Changes in official attitudes towards urban agriculture in Accra

African Urban Quarterly

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 19-32

  Obosu Mensah, Kwaku ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

URBAN AGRICULTURE;

ACCRA; AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GHANA; GREATER ACCRA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 23244444303     PISSN: 07476108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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