Farmers' perception and willingness to pay for urban waste compost in Ghana

Waste Management and the Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 231-241

  Danso, G ^a   Fialor, S C ^a   Drechsel, P ^b  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b International Water Management Institute IWMI   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; COSTS; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FERTILIZERS; LAND FILL; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

GHANA; MUNICIPAL WASTE MANAGEMENT; PERI-URBAN AGRICULTURE (UPA); WILLINGNESS-TO-PAY (WTP);

COMPOSTING;

EID: 2942635841     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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