Community perceptions of human excreta as fertilizer in peri-urban agriculture in Ghana

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 815-822

  Mariwah, Simon ^a   Drangert, Jan Olof ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ecological sanitation; nutrients; perceptions; peri urban; reuse; Sanitized excreta

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL SANITATION; PERCEPTIONS; PERI-URBAN; REUSE; SANITIZED EXCRETA;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; CROPS; ECOLOGY; FOOD SUPPLY; NUTRIENTS; SURVEYS;

FERTILIZERS;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; FERTILIZER; FOOD SECURITY; GROWTH; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PERCEPTION; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RECYCLING; SANITATION; SOIL FERTILITY; URBAN AREA; WASTE;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; CROP PRODUCTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FECES; GHANA; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOIL FERTILIZATION; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FECES; FEMALE; FERTILIZERS; GHANA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

GHANA;

EID: 80052390958     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X10390073     Document Type: Article

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