc.titleLow-cost options for reducing consumer health risks from farm to fork where crops are irrigated with polluted water in West Africa
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